Orthogonal

Top 12 DevTech · YC Winter 2026
www.orthogonal.com

Gives AI agents and developers instant access to hundreds of paid APIs through a single MCP or SDK, handling key management, billing, and auth in one layer.

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Founders

Christian Pickett

Co-founder

Bera Sogut

Co-founder

Funding History

YC W26
January 2026
Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
Seed $4.3M
June 2026
Led by Pantera Capital
Pantera Capital, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Decasonic, Outbound Capital, Rice Capital, Surreal by Premise

Articles

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