Is Openroll profitable in 2026?

No profitability figures have been disclosed. Openroll is a seed-stage startup that raised roughly $500K from Y Combinator, Foundry Ventures, and Inventum Ventures after its 2024 founding, and as of mid-2026 has 1 to 10 employees with no audited revenue reported.

Has Openroll raised a Series A?

As of July 2026, no Series A has been announced. Openroll's only disclosed funding is a roughly $500K seed round backed by Y Combinator, Foundry Ventures, and Inventum Ventures following its 2024 founding and October 2025 Launch YC debut.

Who is Openroll's biggest competitor?

Pave is the largest rival, drawing compensation benchmarks from over 8,700 connected companies versus Openroll's 1 to 10 person team. Compa raised a $35M Series B in January 2026 and Ravio raised a $12M Series A in May 2025, both outscaling Openroll's roughly $500K seed.

Could AI replace Openroll's own product?

Openroll markets itself as replacing weeks of manual compensation analysis with AI agents that finish the job in seconds, per its October 2025 Launch YC page. That same reasoning layer is a commodity other AI agents with HRIS connectors could replicate once comparable data access exists.

Openroll is privately held and founder-led by CEO Mattias Lindell and co-founder Porsev Aslan, who founded the company in 2024. Investors include Y Combinator, Foundry Ventures, and Inventum Ventures, per its roughly $500K seed round; no parent company has been disclosed.

How big is Openroll compared to Pave or Compa?

Openroll has about 1 to 10 employees and roughly $500K raised as of 2025. Pave has data from over 8,700 connected companies and a 2022 valuation of $1.6B, while Compa raised $52M total including a $35M Series B in January 2026.

YC Fall 2025 · United States

Openroll

Openroll is a tiny AI tool that shows companies what competitors pay employees.

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Assessed 26 July 2026 · Evidence as of 26 July 2026

Not much stands between this business and its pressures.

On the recordSince 26 July 2026 · Checkable from June 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: SHRM Orlando and HR Tech Las Vegas conferences, typical window for Series A announcements and comp-feature rollouts

The call

Openroll is a one to ten person startup entering a comp-data market where ADP and Deel just bought their way in and rivals already hold thousands of connected companies.

Openroll is a very early-stage startup that lets companies see if they are paying people fairly by comparing salaries across their workforce. The hard part of this business is getting companies to share their pay data with each other, which creates a valuable network that gets better over time. But this is getting harder to do: ADP just bought Pequity, Deel just bought Assemble, and other large payroll companies like Rippling and Workday are all moving into this space. Once those big companies have enough pay data from their own customers, AI tools from OpenAI or Anthropic can do the salary comparison analysis automatically, which means Openroll's software layer becomes less special. The one thing that could change this is if Openroll grows its data network much faster than competitors or if it focuses on a specific legal requirement like pay transparency rules in Europe before the big players move in.

Why

AI pressure: Claude, GPT and other frontier LLM agents with HRIS connectors. Once pay data is connected, the analysis Openroll sells becomes a commodity any agent can generate. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: ADP, Deel, Rippling, Workday. ADP bought Pequity in Oct 2025 and Deel bought Assemble in Dec 2024; both now offer comp intelligence natively. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. None apparent: it has no data network yet and $500K in seed cash against rivals holding tens of millions and thousands of connected companies.

What would change this call

Openroll announces a Series A within 6 months. Shows investors believe it can build data density fast enough to compete.
A named Fortune 500 or 2,000+ employee company cites Openroll as its comp system of record. Shows real enterprise adoption beyond seed-stage pilots.
ADP, Deel, or Rippling launch native comp-intelligence features. Shows incumbents closing the gap Openroll is trying to fill.

Key numbers

Openroll raised $500K seed (2025)
Compa raised $52M total, $35M Series B Jan 2026 (2026-01-01)
Ravio connects 1,400+ companies, raised $12M Series A (2025-05-01)

Named risks

Unproven give-to-get data network at 1-10 employees versus Pave's 8,700+ connected companies. Severity: high
Category consolidating via incumbent acquisitions (ADP/Pequity Oct 2025, Deel/Assemble Dec 2024). Severity: high
No disclosed funding beyond roughly $500K seed as of mid-2026, limiting ability to compete on data density. Severity: high
Core AI-agent analysis layer is replicable by frontier LLM agents with HRIS connectors once data exists. Severity: medium
Traction claims (3X ROI, six-figure P&L impact) are vendor-authored and unverified by third parties. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Pave	losing to	8,700+ connected companies vs Openroll's 1-10 employees and $500K seed, as of 2026-05
Compa	losing to	Raised $35M Series B in Jan 2026 on $52M total, dwarfing Openroll's seed capital
Ravio	losing to	Raised $12M Series A in May 2025 with 1,400+ connected companies across 46+ countries
ADP	contesting	Acquired direct competitor Pequity in October 2025, absorbing comp-intelligence feature set
Deel	contesting	Acquired direct competitor Assemble in December 2024, entering same category
Rippling	gaining on	Named as potential future entrant into comp-intelligence via existing Pave partnership, per 2026 analysis

Questions people ask

Is Openroll profitable in 2026?: No profitability figures have been disclosed. Openroll is a seed-stage startup that raised roughly $500K from Y Combinator, Foundry Ventures, and Inventum Ventures after its 2024 founding, and as of mid-2026 has 1 to 10 employees with no audited revenue reported.
Has Openroll raised a Series A?: As of July 2026, no Series A has been announced. Openroll's only disclosed funding is a roughly $500K seed round backed by Y Combinator, Foundry Ventures, and Inventum Ventures following its 2024 founding and October 2025 Launch YC debut.
Who is Openroll's biggest competitor?: Pave is the largest rival, drawing compensation benchmarks from over 8,700 connected companies versus Openroll's 1 to 10 person team. Compa raised a $35M Series B in January 2026 and Ravio raised a $12M Series A in May 2025, both outscaling Openroll's roughly $500K seed.
Could AI replace Openroll's own product?: Openroll markets itself as replacing weeks of manual compensation analysis with AI agents that finish the job in seconds, per its October 2025 Launch YC page. That same reasoning layer is a commodity other AI agents with HRIS connectors could replicate once comparable data access exists.
Who owns Openroll?: Openroll is privately held and founder-led by CEO Mattias Lindell and co-founder Porsev Aslan, who founded the company in 2024. Investors include Y Combinator, Foundry Ventures, and Inventum Ventures, per its roughly $500K seed round; no parent company has been disclosed.
How big is Openroll compared to Pave or Compa?: Openroll has about 1 to 10 employees and roughly $500K raised as of 2025. Pave has data from over 8,700 connected companies and a 2022 valuation of $1.6B, while Compa raised $52M total including a $35M Series B in January 2026.

Timeline

2026-01Rival Compa raises $35M Series B, part of $52M total funding, per third-party reporting
2025-11Openroll becomes official sponsor of the Silicon Valley Compensation Association
2025-10-01Openroll publicly launches via Y Combinator's Launch YC platform
2025-10ADP acquires competitor Pequity
2025-05Rival Ravio raises $12M Series A
2024-12Deel acquires competitor Assemble
2024Openroll founded by Mattias Lindell and Porsev Aslan

Revision history

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