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Plane

YC W17

San Francisco, US · Founded 2017 · 30 employees · 2 known investors

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Plane is a payroll and HR platform designed for automation-first teams, offering open APIs, CLI, and MCP integrations so agents and software tools can directly manage payroll operations. It serves startups and companies with diverse workforces spanning U.S. employees, global contractors, and EOR hires across 100+ countries.

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W17)

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Matt Pelcin𝕏Founder/CEO

Investors · 2

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OSS CapitalSan Francisco · $50K – $5M

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Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

Competitors · 10

by search overlap

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