Eynat Guez

I built Papaya Global because I watched global payroll fail people - not just companies. The workforce is entering its most disruptive decade. AI isn't replacing HR. It's exposing every fragile, manual, compliance-blind system that was never built for global scale. Most payroll vendors are bolting AI onto legacy infrastructure. We designed for it from scratch. Led Papaya to become the first payroll & payments company named to TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies (2023) Before Papaya, I ran operations in Africa and Asia for a major infrastructure holding company. I saw what it looked like when cross-border workforce management broke — and who paid the price. That's why I co-founded Papaya: to build the infrastructure that 1,000+ enterprises now depend on to pay their people across 180+ countries, in real time, with full liability coverage. First Israeli unicorn led by a woman. Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Startups. Jerusalem Post's 50 Most Influential Jews. I write about agentic AI, workforce transformation, leadership. motherhood and what it actually takes to build compliant global payroll. Follow if that's your space.