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Firstwork

Firstwork is a startup that builds AI agents for frontline workforce operations, moving workers from application to first shift.

firstwork.com

Co-founder and CEO

Vardhan Kapoor

Raised in the rounds listed

$20 million

Founders

Vardhan Kapoor, Shubham Choudhary

Founded

2024

Who it reaches

Frontline workers moving from application to first shift, and the HR and operations teams that hire them.

Firstwork funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Investors
Oct 21, 2026	Series A	$15 million	Earlybird Venture Capital (lead), Legion VC, Deel Ventures, Gradient, Y Combinator
Feb 27, 2025	Seed	$5 million	Gradient (lead), Y Combinator, SOMA Capital, 468 Capital, Houghton Street Ventures, angels from Deel and Job&Talent

Key facts

Series A: $15 million, led by Earlybird Venture Capital, announced October 21, 2026source
Total funding: $20 million since the company launched in 2024source
Seed round: $5 million seed round led by Gradientsource
Frontline workers per month: More than 150,000 start work through the platform each month (company figure)source
Customers named: Deel, Job&Talent, Relay, Wonolo and BGSF; the company says they cut the time workers and HR teams spend on each new hire by up to 90%source

WYDE coverage of Firstwork

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Firstwork, on Oct 24, 2026. Firstwork is the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Firstwork Series A: $15 Million to Automate Frontline Onboarding With AI.

Firstwork Series A: $15 Million to Automate Frontline Onboarding With AI

Earlybird Venture Capital led the round, which brings the applied AI platform's total funding to $20 million and moves frontline hires from application to first shift.

Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

Reported alongside Firstwork

Shubham Choudhary · in 1 story with Firstwork
Vardhan Kapoor · in 1 story with Firstwork

Sources

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