Our Story: Built for the Future of Work

Remote was founded on a simple but powerful conviction: where you live should never limit where you can work or who you can work with. Our founders experienced firsthand the maddening friction of international hiring — the months-long entity setups, the inconsistent legal advice, the payroll errors that damaged trust with great employees. They built Remote to be the infrastructure layer that makes global work as seamless as local work.

From day one, we chose a different path than our competitors. Instead of acting as brokers who rely on third-party partners in each country, we invested deeply in building and owning our own legal entities around the world. That decision was expensive and time-consuming, but it gave us something no shortcut could: direct accountability, faster service, and a genuinely consistent experience regardless of which country your team member calls home.

Today, Remote serves thousands of companies — from two-person startups to publicly traded enterprises — across more than 180 countries. Our platform handles everything from Employer of Record services and global payroll to contractor management and equity administration. We've paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in wages and have helped teams in every industry build the global workforces that power their growth.

We're proud of our technology, but we're equally proud of our people. Our team is itself a testament to the model we've built — fully distributed across dozens of countries, working asynchronously across time zones, and delivering world-class results without a single central office. We don't just sell the future of work. We live it every day.

Remote's mission extends beyond software. We publish open-source employment guides, advocate for fair contractor protections, and partner with policymakers to modernize labor frameworks that haven't kept pace with how work actually happens in the 21st century. When we say we're building a world where everyone has access to opportunity, we mean it — and every product decision, every hire, and every partnership reflects that commitment.