Zerve AIThe customer this was delivered for.Enabled Global Hiring Across 5+ Countries and Achieved Audit Readiness
Key results
- 5+ countries supported for global hiring
- 90% of workforce managed on platform
Zerve AI, an Irish startup building an agentic development environment, aimed to operate as a distributed team from day one to access specialized engineering talent. As a fast-growing startup with over 60% engineers, they faced the dual challenge of hiring elite global talent and fast-tracking operational maturity for an enterprise-grade product. This required moving away from an an ad-hoc HR system. They needed a global HR platform with a centralized employee directory, compliant time-off policies, and security training verification to prepare for an ISO 27001 audit. Zerve AI, already utilizing Deel's EOR for senior developers in North America and Europe, adopted Deel's HR suite to centralize people operations. This new system was immediately tested in preparation for an upcoming ISO 27001 audit. A key factor in their choice was Deel's integration with their audit monitoring system, which automated the tracking of required security training. This integration provided the fastest path to compliance while fulfilling pre-audit requirements. The immediate success was confidently entering the ISO 27001 audit. Furthermore, consolidating on Deel enabled Zerve AI to fully incentivize talent by issuing equity grants to employees of record. They also increased financial transparency through itemized employment cost tracking for better budgeting. A distributed team was better engaged by facilitating performance recognition and real-time time-off management via Deel's Slack plugin. This foundation positioned Zerve AI to focus on maturing its people and culture programs and future growth initiatives.
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