Rye
San Francisco
About Rye
Rye is the company powering the future of agentic commerce. With its Universal Checkout API, Rye enables AI agents and applications to purchase any product online with low latency, high reliability, and minimal developer effort. By abstracting away the complexity of merchant systems, fraud defenses, and payment compliance, Rye provides the checkout layer built for AI. Founded in 2021 by Arjun Bhargava (CEO, ex-Reddit) and Justin Kan (co-founder, former Twitch co-founder and Y Combinator partner), Rye is backed by several investors, led by a16z crypto.
Company Facts
- Operating status: Active
- Company type: For Profit
- IPO status: Private
- Employees: 11 – 50
- Total funding: $14.0M
- Funding stage: Seed
- Last round: Seed (Oct 2022)
- Website: rye.com
- Phone: [email protected]
Industries & Categories
Apps, Content Creators, Developer APIs, E-Commerce
Social Profiles
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