Humaans

About Humaans

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Humaans

All products by Humaans reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

HumaansAI HR & Recruiting

HR information system with AI-powered workflows for fast-growing teams

Free7.5/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Humaans

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Humaans's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.9 points — The Finance Lead was the hardest to convince, The Domain Strategist the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Humaans competes with, and how they differ.

Rippling

Rippling bundles HRIS with payroll, IT device management and spend management as one employee system of record, competing broadly across HR data, US payroll and workflow automation.

Personio7.6/10

Personio is a Munich-founded HRIS targeting the same European mid-market buyer with native multi-country EU payroll, competing directly with Humaans in the UK/EU HR system-of-record segment.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Deel7.7/10

Deel focuses on global payroll and Employer-of-Record compliance across 150+ countries; Humaans instead partners with EOR providers like Remote and Oyster while building its own US payroll module, so the two now overlap on international workforce payments.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

BambooHR8.0/10

BambooHR serves smaller SMB teams with a simpler, US-centric HRIS plus add-on payroll, undercutting Humaans on price but with less multi-entity and international depth.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Bob (HiBob)6.8/10

Bob (HiBob) is another London-founded HRIS aimed at fast-growing companies, differentiating with a heavier culture and engagement feature set against Humaans' data-model-and-integrations focus.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Humaans's history, with sources.

1. Aug 23, 2026Launch

   Expands into US payroll

   Humaans announced Humaans US Payroll, rolling out to initial customers in fall 2026 with support for all 50 states plus DC, W-2 employees and 1099 contractors, and automated data flow from its workforce records via its Athena AI-agent platform.

   markets.businessinsider.com
2. Oct 4, 2022Funding

   Series A — $15M led by Lachy Groom

   Humaans raised a $15M Series A led by investor Lachy Groom, with participation from Shopify co-founder Tobias Lutke and Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, bringing total funding to $20M.

   techcrunch.com
3. Mar 2, 2021Funding

   Seed — $5M led by Y Combinator, Moonfire and Frontline Ventures

   Humaans raised a $5M seed round backed by Y Combinator, Moonfire, Frontline Ventures and angel investors including Jeff Weiner, Dylan Field and Des Traynor.

   techcrunch.com
4. 2020Founded

   Founded by Giovanni Luperti and Karolis Narkevicius

   Giovanni Luperti and Karolis Narkevicius founded the London-based HR platform in 2020, later joining Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch.

   ycombinator.com