eqtble provides a people analytics platform that helps HR and talent leaders analyze workforce data to inform employment decisions. The platform aggregates insights from existing HR data sources for mid-to-large companies.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)
eqtble was founded in 2021 by Joseph Ifiegbu, Gabe Horwitz, and Ethan Veres.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026eqtble is a people analytics software company that consolidates workforce data held across a company's HR systems and turns it into analytics, dashboards and insights for talent and people leaders. The platform can collect data from more than 100 sources, including Workday, ADP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Qualtrics and Culture Amp, and reports on four principal areas: talent recruitment, workforce, engagement (including attrition) and compensation.
The product is aimed at the problem of data fragmentation, in which employee information sits in separate HRIS, engagement, benefits and survey tools, so organizations miss correlations such as links between attrition among high performers and promotion timelines, or pay inequities. Reported use cases include diagnosing why strong candidates decline offers — for example, hiring-manager review bottlenecks or interview processes running to six rounds over three months — and examining whether headline diversity ratios are matched by representation, raises and promotions at senior levels. At the time of its 2021 seed round the platform could be implemented in about six weeks, with a stated goal of reducing onboarding to two days.
eqtble was a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company based in New York City with a team size of five. In December 2024 it was acquired by conversational AI recruiting company Paradox.
Founding story
Joseph Ifiegbu joined WeWork's People Analytics team in 2017, when the company had roughly 2,000 employees, and left in 2020 when headcount had reached about 15,000. One of his first hires was Gabe Horwitz, the team's first data scientist. Over roughly two years the team, which grew to 15 people, built systems to capture, clean and structure company-wide employee data and deliver dashboards to leadership. Recognizing that many companies needed similar analytics without WeWork's resources or timeline, Ifiegbu and Horwitz started eqtble; Ethan Veres joined as third co-founder and CTO. Ifiegbu previously led HR technology at Snap, was lead data scientist at Toys R Us and a data scientist at Arsenal FC; Horwitz was previously a data scientist at Johnson & Johnson.
Business model
eqtble sells a B2B SaaS people analytics platform to employers, connecting to their existing HR systems and delivering analytics and dashboards to talent and people teams.
Traction
The company reported customers including Etsy, Chobani, Nuro, Harry's and Checkr, and operated with a team of five. Implementation time was about six weeks as of mid-2021.
Latest developments
On December 3, 2024, conversational AI company Paradox announced its acquisition of eqtble to advance its AI product vision.
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Market position
eqtble positioned itself as a tech-first people analytics provider in the HR technology market, competing in a space that also includes org-chart and people analytics vendors such as ChartHop.
Technology
The platform ingests data from over 100 HR and workplace systems — among them Workday, ADP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Qualtrics and Culture Amp — and cleans and structures it to produce dashboards and insights. Seed proceeds were earmarked in part for expanding machine learning and visualization capabilities.
Go-to-market
Sector-agnostic; the company targeted high-growth organizations with roughly 250 to 3,000 employees, serving talent and people leaders. Named customers include Etsy, Chobani, Nuro, Harry's and Checkr.
Geography
Headquartered in New York City, New York, United States.
History
Founded in 2021 in New York City, eqtble participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch and announced a $2.7 million seed round in June 2021 led by Initialized Capital. In December 2024, Paradox announced its acquisition of the company; co-founder materials describe the path as acquisition by Paradox and subsequently Workday.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsConversational AI company Paradox announced the acquisition of people analytics platform eqtble to advance its AI vision.
eqtble announced $2.7 million in seed funding led by Initialized Capital, with participation from SB Opportunity Fund, RS Ventures and other venture firms and angel investors. Proceeds were designated for growing the engineering team, machine learning and visualization capabilities, and user acquisition.
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- eqtble: Turning HR data into actionable insights | Y Combinatorycombinator.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does eqtble do?
- People analytics platform that unifies scattered HR data into insights on hiring, workforce, engagement and pay.
- Who founded eqtble?
- eqtble was founded by Joseph Ifiegbu, Gabe Horwitz, Ethan Veres in 2021.
- Who are eqtble's investors?
- eqtble's investors include Open Opportunity Fund, OUTBOUND CAPITAL, Root and Shoot Ventures, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital.
- Who acquired eqtble?
- eqtble was acquired by Paradox.
- Where is eqtble headquartered?
- eqtble is headquartered in New York City, US.