The first AI-powered BenefitOS that automates enrolment, admin, and compliance for global employee benefits
Happl (YC W22) is building the first AI-powered BenefitOS — a next-generation employee benefits infrastructure platform that automates enrolment, admin, and compliance for global teams.
Happl helps companies design, manage, and scale benefits that actually work for their people, spanning flex allowances, insurance, recognition, and wellbeing — all in one intelligent platform. Employees get personalised benefits they can choose based on what's right for them, while managers get tools to engage their teams without the compliance headaches.
Backed by leading investors including YCombinator and 6Degrees Capital (known for backing Deel, Rippling, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Dropbox), Happl recently raised an £11M Series A (£14M total) and was awarded a place in the UK's top 100 startups for 2026.
The company is at an exciting inflection point — scaling its go-to-market motion, growing the team rapidly, and building the outbound engine that will define how Happl generates pipeline as it scales. If you want to be part of reshaping how companies support their people, Happl is the place to do it.
Total raised
$22.0M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Ben Towers
Ben (24) is Co-Founder at Happl (formerly Tahora). An entrepreneur since he was 11 years old when he started his first business, Towers Design, Ben has always been motivated by creating things that help people. By 18 he was named by The Times as 'the smartest teenager on the planet' and working with the UK Government and Royal Family on their entrepreneurship programmes. Prior to starting Tahora, Ben was the Communications Director at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
Ben Towers MBE
Multi-award-winning entrepreneur who began his entrepreneurial journey at age 11. Received an MBE for services to entrepreneurship and innovation. Forbes 30 Under 30 (Tech). Y Combinator W22 alum. Previously an advisor to BEIS and communications director at GSK.
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