Fireside Chat with Ayush Sharma, CEO of Warp
Ayush Sharma (CS '19, MEng '20) secretly applied to MIT behind his parents' backs because he wanted to do physics where Feynman did physics. No safety schools. No backup plan.
Now he's the founder of Warp, the AI-powered employee management platform for startups. They automate payroll, HR, benefits and tax compliance across all 50 states so founders can focus on building. Raised $25M, serving 1,000+ companies. Their AI agents handle what used to require entire ops teams: tax registrations, filings, compliance. Think Ramp, but for HR and payroll.
Warp's DNA is rooted in MIT. Both the CEO and COO are alums. They're engineering and product-first, solving hard problems. They believe how you do one thing is how you do everything. Quality and speed aren't tradeoffs - they're the same thing. Taste is the moat.
Join us for a fireside chat on taking real bets, building an engineering-first company, and why the biggest risk isn't failing at something impossible - it's succeeding at something too small for your potential.
Moderated by Gabriella Garcia (COO, Warp) - ex-Facebook, Apple, Google, Two Sigma, and VC at Felicis.
About Warp: Warp is the AI-native employee management platform for ambitious companies. Trusted by 1,000+ startups, Warp removes the complexity of payroll, multi-state compliance, and benefits so your team never has to think about it. Backed by $25M from Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, and founders of Dropbox and Cruise, we're building employee management that actually runs itself. As one founder put it: "Using Warp feels like the first time I used Linear or Superhuman. The realization that payroll can just work." Built so you can build.
Warp is hiring engineers in NYC. Team from Stripe, Ramp, Brex, OpenSea, EpicGames, Okta (+). If you love building, you'll thrive here. joinwarp.com/careers