Key Points
- Remote hit $300M ARR and became cash-flow positive, thanks to a 50% jump in revenue per employee.
- CEO Job van der Voort runs five Claude instances on his second screen, building tools for himself and the company.
- Employees across all departments build custom apps in Remote Labs, an internal AI marketplace.
- Remote Build now sends 'forward-deployed engineers' to help clients create custom AI workflows.
- Core payroll business grew over 300% year over year, though the company hasn't independently verified that figure.
Why It Matters
This is wild because a seven-year-old payroll company—not exactly a sexy tech startup—just proved that AI can make your existing team 50% more productive without hiring anyone. CEO van der Voort literally has five Claude instances running on his second screen, and employees are building their own AI apps in an internal marketplace. They're so confident in their AI chops that they're now selling the same custom workflow service to clients. If a payroll company can pull this off, imagine what happens when AI hits every boring back office in the world.
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