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Promise

3 Mentions9 Facts11 Sources4 verified11 open roles

Key facts

CEO
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Founded by
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Diana Frappier
Capabilities
cost-effective way for people to pay off government debt
Brings evidence-based decision-making and data analytics to criminal justice, with equity correction as a goal.
Participated in
Y Combinator, Winter 2018 batch

Currently building

Based on recent job postings and announcements

Hiring

Job board checked Oct 25, 2026

Job board
11open roles
Nov 2025: 0 roles postedNovDec 2025: 0 roles postedJan 2026: 0 roles postedFeb 2026: 0 roles postedFebMar 2026: 1 role postedApr 2026: 0 roles postedMay 2026: 0 roles postedMayJun 2026: 1 role postedJul 2026: 2 roles postedAug 2026: 3 roles posted3AugSep 2026: 3 roles postedOct 2026: 1 role posted1Oct
Currently open roles by month first posted (last 12 months)
Open roles by month posted
2025-110
2025-120
2026-010
2026-020
2026-031
2026-040
2026-050
2026-061
2026-072
2026-083
2026-093
2026-101
Departments
  • Engineering
    3
  • Legal
    2
  • Product
    2
  • Sales
    2
  • Client Success (Call Center)
    1
  • IT/Sec
    1
Hiring focus
  • AI engineering and agentic systems
  • Platform and infrastructure automation
  • Government and utility sales
  • Government contracting and compliance
  • Bilingual customer support for utility debt and financial relief

Summarised from Promise's open job titles and departments.

Recently posted

Timeline 8

Dated events, newest first. Open the sources under any item.

How we verify
Initiative2Founded2People1Capability2
20262 events
October
  1. Oct 20, 2026Initiative
    Automated delivery and infrastructure
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
July
  1. Jul 9, 2026Initiative
    Generative AI and LLM applications
    Unverified1 source· Job posting· archived
20213 events
  1. as of Feb 2021Capability
    Cost-effective way for people to pay off government debt
    “Promise is a cost-effective way for people to pay off their government debt.” 1:58
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  2. Feb 26, 2021People
    Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins CEO of Promise
    “I am the co-founder and CEO of a company called Promise.” 1:23
    Verified2 sources· Talk
  3. Feb 26, 2021Founded
    Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins founded Promise
    “I am the co-founder and CEO of a company called Promise.” 1:23
    Verified2 sources· Talk
20183 events
September
  1. as of Sep 2018Capability
    Brings evidence-based decision-making and data analytics to criminal justice, with equity correction as a goal.
    “we're building a company... bring evidence-based decision-making to criminal justice.” 26:54
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  2. as of Sep 2018Founded
    Diana Frappier founded Promise
    “Diana is my co-founder.” 5:02
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  1. 2018Other
    Promise participated in Y Combinator
    Winter 2018 batch
    “Promise went through the Winter 2018 batch of YC.” 0:00
    Unverified1 source· Talk

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