Top Payments Startups in San Francisco

203 employeesYC W19Early stage

Applied AI & ML Payments E-commerce & retail

Mashgin

Hiring

What they do:

Self-Checkout using Computer Vision.

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150 employeesYC W15Growth stage12 open roles

Payments Digital health & care

Collectly

Hiring

What they do:

We help healthcare orgs collect more money faster

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106 employeesYC W17Growth stage10 open roles

Legal, compliance & gov Applied AI & ML Payments

Promise

Hiring

What they do:

Better payment systems for governments and the communities they serve.

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80 employeesYC W18Growth stage11 open roles

Payments Logistics & supply chain Mobility & automotive

AtoB

Hiring

What they do:

Modernizing global transportation payments.

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75 employeesYC S20Growth stage9 open roles

Payments Legal, compliance & gov

Forage

Hiring

What they do:

Payments powering people

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66 employeesYC S21Early stage

Balance

What they do:

The first digital payment experience company, built for B2B.

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70 employeesYC S20Growth stage

Afriex

Hiring

What they do:

Instant, low-fee remittances

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55 employeesYC S20Growth stage

Applied AI & ML Legal, compliance & gov Payments

Bretton AI

Hiring

What they do:

AI-native operations for the banks

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34 employeesYC S23Growth stage6 open roles

Developer tools Payments Accounting & finance ops

Lago

Hiring

What they do:

The AI Native Billing Platform

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27 employeesYC S21Growth stage1 open roles

Applied AI & ML Payments Cybersecurity

Slope

Hiring

What they do:

The B2B Payments Platform

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16 employeesYC S21Growth stage2 open roles

Payments Banking & lending Real estate & construction

Truss

Hiring

What they do:

Truss is a banking and payments network for blue-collar trades.

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15 employeesYC S21Early stage

Payments Developer tools Social & community

Dots 💸

Hiring

What they do:

Developer friendly drop in payouts infrastructure

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10 employeesYC S21Growth stage1 open roles

Payments Banking & lending

Levro

What they do:

Multicurrency account & international payments for businesses

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12 employeesYC S21Early stage

AI agents & assistants Applied AI & ML Payments

Runtime

Hiring

What they do:

The AI agent harness for payment teams

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7 employeesYC X26Early stage

Safepay

Hiring

What they do:

Digital payments for businesses in Pakistan

Developer tools Payments

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4 employeesYC S20Early stageRemote

Digital health & care Applied AI & ML Payments

Health Harbor

Hiring

What they do:

Using generative AI to call insurance for healthcare clinics

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4 employeesYC S23Early stage

Payments Developer tools Legal, compliance & gov

Infinite

Hiring

What they do:

Global B2B Stablecoin Processor

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4 employeesYC W25Early stage

Developer tools Payments Crypto & web3

BlindPay

What they do:

Stablecoin API for global payments

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9 employeesYC W25Early stage

Dyneti Technologies

Hiring

What they do:

Reduce payment fraud

Cybersecurity Payments

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3 employeesYC W19Early stage9 open roles

Digital health & care Applied AI & ML Payments Insurance

Quill Bills

Hiring

What they do:

AI-Powered Medical Billing

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3 employeesYC S23Early stage

HEVN, inc

What they do:

Cross-border payments for exporters of physical goods.

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8 employeesYC X26Early stage

Substrate

Hiring

What they do:

Artificial Intelligence for your medical billing team

Applied AI & ML Payments

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2 employeesYC S24Early stage7 open rolesRemote

Payments Applied AI & ML Cloud & infrastructure

Uno Wallet

Hiring

What they do:

The AI mobile wallet that replaces Apple Pay

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2 employeesYC X26Early stage

Payments E-commerce & retail

OneText

What they do:

Frictionless payments via SMS

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6 employeesYC W23Early stageRemote

Applied AI & ML Payments Accounting & finance ops

LedgerUp

What they do:

AI agents that handles complex billing and revenue

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5 employeesYC S24Early stage

The New Money Company

What they do:

Invoicing that pays you even if your buyer doesn’t

Payments Insurance

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4 employeesYC W24Early stageRemote

Payments Travel & hospitality

Moreta

What they do:

Payments made easy for international travelers.

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4 employeesYC S24Early stage

Shor

What they do:

International payroll, built for founders

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4 employeesYC S25Early stage

Payments E-commerce & retail

Canopy (was Encarte)

What they do:

Encarte is building 1-click checkout for all online stores.

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2 employeesYC W19Early stage

DisputeNinja

What they do:

Automate your chargebacks with AI agents

Applied AI & ML Payments

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2 employeesYC S23Early stage

Crypto & web3 Payments Banking & lending Investing & wealth

Polar

What they do:

The smarter way to manage USD earnings globally

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2 employeesYC W24Early stageRemote

Applied AI & ML HR & recruiting Payments

Grade

What they do:

API for performance-based payroll

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2 employeesYC W26Early stage

Allowance

What they do:

The spend control layer for AI agents

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1 employeesYC X26Early stage

Investing & wealth Payments Banking & lending

Spring in Africa

What they do:

Investing in innovation

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YC W19Early stageRemote

WePay

Acquired

What they do:

Payments for platform businesses.

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400 employeesYC S09Growth stage