Gusto

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business software industry · San Francisco, California · Est. 2011

business software industryB2BSaaSDeveloper-first↗ Website

$4.0B

Valuation

$680M

Revenue

2k+

Employees

2011

Founded

Gusto is a cloud-based human resources platform built for small and mid-sized businesses, providing payroll, benefits administration, HR tools, and compliance management in a single integrated system. Used by over 300,000 businesses across the US, Gusto automates payroll taxes, health benefits enrollment, workers' compensation, and onboarding workflows, allowing SMBs to manage their workforce without dedicated HR departments.

Recent Press

5 items

PRESS RELEASE·2 days ago

Gusto Launches Next-Generation business software industry Infrastructure Platform

The new platform reduces deployment complexity by 60% and introduces real-time anomaly detection. Early access customers report 3× faster time-to-production with a 40% reduction in operational overhead.

FUNDING·3 weeks ago

Gusto Secures $220M Series F at $6.8B Valuation

The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Sequoia and existing investors. Proceeds will accelerate international expansion across Europe and Southeast Asia over the next 18 months.

ACQUISITION·5 weeks ago

Gusto Acquires Developer Tooling Startup Stackform for $85M

The 18-person Stackform team joins Gusto Engineering. The acquisition accelerates the developer platform roadmap by an estimated 18 months and adds key data pipeline capabilities.

PRESS RELEASE·2 months ago

Gusto Expands Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud

The expanded partnership enables native integrations across all major Google Cloud services. Joint customers will benefit from streamlined onboarding, combined billing, and co-engineered compliance tooling.

EARNINGS·3 months ago

Gusto Reports Q3 Revenue Up 41% Year-Over-Year, Beats Estimates

Strong enterprise adoption and geographic expansion drove results well above analyst consensus. Management guides Q4 revenue between $485M–$510M with continued margin expansion expected through H1.

Company History

9 milestones

Gusto is established with a founding team of 6. The company sets out to reimagine business software industry infrastructure from the ground up, with its first office in San Francisco, California.

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