Laurel

Laurel is the world’s first AI Time platform for professional services firms.

Latest funding

$100M Series B+ · June 10, 2025

Led by IVP · Source: laurel.ai

Total raised: $136.5M across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: laurel.ai.

X: @getlaurel · 570 followers.

LinkedIn: laurel-ai.

Categories: Legal and compliance HR and recruiting Education.

Sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Legal, Machine Learning, Professional Services, SaaS.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Founded: 2016.

Total raised: $136.5M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jun 10, 2025 · 523 days ago.

Headcount: 51–100 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@getlaurel · created Dec 8, 2016 (9 years old) · 570 followers

Website registeredMay 26, 2018 (8 years old)

About Laurel

The company's AI transforms how organizations track, analyze, describe, and optimize their most valuable resource: time. By automating work time and connecting time data to business outcomes, Laurel enables firms to increase profitability, improve client delivery, and make data-driven strategic decisions.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Laurel | 3025 days from X account to first raise on record

@getlaurel·Raised $137M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Jun 10, 2025	Series B+	$100M	IIVP	laurel.ai
Mar 21, 2025	Series B+	$36.5M	AACME Capital	laurel.ai

Timeline

May 26, 2018
Website created
December 8, 2016
X account created

Founders and team

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Janesh Gupta Founder

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Kourosh Zamani Founder

@Kouroshzzz · LinkedIn
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Matthew Bordas Founder

@bordasmatt · LinkedIn
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Ryan Alshak Founder

@ryanalshak · LinkedIn
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Alexa Guerra Head of Marketing
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Eric Zaarour Senior, Customer Success Manager
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Jiaona (JZ) Vaidya Chief Product Officer
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Shaq Zabihian Software Architect

Acquisitions

Acquired company	Price	Announced
QQuantime	Not disclosed publicly	Date not given

Investors

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IVP portfolio →

Sources and API

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