Laurel

San Francisco, California, USA · ≈300 employees · laurel.ai

Laurel is an enterprise software company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in AI-driven timekeeping and work intelligence for professional services firms. Founded in 2016, Laurel has developed the world's first AI Time platform, which automates the timesheet creation process by passively capturing digital work activity across various applications like Slack, Microsoft Outlook, and Zoom. This innovative approach helps knowledge workers track, analyze, and optimize their time without manual entry. The AI Time Platform offers features such as real-time analytics, automated categorization, and AI-generated narratives tailored to individual writing styles. Laurel's mission is to "return time" to professionals, enabling firms to recover an average of 28 billable minutes per day and achieve profit increases of 4–11%. The company serves hundreds of top enterprise professional service firms, particularly in the legal, accounting, and consulting sectors, and has raised over $253 million in funding, with a valuation of approximately $510 million.