APIs weren't built for agents. Orthogonal fixes that.
Orthogonal is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2026 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Agentic Payments for APIs. The founders listed are Christian Pickett (Founder/CEO), Bera Sogut (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 26, 2026).
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APIs weren't built for agents. Orthogonal fixes that. We enable agentic payments so any agent can instantly discover, access, and pay for hundreds of APIs. No subscriptions, no sales calls, just pay per use. API providers list once and get paid every time an agent calls their API.
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