Traba

AI agents to transform the industrial supply chain.

traba.work

HQ: New York, NY, USA

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Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 2, 2026

Overview

Traba is an AI-powered operating layer for the industrial supply chain. It combines a technology-enabled light-industrial staffing marketplace with operational intelligence for warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing, food production, 3PL, last-mile delivery, and e-commerce fulfillment. Workers find vetted shifts through the platform while businesses request, staff, manage, and optimize labor.

Primary product

Traba’s primary product is its industrial staffing marketplace: a business dashboard and worker app that match background-checked workers to shifts, support worker vetting and reliability data, automate staffing workflows, and provide instant pay. Its newer product, Neo, is an AI decision-intelligence layer that connects to WMS, TMS, ERP, and HRIS systems to automate and optimize supply-chain operations.

Founded

2021

Headquarters

New York City, New York, United States

Team size

100–150; 143 reported on the company profile, while a separate October 2025 interview reported 150 employees

Work style

Onsite

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Sub-industry

Industrial staffing marketplace; workforce management; supply-chain operations software

Offices

New York City, New York, United States

Miami, Florida, United States

Business model

Two-sided marketplace connecting industrial businesses and temporary workers

Managed staffing: businesses pay a markup on filled shifts

Software-enabled labor operations and workforce management

Neo subscription/software model for supply-chain decision intelligence

Worker instant-pay and staffing services

Funding

Stage

Series A / Series A-II; no publicly reported Series B found

Total raised

$45.6M

Latest round

Series A-II · Oct 2023

Latest amount

$22M

Undisclosed round

Oct 2023 · Founders Fund

$22M

Series A-II

Oct 2023 · Founders Fund

$22M

Series A

Jul 2022 · Khosla Ventures

$20M

Seed

Jan 2021 · Founders Fund and General Catalyst

$3.6M

People & investors

Leadership

Mike Shebat

Co-Founder & CEO

Akshay Buddiga

Co-Founder & CTO

Gonzalo De Mujica

Founder, Operations & Strategy

Lauren Park

Head of Worker Operations

Gregory Truong

Head of National Partnerships and Enterprise Growth

Brian B.

Head of Customer Operations

Jake Bloom

Co-Head of Enterprise Operations

Guang Yang

Vice President of Product Management

Jeff Zhifan Chen

Director of Engineering

Michael Di Spirito

Head of Scaled Systems

Investors

Work & culture

Traba describes its culture through “Dream Big,” “Olympian’s Work Ethic,” “Growth Mindset,” and “Customer Obsession.” Public reporting characterizes the environment as highly intense, office-first, and performance-oriented; the CEO has been associated with a 996-style work expectation. This is a material recruiting and retention signal rather than an independently verified formal policy.

Work style

Onsite

Compensation

Public careers materials indicate competitive salary and early-stage equity, but do not publish a company-wide compensation band. Historical worker postings/reporting described approximately $13–$38 per hour for shifts; staffing customers pay a markup on filled shifts.

Benefits

Early-stage startup equity

Competitive salary

100% paid health, dental, and vision coverage

One Medical membership

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Commuter benefit

HSA via Optum

Mental-health benefits through Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, and Teladoc

Wellhub/Gympass membership

NY office dinner via DoorDash, free DashPass, and stocked kitchen

Product & market

Pricing

For managed staffing, Traba charges customers a markup on filled shifts; a 2026 third-party profile reports approximately 37% markup, or approximately 15% for a software-only option, but Traba does not appear to publish an official price sheet. Historical reporting also described a four-hour minimum shift.

Differentiators

—Reported 98–99% fill rate versus approximately 46% industry average
—Reported 1–2 day or sub-one-day time to fill versus roughly seven days for the industry
—Background checks, worker reliability ratings, work history, certifications, and employer reviews
—AI matching, automated calls, geolocation, computer vision, and workflow automation
—Instant pay for workers, reportedly within roughly 15–30 minutes after completed shifts
—Integrated labor plus operational intelligence rather than a standalone job board
—Neo operates on top of existing WMS, TMS, ERP, and HRIS systems without requiring a rip-and-replace implementation
—Large reported network of background-checked, work-eligible workers

Technology

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

React Native

PostgreSQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

Docker

Datadog

DBT

Looker

OpenAI

GitHub Actions

Salesforce

Retool

Figma

Google Workspace

Workday

NetSuite

Customers

Warehouses

Distribution centers

Manufacturers

Food-processing facilities

3PLs

Last-mile and e-commerce fulfillment operators

Event venues

ShipSmarter (Neo design partner)

Competitors

Wonolo

Instawork

Shiftsmart

WorkWhile

Allegis

Randstad

Adecco

TrueBlue

EmployBridge

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$1M–$10M based on third-party company-profile estimates; one profile quotes approximately $4.3M, while another estimates approximately $43.2M 2025 ARR. These figures are not audited and conflict materially, so treat revenue as low-confidence.

Estimated monthly visits

285.1K

hello@traba.work 1-844-938-3445

Latest news

Traba Launches Neo — AI That Decides, Acts And Runs Your Operation With You

PR Newswire / Traba · Jun 2026

Traba launched Neo, an AI decision-intelligence product that connects to existing WMS, TMS, ERP, and HRIS systems and automates labor forecasting, exceptions, claims, profitability, and operational workflows.

Traba’s Mike Shebat on AI-driven industrial staffing, 150 employees, potential roll-up strategy and robotics readiness

TBPN Digest · Oct 2025

The interview described approximately 150 employees, operations across most U.S. markets, an office-first/high-intensity culture, 1099 and W-2 worker classifications, a possible acquisition strategy, and California expansion being delayed by employment-law complexity.

Traba Raises $22M led by Founders Fund as the first investment from Fund VIII

GlobeNewswire / Traba · Oct 2023

Traba announced a $22M Founders Fund-led round, bringing reported cumulative funding to $43.6M at the time, and reported strong fill-rate and time-to-fill performance.

Traba raises $20M to match contractors with events and warehouse work

TechCrunch · Jul 2022

TechCrunch covered Traba’s $20M Series A, $120M post-money valuation, founders, business model, instant payments, and early scale of 12,000 workers and more than $1M annualized revenue.

We’re Traba: The future of work is here

Traba blog

Company origin/story post describing Traba’s mission, market, and investor backers; useful as a founding/company overview rather than a milestone announcement.

Jobs and careers at Traba

28 jobs at Traba

Customer On-Site - Livonia, MI

On-site

Field Operator

Minneapolis, MN; Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

1d ago

On-site

Full-time