FLYR
FLYR sells AI-powered revenue optimization software to airlines, cargo and hospitality companies. The San Francisco-based company has raised $482M and employs 524 people.
The growth story
FLYR grew from 388 to 524 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $482M along the way, most recently a Series D in August 2024.
About
FLYR provides airlines and travel companies with AI tools to forecast demand, automate pricing and improve e-commerce. Its platform integrates with existing systems to help clients increase revenue and make data-driven decisions.
The company has raised $482M, including a Series D in August 2024. Its 524 employees are heavily concentrated in engineering, which makes up over a quarter of the workforce.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is FLYR's largest function, with 139 staff. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The FLYR org chart
Alex Mans (Founder & CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 222 (-14% YoY), Product Management 47 (0% YoY), Information Technology 29 (-3% YoY), Quality Assurance 19 (0% YoY), Program and Project Management 18 (-31% YoY), Business Development 13 (+18% YoY).
Talent flow
FLYR recruits heavily from travel tech firms, with Newshore, Sabre and Amadeus being top sources. Alumni most often move to Meta, Google and Fetcherr.
Most common previous employers of FLYR staff: Newshore (a FLYR company) (35), Sabre (16), Amadeus (13), Comarch (13), EPAM (7), IBM (7). Former FLYR employees most often moved to Meta (7), Google (7), Fetcherr (6), Lumin Digital (5), Amadeus (5), Booking.com (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The FLYR mafia
FLYR alumni have founded 30 companies, including Borderless Immigration (54 staff) and UP.Partners (33 staff).
30Matthew Bond, was Senior Product Manager until 2018Brian Adams, was Head of New Initiatives & Partnerships until 2023Kevin Berry, was Software Engineer until 2015David Lopez Mateos, was Advisor until 2025Cyril Guiraud, was Co-founder & CMO until 2017Louis Schmitlin, was Corporate Development & Strategy until 2024
Alexandre Langue, was Scrum Master and developer until 2015
Rishik Dhar, was Director, Data Engineering until 2019
Jayaram Reddy, was Employee until 2024
Naman Shukla, was Product Manager until 2024
Mateusz Mieczysław Ciszczoń, was Full Stack Engineer until 2024
Mohammad Saleem, was Director Program Management until 2019
Morgan Montgomery-Rice, was VP of People & Operations until 2021
Olivia Liao, was Director of Data Science until 2019
Dawid Figiel, was Senior Backend Developer until 2022
Cole Wrightson, was Strategic Advisor until 2025
Jamie Hichens, was Head of Global Talent Acquisition until 2023
Slawomir Czuz, was Program Manager & OPEX Lead until 2020
Nathan Toups, was Staff Cloud Platform Engineer and Tech Lead until 2024
Damian Szumski, was Delivery Technical Lead until 2024
John Chetwyn, was Interim Head of Engineering until 2024
Jeremy Holland, was Senior Content Marketing Manager until 2025
Andrei Checiches, was GM and Global Head of People Operations until 2023
David Jones, was Senior Delivery project manager until 2025
Steve Luk, was Sr. Director, Data Platform until 2022
Christie Engelbrecht (Rafton), was Chief Communications Officer until 2025
Paweł Skuza, was Senior Software Engineer until 2024
Dayton Stockwell, was Workplace Coordinator until 2023Web traffic
Traffic mix: 40% direct, 42% search, 4% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at FLYR: SQL (144), Python (Programming Language) (126), JavaScript (125), Agile Methodologies (121), Project Management (109), Git (106), Scrum (105), Management (105).
Where the team actually sits
FLYR people are concentrated in Małopolskie, Poland (45), Caldas, Colombia (41), Cracow Metropolitan Area (37), North Holland, Netherlands (31). 5 offices on record.
Search footprint
FLYR attracts about 442 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 20 ranking keywords and lost 31 in the last period.
Frequently asked
FLYR has 524 employees as of September 2026.
FLYR has raised $482M in total, most recently a Series D round in August 2024.
FLYR was founded in 2013 by Alex Mans 🛫.
Alex Mans (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of FLYR's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current FLYR staff are Newshore (a FLYR company) (35 people), Sabre (16 people), Amadeus (13 people).
Former FLYR employees most often move to Meta (7), Google (7), Fetcherr (6).
At least 30 companies have a founder who previously worked at FLYR, including Borderless Immigration, UP.Partners, Camino.
FLYR attracts about 442 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among FLYR staff are SQL, Python (Programming Language), JavaScript, Agile Methodologies, Project Management.
FLYR staff are concentrated in Małopolskie, Poland (45), Caldas, Colombia (41), Cracow Metropolitan Area (37).
FLYR has about 222 people in Engineering, down 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
FLYR has about 47 people in Product Management, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 341 current and 530 former FLYR profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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