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Why Laurel Exists

We started the company six years ago to empower +1B knowledge workers to produce twice as much value in half the time. Ambitious to say the least, but it has been done once before.

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Goodbye Time by Ping. Hello Laurel: The Story Behind Our New Identity

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Hello Anthony Altieri, Software Engineer

As a former founder who “thinks in code,” Anthony brings his startup experience and expert technical skills to his role as a Software Engineer.

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Going Beyond Fixed Rules With Machine Learning to Truly Automate Timekeeping

Although both machine learning and fixed rules fall under the umbrella of AI, they’re vastly different. These differences have implications for timekeeping.

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A Team Connected By Time

At Laurel, our team is unified by a deeper purpose: to return time. Hear from our CEO on why this mission will drive us to change the world, and then watch our Laureates speak to life at Laurel in our new video.

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Refactoring The Factory Model

A century after its introduction, the Factory Model pervades. Yet much has changed in the knowledge economy. CEO Ryan Alshak explores why it’s time to evolve the way we work and how Laurel is driving this transformation.

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Laurel (Previously Time by Ping) Raises $36.5M Series B To Return Time To The World

Investment to accelerate adoption of time automation among professional services firms, eliminating the burden of manual timekeeping for knowledge workers.

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Meet Our Time Consultants

Meet the professional services industry veterans who will partner with you and your firm in the shift to Laurel.

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Hello Alper Vural, Software Engineer at Laurel (Previously Time by Ping)

Alper began with Laurel as a contractor, and after time exploring different career paths, he came back to us. As a software engineer, we are lucky to have his dedication, infinite energy, and true drive to serve the customer.

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Hello Nat Welch, Lead Cloud Platform Engineer at Laurel (Previously Time by Ping)

Nat Welch is a leading expert on Site Reliability Engineering, and we are lucky to have him leading the charge on SRE at Laurel, where he helps us scale the platform for safe, reliable, and performant data handling.

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Hello Eric Zaarour, Customer Success Director at Laurel (Previously Time by Ping)

When we think of culture at Laurel, we think of Eric. Eric Zaarour helped Ryan build the company back in law school when it was still a business card app.

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Hello Thomas Zhang, Software Engineer at Laurel (Previously Time by Ping)

Thomas Zhang, our longest-tenured software engineer at Laurel, has been responsible for helping build nearly every aspect of the product — frontend, backend, database, ML, cloud deployment, security, CI, and more.

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