inai
AcquiredYC S21London, GB · Founded 2021 · 14 employees · 10 known investors
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Inai provides a payments platform that enables companies to launch, manage, and scale global payment solutions with integrations to diverse payment methods across regions. The platform is designed for e-commerce and digital businesses seeking to expand internationally while reducing engineering overhead.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechSaaSUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaEuropeAmerica / CanadaFully Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
inai was founded in 2021 by Anta Pattabiraman and Karthik Narayanan.
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Anta PattabiramaninFounderAnta previously worked in banking before founding Auro, a connected fitness platform that he sold before starting Inai, a payments infrastructure company offering integrations across gateways, wallets, BNPL providers, and related financial services.
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Karthik NarayananinFounder
Investors · 10
Better CapitalSanta Clara · $5K – $100Kvia Vaibhav Domkundwar · inferred
Gemba Capital Venture PartnersBengaluru · $250K
Kube VC
SquareOneBerlin · $378K – $3.8M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Soma Capitalreported · 2 sourcesSacramento · $100K – $300K
Also in the syndicate · 4
9UnicornsAnarko venturesGemba CapitalUncommon Capital
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed roundSep 2021
9Unicorns (lead), Paua Ventures (lead), Anarko ventures, Better Capital, Gemba Capital, Soma Capital, Uncommon Capital
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Competitors · 10
by search overlap
Stripe360 shared keywordsStripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
GoCardless237 shared keywordsGoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services. The platform enables businesses to collect domestic and international payments via bank accounts and securely access customer bank account data across 2,300+ banks in the UK and Europe.
Razorpay193 shared keywordsRazorpay provides payment processing APIs and financial services for online merchants, schools, and ecommerce businesses, offering payment acceptance, disbursement, current accounts, and working capital loans. The company serves businesses looking to accept and manage payments online with developer-friendly integration.
Wise192 shared keywordsWise is a financial platform offering international money transfers, multi-currency accounts, and debit cards with low fees and competitive exchange rates, serving millions of users globally.
Checkout178 shared keywordsCheckout.com offers Flow, a hosted payment page that businesses can deploy with a low-code, one-time integration to accept payments online. The page can be customized to match a site's branding for a consistent checkout experience.
Adyen128 shared keywordsAdyen is a payments platform that enables enterprises to accept, process, and move money across their business, with capabilities for embedded finance and financial product issuance.
SwipeSum122 shared keywordsSwipesum offers payment consulting and processing services, acting as an outsourced Chief Payments Officer that helps merchants find, implement, and audit credit card processing solutions. It provides proprietary statement-reading software (Staitment) that analyzes processing statements to generate cost-comparison proposals for businesses.
Jetlore106 shared keywordsJetlore was a Palo Alto AI startup that turned unstructured retail product data into structured attributes so merchants could personalise what each shopper saw. Founded by Stanford researchers, it raised from Sierra Ventures, Alsop Louie Partners, Fenox Venture Capital, BRM Capital and Mercury Fund, and PayPal acquired it in 2018.
Airwallex96 shared keywordsAirwallex operates a global banking platform that provides cross-border payments, financial infrastructure, and AI-powered financial software for businesses. The platform serves companies across 200+ countries, enabling automated financial operations, expense management, and billing for global enterprises and AI-native businesses.
Gr4Vy92 shared keywordsGr4vy provides a cloud-based payment orchestration platform that enables merchants and payment platforms to manage their payment strategies without coding. The platform allows businesses to design customized payment journeys and optimize their transaction processing.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does inai do?
- Inai provides a payments platform that enables companies to launch, manage, and scale global payment solutions with integrations to diverse payment methods across regions. The platform is designed for e-commerce and digital businesses seeking to expand internationally while reducing engineering overhead.
- Who founded inai?
- inai was founded by Anta Pattabiraman, Karthik Narayanan in 2021.
- Who are inai's investors?
- inai's investors include Better Capital, Gemba Capital Venture Partners, Kube VC, SquareOne, Y Combinator, Soma Capital.
- Where is inai headquartered?
- inai is headquartered in London, GB.