Directory / Agent Payments & Commerce

Locus

Payment infrastructure for AI agents

Locus is a Locus is a tool layer for capable AI agents: it provides paid APIs, agent tool access, spend controls, and wallet-based pay-per-use billing so agents can connect to and use third-party tools and data sources. It is positioned for developers and teams building agent workflows, with shared workspaces and usage/payment management for enterprise customers. AI agent company selling to Developers, agents, and teams/builders using tool APIs. Latest disclosed round: Last known: Accelerator (2025) ($500,000, 2025-10-31). About 5 employees, +66.7% over 6 months. 1,636 followers on X.

Agent Payments & CommerceAgent payment railsActivepaywithlocus.com ↗

Headcount

—▲ 66.7%3m · 6m

src: Clay (LinkedIn)

X followers

1,636

——7d · 30d

src: x.com/PayWithLocus

Traffic / month

1,892

src: Clay (web traffic)

Latest round

$500K

Last known: Accelerator (2025)Oct 31, 2025

src: caplight.com/company/paywithlocus

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Product

Agent type: Locus is a tool layer for capable AI agents: it provides paid APIs, agent tool access, spend controls, and wallet-based pay-per-use billing so agents can connect to and use third-party tools and data sources. It is positioned for developers and teams building agent workflows, with shared workspaces and usage/payment management for enterprise customers.
Primary buyer: Developers, agents, and teams/builders using tool APIs
Integrations: —
MCP support: —
Pricing: Subscription · from $20/month
HQ: San Francisco, CA, US
Founded: —
LinkedIn: Profile ↗

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Funding

Round: Last known: Accelerator (2025)
Amount: $500K
Date: Oct 31, 2025
Leads: {"Y Combinator"}
Source: Announcement ↗
Investors: Y Combinator

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Hiring

Employees: 5
Growth 3m / 6m: — / +66.7%
Open roles (sample): —
X mentions this week: —
X handle: @PayWithLocus

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Sources

Last verified: Nov 4, 2026

Profile: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locus
Funding: https://www.caplight.com/company/paywithlocus
Headcount: Clay (LinkedIn)
Open jobs: —
Traffic: Clay (web traffic)
Pricing: https://paywithlocus.com/pricing
X metrics: https://x.com/PayWithLocus
X handle (homepage-verified): https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locus | https://paywithlocus.com
Clay enrichment: Clay enrichment 2026-11-04
Homepage: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/locus | https://paywithlocus.com
funding: https://www.caplight.com/company/paywithlocus
seed_type: YC directory
funding_status: Last known (aggregator source)
funding_source_type: aggregator

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About Locus

What does Locus do?+

Payment infrastructure for AI agents

How much has Locus raised most recently?+

Last known: Accelerator (2025) of $500K on Oct 31, 2025, led by {"Y Combinator"}.

How many employees does Locus have?+

About 5 (3-month growth —).

How is Locus priced?+

Subscription, starting at $20/month.

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Cite this data

Locus profile. Agent Market Map, The GTM Engineering Newsletter. Last verified Nov 4, 2026. https://agentmarketmaps.com/company/locus