Syndio

synd.io

HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States

200

Business Products & Software Services

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Syndio is a privately held HR technology company focused on Decision Intelligence for Pay. Its platform helps enterprises analyze pay equity, comply with pay-transparency regulations, and make consistent, explainable compensation decisions across hiring, promotions, merit cycles, and other pay actions.

Primary product

Syndio Decision Intelligence for Pay, including Syndi, PayEQ, Global Pay Reports, Pay Finder, Essentials, and Decisions.

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

Team size

51-200

Work style

Remote

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

HR technology, compensation analytics, pay equity, and pay-transparency compliance

Offices

Seattle, Washington, United States

New York, New York, United States

Business model

B2B enterprise SaaS

Enterprise software

Software plus professional services

Funding

Stage

Series C / late-stage venture-backed private company

Total raised

$83.4M

Latest round

Series C · Sep 2021

Latest amount

$50M

Series C

Sep 2021

$50M

Venture financing

Jun 2021 · Penny Jar Capital

$1M

Series A

May 2020 · Emerson Collective and Voyager Capital

$7.5M

Seed

Nov 2018

$5.2M

Early financing / seed

Sep 2017

$765K

People & investors

Leadership

Maria Colacurcio

Chief Executive Officer

Milan Parikh

Chief Financial Officer

Erik Darby

President

Manuj Bahl

Vice President and Head of Architecture

Derek Butts

Senior Vice President, Product Strategy

Seth Halpern

Strategic Advisor

Founders

Zev Eigen

Founder; data scientist and law professor

Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners

Work & culture

Syndio presents itself as mission-driven, research-oriented, and focused on fair pay, workplace equity, responsible AI, explainability, and enterprise customer impact. Public hiring materials emphasize collaboration across product, engineering, research, governance, and customer teams.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Public compensation data is sparse and appears to come from third-party estimates rather than official Syndio job postings. Available estimates include approximately $60,432 for a retail project coordinator, $123,454 for a data scientist, and $155,418 for a director of operations. No reliable company-wide equity or bonus policy was found.

Benefits

Public evidence indicates remote/home-office roles for at least some U.S. positions.

Public job and company materials indicate a distributed workforce across multiple countries.

Salary signals include estimated annual compensation of approximately $60,432 for a retail project coordinator, $123,454 for a data scientist, and $155,418 for a director of operations.

Specific official benefits such as health insurance, retirement, paid leave, equity, and professional-development programs were not reliably identified in the searched public sources.

Product & market

Pricing

Enterprise pricing; public list pricing was not found. The company appears to sell subscription software with implementation, advisory, and expert-services components.

Differentiators

—Combines pay-equity analytics and regulatory reporting with workflows for real-time compensation decisions.
—AI-native Syndi product provides expert-backed guidance for pay reporting and compensation decisions.
—Focuses on explainable, governed, and defensible pay decisions rather than only retrospective pay-gap analysis.
—Supports global enterprises and multiple pay-transparency regimes, including the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
—Integrates with compensation, HR, and enterprise workflow ecosystems, with publicly referenced relationships involving Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, Oracle, ServiceNow, Mercer, PwC, and Strada.

Technology

Python

Django

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Redis

Snowflake

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

Kubernetes

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform

Docker

dbt

Jest

Playwright

OpenAI APIs or tooling inferred from the company technology profile

Customers

Siemens

Sweetgreen

American Airlines

Nordstrom

Ciena

More than 350 companies according to Syndio press materials

Organizations representing more than 10 million employees across approximately 100 countries

Competitors

Trusaic

Pihr

Affirmity

PayAnalytics by beqom

Pequity

Salary.com

Payscale

Visier

Parity Software

PayGap

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $1M-$10M annually; one third-party estimate reports $4.5M.

Estimated monthly visits

30K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Layoff

Jan 2020

Fortune reported that Syndio laid off seven of approximately 30 employees during the COVID-19 crisis.

Source

Acquisition

Jun 2026

Syndio announced its acquisition of Embrace.ai, its first acquisition. Deal terms were not disclosed; the Embrace.ai team joined Syndio, with Derek Butts becoming SVP of Product Strategy and Seth Halpern becoming a strategic advisor.

Source

Other

Jan 2026

Third-party company data shows approximately 153 employees and a reported year-over-year employee decline of about 2.2%, although the same source also shows recent hiring activity. This is an indicator to monitor, not confirmed evidence of a formal reduction in force.

Source

Latest news

Syndio bets on agentic AI with first acquisition in Seattle pay equity startup’s history

GeekWire · Jun 2026

GeekWire reported on Syndio’s acquisition of Austin-based Embrace.ai, noting that deal terms were undisclosed and that the transaction was Syndio’s first acquisition.

Syndio Acquires Embrace.ai

Syndio · Jun 2026

Syndio announced its first acquisition, bringing Embrace.ai's agentic-AI team into its product and go-to-market organization to accelerate Decision Intelligence for Pay.

Syndio and Strada launch comprehensive pay-transparency solution

Strada · Nov 2025

Strada and Syndio announced a partnership combining Strada’s global advisory and implementation services with Syndio’s pay-equity, reporting, and AI decision-intelligence technology.

Syndio and Compa introduce integrated compensation view

PR Newswire · May 2025

Syndio and Compa announced an integration combining Syndio equitable pay ranges, internal compensation guidance, and Compa’s real-time market benchmarks for offers, promotions, and transfers.

Syndio Introduces Expert AI for Pay Reporting Compliance

PR Newswire · Mar 2025

Syndio launched Syndi, an expert AI initially integrated into Global Pay Reports to help organizations interpret and comply with evolving pay-reporting requirements.

Engineering and product technology evidence LinkedIn company page News and press releases

SourcesSyndio official website Syndio official Embrace.ai acquisition announcement Syndio LinkedIn company page SEC Form D, 2021 financing SEC Form D, 2020 financing SEC Form D, 2017 financing and company formation history Fortune coverage of Series A and 2020 layoffs GeekWire coverage of Embrace.ai acquisition GeekWire coverage of Syndio leadership and customers Syndio launch of Syndi for pay-reporting compliance Syndio and Compa integration announcement Strada and Syndio partnership announcement

Jobs and careers at Syndio

13 jobs at Syndio

Staff Software Engineer

On-site

Software Engineering

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2d ago

On-site

Full-time