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API for performance-based payroll
Grade is the API for performance-based payroll. Think of us like Deel or Gusto, but our payouts are for work completed, not hours. Companies use Grade to pay AI agents and contractors based on results: tasks completed, targets hit, work delivered. We handle compliance, tax reporting, and global payouts.
Grade provides an API-driven platform to pay creators globally while managing compliance and invoicing. It emphasizes one consolidated invoice, DAC7 and KYC/tax compliance, and real-time payout tracking across 190+ countries for 3,200+ creators.
Grade offers built-in payouts via API, handling payments to creators across multiple countries, collect tax forms, verify identity, and manage compliance (DAC7, KYC, employment classification). It provides one invoice for finance, supports multiple payout methods (local bank transfers, PayPal, Wise, etc.), and allows automate payouts with configurable payment rules. The platform enables real-time earnings tracking, batch payouts, and a single invoice that consolidates payments and compliance for all creators.
Who it’s for: Brands, Agencies, Marketplaces that pay creators globally and need compliance management and a single invoicing solution
Hiring/traction mention: 3,200+ creators paid; 190+ countries; 40+ clients; 1M+ customers/users metrics embedded; multiple testimonials from brands and creators
2x VC-backed founder. Previously product lead at Barclays, one of the world's largest banks, where I led product for digital payments. At my last company, I managed $10M+ in contractor payouts. That experience led me to build Grade, the API for paying AI agents and contractors based on performance.
2x exited founder and now the CTO of Grade, the API for performance based payroll. Previously, I built and exited my first cryptography startup for over $5M while still in school, built and exited a consumer mobile app PrayScreen, built a rocket engine in my garage, and moved to San Francisco with my cofounder over a year ago. Excited by the future of payroll for the new global workforce and AI agents.
Helping companies pay their workers based on performance.
Grade offers performance-based payroll for companies paying workers, starting with creators. It tracks performance, automatically calculates payouts, and supports bulk approvals and tax compliance, replacing spreadsheet-based, hours-driven payroll. In the launch, Grade announces product readiness, traction of $380k+ paid to creators in 30 days (up 120% MoM), and an invitation to talk to companies paying creators at scale.
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