Vardhan Kapoor is the CEO and co-founder of Firstwork, the AI-powered HR platform transforming how frontline teams get hired, trained, and paid. Backed by Y Combinator and Google, Firstwork helps businesses slash time-to-hire by 80%, drive compliance accuracy to 99%, and deliver tailored onboarding and training at scale. Before Firstwork, Vardhan scaled gig worker onboarding at Deliveroo and helped build payment systems for millions of workers at Remitly. He’s obsessed with automation, AI, and fixing the bottlenecks that slow businesses down.