We detected 3,500 companies using Ashby, 588 companies that churned, and 152 customers with upcoming renewal in the next 3 months. The most common industry is Software Development (36%) and the most common company size is 11-50 employees (35%). We find new customers by discovering URLs with known URL patterns through web crawling or modifications to subprocessor lists.
Note: We track companies that use Ashby even if they never posted a single job
The count of new companies shown here may differ from the total in the table above. This is intentional. We apply a consistent baseline to ensure month-over-month comparisons are apples-to-apples rather than affected by when data was first collected.
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Market Insights
๐ข Top Industries
Software Development1100 (36%)
Technology, Information and Internet505 (16%)
Financial Services210 (7%)
Hospitals and Health Care111 (4%)
IT Services and IT Consulting68 (2%)
๐ Company Size Distribution
11-50 employees1205 (35%)
51-200 employees1022 (30%)
2-10 employees640 (19%)
201-500 employees307 (9%)
501-1,000 employees135 (4%)
๐ฅ What types of companies are companies that use Ashby?
Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 3,500 companies that use Ashby
Company Characteristics
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Shows how much more likely Ashby customers are to have each trait compared to all companies. For example, 2.0x means customers are twice as likely to have that characteristic.
Trait
Likelihood
Funding Stage: Series F
273.8x
Funding Stage: Series E
241.8x
Funding Stage: Series C
160.2x
Industry: Robotics Engineering
41.5x
Industry: Energy Technology
22.7x
Industry: Software Development
20.5x
I analyzed these companies and found that Ashby's typical customer operates at the intersection of technology and transformation. These aren't just software companies. They're building infrastructure that didn't exist before: AI platforms that automate complex workflows, fintech companies creating new payment rails, healthtech firms redesigning care delivery, and deep tech startups tackling problems in defense, climate, and robotics. Whether it's "the operating system for benefits" (Noyo), "AI-powered demo platform" (Reprise), or "next-generation payment platform" (Payabli), these companies are fundamentally rebuilding how industries operate.
These companies cluster heavily in the growth stage. My analysis shows significant Series A through Series C representation, with funding rounds typically ranging from $10M to $150M. Employee counts concentrate in the 11-200 range, that critical scaling phase where hiring becomes make-or-break. Even the smaller teams (2-10 employees) often have YC backing or seed funding, indicating they're positioned for rapid growth. The mature outliers like Redis and Funding Circle (500+ employees) prove Ashby scales with customers long-term.
๐ง What other technologies do companies that use Ashby also use?
Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 3,500 companies that use Ashby
Commonly Paired Technologies
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Shows how much more likely Ashby customers are to use each tool compared to the general population. For example, 287x means customers are 287 times more likely to use that tool.
I noticed that companies using Ashby are overwhelmingly modern, engineering-first organizations that treat their internal operations with the same rigor they apply to their products. The concentration of tools like Incident.io, PagerDuty, and Cursor (437x, 237x, and 187x more likely respectively) tells me these are tech companies building complex software systems where engineering culture drives everything.
The pairing of Incident.io with PagerDuty is particularly revealing. These companies aren't just monitoring their systems, they're building sophisticated incident response workflows that suggest they're running production systems at scale with meaningful customer dependencies. When I see Cursor showing up 187x more often, it confirms these teams are adopting cutting-edge developer tools early, indicating they're likely well-funded startups or growth-stage companies competing for top engineering talent. Vanta appearing 261x more frequently makes perfect sense here too. These companies are selling to other businesses and need SOC 2 compliance, but they're choosing the modern, automated approach rather than traditional consultants.
The full stack reveals these are product-led B2B companies in growth mode. They're past the earliest startup phase (they have compliance needs and incident management processes) but still moving fast and investing heavily in developer productivity. The presence of Golinks (382x more likely) is the clincher. Only companies with substantial headcount and complex internal systems need URL shortening for internal tools. These aren't small startups anymore.
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