TrashLab
“Can a modern operating system for waste haulers displace legacy dispatch/billing tools and become the AR + payments layer for the industry?”
Founded2022
HQSan Francisco, California, United States
FoundersJohn (ex-Google), Neil (Stanford)
Total raised$4M
Latest roundSeed
IndustryVertical SaaS / Waste Management
The story
TrashLab is a 2022-founded vertical SaaS building an operating system for waste haulers — dispatch, routing, CRM, billing, driver app, and now AI-powered call/order taking. The strategic bet is to consolidate a fragmented software stack for a legacy industry and layer embedded payments/billing on top. As of 2026 the company is still very early (13-19 employees, $4M raised) with embedded finance limited to payment acceptance for hauler AR collection rather than banking, cards, or lending.
Last 12 months
Product timeline
2022
TrashLab founded in San Francisco to modernize waste hauler operations.· pivot
2024
Raised $4M seed round; expanded platform to cover CRM, dispatch, billing, and payments.· banking
2026
Launched Haul-E, positioned as industry's first AI Order Taker for waste haulers.· pivot
The stack
1 layer disclosed in TrashLab’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting
Accounting gap: minor