Sources: the US DOJ opened a criminal probe and sent out grand-jury subpoenas in recent weeks over allegations that Deel recruited a spy inside rival Rippling
Subpoenas seek information on allegations that Deel, valued at around $17 billion, recruited a spy inside a rival company
Sources: the US DOJ opened a criminal probe and sent out grand-jury subpoenas in recent weeks over allegations that Deel recruited a spy inside rival Rippling
Subpoenas seek information on allegations that Deel, valued at around $17 billion, recruited a spy inside a rival company
HR software startup Deel raised $300M led by Ribbit Capital at a $17B valuation, up from $12.6B earlier in 2025, and says revenue crossed $100M in September
HR start-up raises $300mn from Ribbit, Coatue and Andreessen amid espionage allegations from rival Rippling
Deel says it crossed a $1B annual revenue run rate in Q1 2025, has allocated an M&A budget of $200M to $500M for 2025, and is still aiming for a US IPO in 2026
and are approaching 3 years of profitability. 6 years later, @bouazizalex and @shuoshuooshuooo continue to execute on their vision. Deel is becoming the LinkedIn: Deel : From an idea to over $1B in re...
Court filings: Deel alleges Rippling's “competitive intelligence manager” Brett Alexander Johnson posed as a customer to access Deel's product and business info
HR start-ups Rippling and Deel trade allegations their leaders directed efforts to steal company secrets from one another
a16z, which has a ~20% stake in Deel worth $2.5B+, is advising Deel in fighting Rippling, whose CEO, Parker Conrad, said a16z pushed him out of Zenefits in 2016
Notably, A16Z also (reportedly) pushed some seed investors to sell their Deel stakes in prior rounds to buy as much as they could get, which some were unhappy about. … X: @cailen : Who needs reality t...
Deel sues Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive trade practices, says Rippling placed an insider within Deel, is not tax compliant, and more
The legal battle between HR software unicorns Deel and Rippling escalated on Friday, with Deel suing Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive trade practices.
a16z, which owns ~20% of Deel, a stake worth $2.5B+, is advising Deel in fighting Rippling, whose CEO Parker Conrad said a16z pushed him out of Zenefits in 2016
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has landed in the middle of a nasty Silicon Valley spy scandal between …
A sworn Irish affidavit: Keith O'Brien, who allegedly spied for Deel while working at Rippling, says Deel paid him and he coordinated with Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz
Read the stunning affidavit from Keith O'Brien, the alleged Deel spy — Keith O'Brien, the man who allegedly spied for Deel …
HR service Rippling sues Deel, accusing its rival of hiring a mole in its Dublin office to comb through trade secrets, uncovered via a “honeypot” Slack channel
A lawsuit by Rippling accuses a top competitor, Deel, of placing a mole in its ranks — which it uncovered via a “honeypot” trap on Slack.