About
Lotanna Ezeike was a product lead at Barclays focused on digital payments, and previously managed contractor payouts at another venture-backed company. He is now building Grade, an API for performance-based payments to AI agents and contractors.
Lotanna Ezeike π³ @lottsnomad
the second version of your app will embarrass the first that's the job ship anyway
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 4 Β· β 2
Lotanna Ezeike π³ @lottsnomad
your competitor already ran this experiment 1. open sensor tower's traffic breakdown for their app 2. see if it's paid, organic search, or referral 3. put your budget where theirs already is read the results, don't repeat the test
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Lotanna Ezeike π³ @lottsnomad
founders obsess over the feature list buyers just want to know it'll still work in 6 months if you can't promise that you don't have a sale yet
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
CEO, Co-founder at GradeYC W26
Intro paths
Lotanna went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Grade's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Lotanna can intro founders to Grade's investors below.
Grade's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Grade
