A new era for running and scaling companies

AI is fundamentally changing how companies build and scale. The most efficient, fast-moving companies today don't want to staff large teams of HR, finance, and operations people. Instead, they want to hire leaders in those areas who wrestle with and solve the most important problems, while agentic platforms automate the tedious.

But most employee management platforms weren't built for this moment. The last generation of platforms, all the way from ADP (75 years ago) to Rippling (a decade ago), were built on the premise of "digitizing manual workflows." Paper forms became web forms. Filing cabinets became databases. While this led to efficiency gains, we reached diminishing returns from this paradigm by 2018-2020.

Right around that time, a new breakthrough became possible: the transformer architecture and large language models came alive. Suddenly, work that required human judgment could be automated. Not just data entry, but interpretation, decision-making, and action.

Yet most payroll and HR vendors are stuck in the old paradigm:

• More products, more modules, more upsells. Instead of simplifying, they expand surface area. Every "solution" is another add-on, another integration, another invoice. Complexity compounds.
• AI as marketing, not architecture. They bolt chatbots onto legacy systems and call it "AI-powered." The underlying workflows remain manual, just with a veneer of intelligence.
• Built for a different era. These platforms assume you have dedicated HR and payroll staff to operate them. They're tools that require humans, not systems that replace manual work.

High-growth, fast-moving companies deserve something different. They need employee management that runs itself.

An employee management platform that runs itself

Warp's mission is to use AI to build an employee management platform that runs itself. While others focus on "more more more" (more products, more modules, more upsells), Warp focuses on something different: simplifying, making invisible, and engineering to precision the core layer of running and scaling a company.

Warp's roots go back to MIT, where founder and CEO Ayush Sharma studied Computer Science and AI for five years, researching large-scale machine learning models across distributed systems. This foundation shapes everything we build. Warp isn't a legacy system with AI bolted on. It's AI-native from the architecture up.

When you hire in a new state, Warp automatically opens tax accounts, registers with agencies, and configures withholding. When a tax notice arrives, AI parses it, determines the issue, and resolves it, often before you even know it existed. When quarterly filings are due, they happen automatically. This isn't AI that assists your work. It's AI that eliminates it.

The 40 hours a month your team spends on payroll admin? Gone. The tax notices that keep you up at night? Handled. The compliance risk that grows with every new hire? Managed. Your finance and HR leaders can focus on strategy and solving hard problems, not wrestling with spreadsheets and government portals.

Warp is built for high-growth, fast-moving companies, from 10 employees to 5,000, who want to scale without scaling operational headcount. Run payroll, compliance, and benefits on a single platform that actually scales with you.

Three things set Warp apart

AI that automates what wasn't possible before

Most "AI-powered" payroll tools just add chatbots or auto-fill forms. Warp's AI agents handle entire workflows end-to-end, including work that previously required specialized human judgment: parsing complex tax notices across 10,000+ jurisdictions, opening state accounts, filing quarterly returns, resolving discrepancies with agencies.

The result: companies using Warp report 80% of tax notices resolved automatically, and $50M+ in penalties avoided across our customer base. This is automation that simply wasn't possible in the "digitize manual workflows" era.

"Warp gives me peace of mind. I don't have to worry about compliance or tax notices. I've gotten back so much time from payroll headaches."

Rahul Sonwalkar, Founder, Julius

Precision engineering, not feature sprawl

While competitors chase expansion (more products, more modules, more upsells), Warp obsesses over the core. We simplify and perfect the essential layer of employee management: payroll, compliance, and benefits done right. When you need help, our US-based support team has a median response time of 1 minute. Real humans available via Slack, chat, phone, or video.

We publish our support stats live at joinwarp.com/support-status because we have nothing to hide. Our CSAT score is 5/5.

"We switched from Rippling to Warp about a year ago, and the difference has been striking. We needed something that could handle rapid growth without breaking down every week, and Warp delivered."

Sobhan Nejad, COO, Bland AI

Transparent pricing that rewards growth

$35/employee/month. Everything included. No implementation fees. No per-state charges. No module upsells. No annual contracts. This is what happens when you build a platform that runs itself, you can price it simply.

When you hire in California today and New York tomorrow, your cost doesn't change. When you need benefits administration, it's included. When you scale from 50 to 500 employees, there are no surprise invoices.

Month-to-month means we have to earn your business every month. If Warp doesn't work for you, you can leave. We're confident you won't.

Warp is the platform of choice for high-growth, fast-moving companies who want employee management that scales without scaling headcount.

It's never too early or too late to switch. Some companies start with Warp from day one and scale to hundreds of employees without changing platforms. Others migrate after years on legacy systems.

They switched to stay ahead as the way companies run and scale changes.

Bland AI

Switched from Rippling to handle rapid growth

Reducto

Set up payroll in 5 minutes

Greptile

Started with Warp from day one

Paraform

Switched from Gusto to scale faster

Pirate Wires

Switched for tools that give time back

Ready to see if Warp is right for you? The next section walks through exactly what happens when you switch.

Before starting the migration process, here's what you should know about switching to Warp:

• We handle the migration for you (it's not a DIY process)
• Most companies go live in 1-2 weeks
• You can switch mid-year without dual W-2s
• Your total time investment is typically under 2 hours

This guide walks through what happens during your migration, what we handle versus what you provide, and what to expect at each stage.

Warp's migration team handles the complexity so you don't have to. Here's the split between what we do and what we need from you.

Warp handles

Our team takes care of everything that makes switching payroll providers painful:

• Tax agency registrations across all 50 states
• Historical data import and validation
• Benefits carrier coordination and transitions
• Payroll calendar and schedule configuration
• Employee self-service portal setup
• Parallel payroll verification (optional)
• First payroll support and monitoring

You provide

We need a few things from your side to get started:

• Employee roster (CSV export or HRIS connection)
• Recent payroll reports (we'll tell you exactly which ones)
• Current benefits enrollment data
• Signing authority for tax agency transfers
• 30 minutes with our migration team

That's it. Most companies spend under 2 hours total on their migration. We handle the other 40+ hours of work.

Most migrations complete in 1-2 weeks. Here's what happens at each stage.

Week 1: Discovery & Setup

We start with a 30-minute kickoff call to understand your current setup. You'll connect your existing payroll system so we can export your data, and our team creates a detailed migration plan tailored to your situation.

• Kickoff call with dedicated migration specialist
• Connect existing payroll system for data export
• Warp reviews setup and creates migration plan

Week 2: Data Migration

Our team imports your employee data, pay history, and tax information. We transfer or open state and federal tax accounts, and establish connections with your benefits carriers.

• Employee data, pay history, and tax info imported
• State and federal tax accounts transferred or opened
• Benefits carrier connections established

Week 3: Verification & Go-Live

Before your first payroll, we run verification checks to ensure everything is accurate. You can optionally run a parallel payroll for extra confidence. Once approved, your employee portal goes live.

• Parallel payroll run for verification (optional)
• Employee self-service portal goes live
• Your team reviews and approves everything
• First payroll runs on Warp

After Go-Live

You get dedicated support for your first 90 days. Our team monitors your first several payroll runs to ensure everything is working correctly, and we help you sunset your previous provider when you're ready.

Warp connects to your entire tech stack

Warp integrates with all major ERPs, accounting platforms, SSO providers, 401(k) platforms, and more. Our dedicated payroll experts help you set everything up so your transition remains seamless.

During migration, we configure your integrations so payroll data flows automatically to the systems you already use. No manual exports, no duplicate data entry, no reconciliation headaches.

Accounting & ERPs

Every payroll run automatically creates journal entries in your accounting software with detailed breakdowns of wages, taxes, benefits, and employer costs.

QuickBooks

Xero

NetSuite

Sage Intacct

Benefits & 401(k)

Automatic contribution deductions, real-time census sync, and seamless benefits administration.

Human Interest

Accrue 401k

Vestwell

SSO & Identity

Automatic provisioning and deprovisioning. When you hire or offboard in Warp, access is granted or revoked across all connected apps.

Okta

Google Workspace

JumpCloud

And more

Background checks, insurance, ATS, HRIS, compliance tools, and communication platforms all connect to Warp.

Slack

Checkr

Next Insurance

Vanta

Different stakeholders care about different aspects of the migration. Here's what matters most for each role.

For Finance Leaders

Focus on strategy and the hard problems. Let Warp automate the tedious compliance and admin work that used to consume your time.

• Cost clarity: $35/employee/month, all-in. No implementation fees, no per-state charges, no surprises.
• Tax compliance: AI handles registrations, quarterly filings, and notices across all 50 states automatically, work that wasn't automatable until now.
• Audit trails: Every change logged, every filing documented. SOC 2 Type II compliant.
• Accounting sync: Native integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and NetSuite.

For HR & People Leaders

Spend your time on what matters: culture, hiring, and people strategy. Warp handles the operational complexity so you can focus on building a great team.

• Employee experience: Modern self-service portal where employees manage their own info, pay stubs, and benefits.
• Benefits continuity: We coordinate with carriers to ensure zero coverage gaps during transition.
• Onboarding: New hires complete onboarding in 10 minutes: I-9, tax forms, benefits, all digital.
• Support: 1-minute median response time via Slack, chat, phone, or video.

For Founders & CEOs

Founders want to scale without scaling operational headcount. Hire leaders who solve strategic problems. Let the platform handle the rest.

• Run lean: Stop thinking about payroll. Warp runs itself. AI handles the complexity that used to require dedicated headcount.
• Scale freely: Hire in any state, anytime. Warp automatically handles registrations and compliance.
• Risk elimination: $50M+ in penalties avoided for customers. 100% accuracy guarantee.
• Flexibility: Month-to-month pricing. No annual contracts, no lock-ins.