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CandorIQ

YC S23

San Francisco, US · Founded 2023 · 4 employees · 6 known investors

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CandorIQ is an AI-powered platform that helps companies plan and manage compensation, headcount, and workforce spend by automating routine planning cycles and enabling real-time collaboration across HR, Finance, and Talent teams. The platform uses AI agents to run compensation cycles, plan headcount, and build job architecture, while providing shared data and transparency to support fair pay decisions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S23)

CandorIQ was founded in 2023 by Haris Ikram and Sutthipong Thavisomboon.

HIHaris Ikram
Haris IkramCo-Founder & CEOHaris Ikram previously served as Head of Product at Checkr and Salesforce, and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSc in Computer Engineering from KFUPM. He is currently Founder & CEO of CandorIQ.
STSutthipong Thavisomboon
Sutthipong ThavisomboonCo-Founder & CTOHe previously served as chief architect at a Series B startup and principal engineer at Salesforce Einstein, and holds a master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.
EB
Emma BiskupiakHead of Marketing

Investors · 6

Switch Ventureslisted by Switch VenturesSan Francisco

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TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)listed by TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2Mvia Fred Campbell · inferred

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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Diagram CollectivereportedBrooklyn

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Dot Slash CapitalreportedSeattle

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Funding

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  • Undisclosed amountSeedJul 2025 · 2 sources
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The YC application· Summer 2023 batch

Alumni Q&A

How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
The founders each encountered problems with organizational financial planning around headcount spend, approvals, and compensation, and built internal tools to address them at Checkr, Blend, and Slync. Drawing on this HR tech experience and finding no existing product that fully solved the problem, they started CandorIQ.

Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.

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In the news

CandorIQ Raises $4.8M in Seed Fundingfinsmes.com · Jul 2025CandorIQ Funding | $3.2M Revenue | Complete Analysis | Extruct AIextruct.ai · Sep 2023CandorIQ - Headcount & compensation planningycombinator.com · Jul 2023

Frequently asked questions

What does CandorIQ do?
CandorIQ is an AI-powered platform that helps companies plan and manage compensation, headcount, and workforce spend by automating routine planning cycles and enabling real-time collaboration across HR, Finance, and Talent teams. The platform uses AI agents to run compensation cycles, plan headcount, and build job architecture, while providing shared data and transparency to support fair pay decisions.
Who founded CandorIQ?
CandorIQ was founded by Haris Ikram, Sutthipong Thavisomboon in 2023.
Who are CandorIQ's investors?
CandorIQ's investors include Array Ventures Management Llc, Switch Ventures, TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital), Y Combinator, Diagram Collective, Dot Slash Capital.
Where is CandorIQ headquartered?
CandorIQ is headquartered in San Francisco, US.