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Orthogonal

Orthogonal

Winter 2026

Agentic Payments for APIs

San Francisco, CA, USA20262 peopleActive

Artificial IntelligenceCrypto / Web3PaymentsAPI

About Company

APIs weren’t built for agents. Orthogonal fixes that. Developers and agents get instant access to hundreds of APIs through our MCP or SDK. No API key management, no billing headaches, pay as you go. API providers list once and become instantly discoverable.

Active Founders

Christian Pickett

Founder

Cofounder @ Orthogonal - Agentic Payments for APIs Prev. Vercel & Coinbase

Bera Sogut

Founder

Cofounder @ Orthogonal - Agentic Payments for APIs Prev. Google, Amazon Robotics | 2x ACM ICPC World Finalist

Company Facts

workspace_premiumBatchWinter 2026

groupTeam Size2

calendar_monthFounded2026

trending_upStageEarly

categoryIndustryB2B

location_onLocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

boltStatusActive

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