KAYAK

KAYAK

Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
5 employees
Application Software
Public · $223M

About KAYAK

KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK Trips, Explore, and Price Forecast.

In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, Checkfelix, Momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi, and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories.

KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO), a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO), a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Open positions (17)

Company details

Team Size5
LocationNorwalk, Connecticut, USA
IndustryApplication Software

Funding

Total raised

$223M

Last stage

Public

Investors

General Catalyst
Sequoia Capital
Accel
OOak Investment Partners
IVP

Founders

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Steve Hafner

Co-founded KAYAK in January 2004. Previously co-founded Orbitz in 1999. Led KAYAK as CEO until February 2026.

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Paul English

Co-founded KAYAK in 2004. Previously VP of Technology at Intuit. Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies including GetHuman and Boston Venture Studio.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.