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Velocity1.7

Global HR platform for hiring and paying international teams

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Remote layers on AI-assisted workflows and tightens admin controls while expanding contractor coverage country-by-country.

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◆Current state
Recent activity is a steady stream of admin-tooling and compliance plumbing: clearer roles/permissions visibility on Team Overview, consolidated UI permissions in the admin panel, Canadian contractor verification fields, and discount queueing for pricing plans. Geographic expansion continues with Contractor of Record now covering Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria. The notable departure from the pattern is an expense submission flow that uses 'Remote AI' to auto-fill from receipts.
◆Where it's heading
Remote is moving along two parallel tracks: hardening the platform for enterprise buyers (SSO enforcement, granular permissions, audit visibility) and quietly introducing an AI brand inside operational flows. The country-by-country COR expansion is the same global-coverage motor that's defined Remote since launch — it's still the moat — but the AI-assisted expense submission is the first time AI shows up as a user-visible feature rather than back-office automation.
◆Prediction
Expect Remote AI to expand into other repetitive HR flows next — onboarding document parsing, contract review, time-off request triage. Continued COR country additions will keep arriving roughly biweekly, and SSO enforcement signals more security-and-compliance feature work aimed at large-employer deals.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    Weekly digest placeholder (Apr 6–12)

    A weekly digest entry with no body content — placeholder rather than a substantive release. Doesn't move the trajectory in any direction.

  2. 2mo ago

    ⭐ Team Overview: Enhanced Roles and Permissions Visibility

    Team Overview now surfaces each employee's roles and permissions inline, an audit-friendly addition for company admins running larger Remote-managed populations. Limited to Remote teams (not customer-of-record contractors), so the immediate audience is enterprise HR ops.

  3. 2mo ago

    🎪 Payments Widget: Enhanced Payment Progress Display

  4. 2mo ago

    🛠️ EOR Hiring: Automatic Risk Reserve Calculations

  5. 2mo ago

    🎯 Contractor of Record: Easier Invoice Management

  6. 2mo ago

    🌟 COR: Onboarding Open for Bahraini Nationals