Zinc is building the programmable commerce layer for the internet. Our API already enables tens of thousands of transactions each month, and our goal is much bigger: a world where any purchase online can be automated and integrated through a simple API.
Zinc is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2014 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The secret backbone of e-commerce. The founders listed are Doug Feigelson (Founder), John Wang (Founder/Chief Engineer) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 20, 2013).
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Zinc is building the programmable commerce layer for the internet. Our API already enables tens of thousands of transactions each month, and our goal is much bigger: a world where any purchase online can be automated and integrated through a simple API. As commerce shifts to automation, AI, and agents — the purchasing layer of the internet will become essential infrastructure — which is what we're building at Zinc.
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