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  "markdown": "Co-founder and Head of Engineering.\n\nEdward Kim co-founded Gusto, which began as ZenPayroll in Y Combinator's Winter 2012 batch, and leads its engineering team. Kim was earlier a founder of Picwing, another Y Combinator company, and worked at Sun Microsystems and Volkswagen's Electronics Research Lab.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edawerd/\n- X: https://x.com/edawerd\n\n## What Edward builds\n\n- [Gusto](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gusto.md), graded B, 63.4/100, in Payroll infrastructure. Gusto Embedded Payroll is a REST API for running US payroll inside another product, covering company and worker onboarding, payroll calculation and submission, tax filing and contractor payments. Production access needs a partnership with Gusto. A demo environment is self-serve. Co-founder and Head of Engineering, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Josh Reeves](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/josh-reeves/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Tomer London](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tomer-london/), Co-founder, leads product and design\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)\n- [Salesforce.com](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce-com/)\n- [DCVC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dcvc/)\n- [Sherpalo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sherpalo-ventures/)\n- [Pejman Nozad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pejman-nozad/)\n- [Aaron Levie](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aaron-levie/)\n- [David Sacks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-sacks/)\n- [Drew Houston](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/drew-houston/)\n- [Jawed Karim](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jawed-karim/)\n- [Jeremy Stoppelman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeremy-stoppelman/)\n- [Kris Duggan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kris-duggan/)\n- [Larry Augustin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/larry-augustin/)\n- [Tien Tzuo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tien-tzuo/)\n- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)\n- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)\n- [CapitalG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/capitalg/)\n- [Ribbit Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ribbit-capital/)\n- [Emergence Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emergence-capital/)\n- [137 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/137-ventures/)\n- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)\n- [MSD Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/msd-capital/)\n- [Dragoneer Investment Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dragoneer-investment-group/)\n- [Fidelity Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fidelity-investments/)\n- [Generation Investment Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/generation-investment-management/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Edward Kim?\n\nEdward Kim co-founded Gusto, which began as ZenPayroll in Y Combinator's Winter 2012 batch, and leads its engineering team. Kim was earlier a founder of Picwing, another Y Combinator company, and worked at Sun Microsystems and Volkswagen's Electronics Research Lab.\n\n### What does Gusto, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Gusto from Gusto, Inc.. Gusto Embedded Payroll is a REST API for running US payroll inside another product, covering company and worker onboarding, payroll calculation and submission, tax filing and contractor payments. Production access needs a partnership with Gusto. A demo environment is self-serve.\n\n### Who has invested in Gusto, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, GV, Salesforce.com, DCVC, Sherpalo Ventures, Pejman Nozad, Aaron Levie, David Sacks, Drew Houston, Jawed Karim, Jeremy Stoppelman, Kris Duggan, Larry Augustin, Tien Tzuo, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, CapitalG, Ribbit Capital, Emergence Capital, 137 Ventures, T. Rowe Price, MSD Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity Investments and Generation Investment Management.\n\n### How are Edward's tools graded?\n\nGusto is graded B, 63.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gusto\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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