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Lotanna Ezeike
InvestorFounderCEO at Grade · Former Principal Product Officer (Consumer AI) at Founders
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedGrade · YC
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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.
CEO at GradeYC W26
Intro paths
Lotanna went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Grade's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Lotanna can intro founders to Grade's investors below.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lotanna Ezeike?
- 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.
- Where does Lotanna Ezeike work?
- Lotanna Ezeike is CEO of Grade.
- What companies did Lotanna Ezeike found?
- Lotanna Ezeike founded Grade.
- What companies has Lotanna Ezeike invested in?
- Investments tracked here include YouArt.
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University of Leicester mafia25
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