Acquisition
Jan 2026Remote acquired Atlas, an expense-management platform for global teams, adding employee cards, flexible points, and integrated healthcare capabilities.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Overview
Remote is a global employment-infrastructure and HR technology company that helps organizations hire, manage, pay, and support employees and contractors across borders. Its model combines software with owned legal entities, in-house payroll, legal, benefits, and compliance operations.
Primary product
Global employment platform covering Employer of Record (EOR), global payroll, Contractor of Record, contractor management, PEO, HR workflows, benefits, compliance, integrations, API, and Remote MCP.
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States (some databases identify Amsterdam, Netherlands as the operating or legal headquarters; Remote's own recent releases dateline San Francisco).
Team size
Approximately 2,000 internal employees, according to a January 2026 CEO interview; third-party databases report materially higher mapped or estimated counts, so public figures conflict.
Work style
Remote
Industry
Human Resources Services / HR technology
Sub-industry
Global employment infrastructure, Employer of Record, payroll, contractor management, global mobility and compliance
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business model
SaaS-enabled Employer of Record services
Global payroll and payments
Contractor management and Contractor of Record
Professional Employer Organization services
Embedded/API infrastructure for HR platforms
Implementation and architecture services
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
CEO and Co-founder
President and Co-founder
Chief People Officer
Iarla O'Carroll
Chief Operations Officer
Michiel Boere
Chief Financial Officer
Sam Ross
Chief Legal Officer
Sofia Silva
Chief Technology Officer
Michelle Adams
Chief Business Officer
Sam Bonning
SVP, Finance & Strategy
Pedro Barros
SVP, Frontier
Founders
Elina Cadouri
Co-founder
Kyle Foundry
Co-founder
Nick Macario
Co-founder
Work & culture
Remote describes itself as remote-first, fully asynchronous, globally distributed, and high-performance. Its stated values are Care, Innovation, Transparency, Intensity, and Excellence; the careers page emphasizes ownership, flexible hours, work from chosen locations, and teams spanning more than 90 nationalities and six continents.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Remote advertises world-class compensation, equity options, flexible working hours, and country-specific benefits. Public job postings expose role- and geography-specific compensation in some cases, but no reliable company-wide compensation range was established.
Benefits
Flexible paid time off
Company stock options
Paid parental leave
Home-office setup
Mental-health support
Learning budget
Co-working allowance
Flexible working hours
Country-specific benefits
Branded swag
Product & market
Pricing
Public per-worker pricing with regional and product variations; recent public comparison material cites approximately $699 per employee/month for EOR, $29 per contractor/month for Contractor Management, $99 for Contractor Management Plus, and $325 for Contractor of Record. Enterprise and some services may be quote-based.
Differentiators
- —Owns and operates 100+ legal entities rather than relying entirely on third-party local partners
- —Unified EOR, payroll, contractor, benefits, and compliance workflows
- —In-house payroll, legal, and compliance specialists
- —Global coverage across 200+ jurisdictions/countries claimed by company materials
- —Public integrations, APIs, and Remote MCP for AI-agent access
- —SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 security posture
- —Remote-first operating experience reflected in the product and company culture
Technology
REST API
Remote MCP / Model Context Protocol
AI-powered payroll engines
Workday integration
BambooHR integration
Personio integration
HiBob integration
SOC 2 Type 2
ISO 27001
Salesforce
TypeScript
Google Cloud
RabbitMQ
Haskell
Java
PostgreSQL/SQL
Customers
Anthropic
KFC
Datadog
Qdrant Solutions
HomeProject
Flowla
Tens of thousands of businesses, according to Remote
Competitors
Deel
Rippling
Papaya Global
Oyster
Globalization Partners (G-P)
RemotePass
Topia
Factorial
Workday
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$300M+ ARR as of 2026-05-14 (company-reported); older third-party estimates of $1M-$10M are stale and inconsistent.
Signals & risks
Acquisition
Apr 2026Remote acquired Bravas, an identity and device-management software company, expanding from HR/payroll into employee lifecycle and IT infrastructure.
SourceOther
May 2026Remote announced more than $300M ARR, cash-flow positivity, and more than 300% year-over-year payroll-business growth. These are company-reported figures and were not independently audited in the cited release.
SourceOther
May 2026TechCrunch reported that AI adoption increased revenue per employee and that Remote deferred some hiring plans; CEO said this had not caused job cuts.
SourceLatest news
TechCrunch · May 2026
Coverage of Remote’s AI-driven productivity push, deferred hiring plans, claimed $300M+ ARR, and cash-flow-positive status.
Remote · May 2026
Remote announced $300M+ ARR, cash-flow positivity, 100+ owned legal entities, and new Remote Build and Remote MCP offerings.
Remote · Apr 2026
Acquisition adds identity and device management to Remote’s global employment platform.
Pulse 2.0 · Jan 2026
CEO discussed Remote’s nearly 2,000-person global team, 200+ jurisdiction coverage, AI-powered payroll engines, partnerships, and product expansion.
Remote · Jan 2026
Acquisition adds expense management, employee cards, flexible benefits points, and global healthcare capabilities.
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