# Edward Kim (slim)

> Edward Kim is co-founder and Head of Engineering. Gusto on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and Head of Engineering.

Edward Kim co-founded Gusto, which began as ZenPayroll in Y Combinator's Winter 2012 batch, and leads its engineering team.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edawerd/
- X: https://x.com/edawerd

## What Edward builds

- [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.

## Works with

- [Josh Reeves](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/josh-reeves/), Co-founder and CEO
- [Tomer London](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tomer-london/), Co-founder, leads product and design

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)
- [Salesforce.com](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce-com/)
- [DCVC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dcvc/)
- [Sherpalo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sherpalo-ventures/)
- [Pejman Nozad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pejman-nozad/)
- [Aaron Levie](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aaron-levie/)
- [David Sacks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-sacks/)
- [Drew Houston](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/drew-houston/)
- [Jawed Karim](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jawed-karim/)
- [Jeremy Stoppelman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeremy-stoppelman/)
- [Kris Duggan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kris-duggan/)
- [Larry Augustin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/larry-augustin/)
- [Tien Tzuo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tien-tzuo/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)
- [CapitalG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/capitalg/)
- [Ribbit Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ribbit-capital/)
- [Emergence Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emergence-capital/)
- [137 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/137-ventures/)
- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)
- [MSD Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/msd-capital/)
- [Dragoneer Investment Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dragoneer-investment-group/)
- [Fidelity Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fidelity-investments/)
- [Generation Investment Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/generation-investment-management/)

## Questions

### Who is Edward Kim?

Edward Kim co-founded Gusto, which began as ZenPayroll in Y Combinator's Winter 2012 batch, and leads its engineering team.

### What does Gusto, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Gusto from Gusto, Inc..

### Who has invested in Gusto, Inc.?

The 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.

### How are Edward's tools graded?

Gusto is graded B, 63.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gusto

These 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.