TL;DR: Grade is a Y Combinator Winter 2026 startup API for performance-based payroll, currently active with a team of 2.
API for performance-based payroll
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Grade is the API for performance-based payroll. Think of us like Deel or Gusto, but our payouts are for work completed, not hours. Companies use Grade to pay AI agents and contractors based on results: tasks completed, targets hit, work delivered. We handle compliance, tax reporting, and global payouts.
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Yes. Grade was funded by Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch. API for performance-based payroll
Grade is the API for performance-based payroll. Think of us like Deel or Gusto, but our payouts are for work completed, not hours. Companies use Grade to pay AI agents and contractors based on results: tasks completed, targets hit, work delivered. We handle compliance, tax reporting, and global payouts.
Grade was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch.
Grade has a team of 2 people according to Y Combinator's directory.
Grade is currently listed as Active with a team of 2 in Y Combinator's directory.
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