Trayd builds the back-office operating system for the construction industry's specialty trade contractors, an underserved segment drowning in payroll complexity. Its platform automates payroll, HR, scheduling, and field tracking while factoring in wage calculations by trade type, state vs federal vs private project scope, multi-state tax obligations, union rules, and compliance reporting. Customers have cut average weekly payroll processing from 14 hours to 27 minutes, and Trayd reports moving tens of millions of payroll dollars each week with over 600% year-over-year revenue growth. Founded in 2021 by CEO Anna Berger, who grew up in a New York construction family, and CTO Cara Kessler, a decade-long LinkedIn web platform lead, Trayd raised a $10M Series A led by White Star Capital in just three weeks, with repeat backers Y Combinator and Suffolk Technologies participating.