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Pay-i: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Our goal is to turn GenAI spending into tangible business value with Pay-i, our ROI-intelligence platform. We provide clear forecasts and KPI impacts by analyzing cost signals and agent workflows, allowing Product, Finance, and Engineering teams to make informed investment decisions before code deployment. By combining GenAI telemetry with unit-economics analytics and decision intelligence, Pay-i helps determine where to allocate resources, how to price products, and when to scale with confidence. The reason for our existence is to address the challenge of unclear GenAI economics and fluctuating provider prices that hinder creating credible business cases. Traditional cost tools oversimplify spending analysis, while detailed utility tracing overwhelms teams with unnecessary data. Pay-i distinguishes itself by linking every spend generation to outcomes, enabling leaders to confidently make investment choices. Our unique features include ROI Traceability, Unit-Economics Analytics, Decision Intelligence, and a Cross-Team Lens, providing a comprehensive view of costs and value for Product, Finance, and Engineering teams. Our vision is to transform GenAI from a experimental cost center into a thriving growth engine by continuously optimizing spending for maximum return on investment. Pay-i aims to be the operating system that guides GenAI towards success as it evolves into multimodal, autonomous work streams.

pay-i.com LinkedIn Redmond, United States 1-10 employees
Apps Artificial Intelligence (AI) FinTech Software
Total raised
$4.9M
Rounds
1
Latest
Seed
May 2025

Pay-i has raised $4.9M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $4.9M announced in May 2025.

That round is above the $4.1M median round size for Apps companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Pay-i Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$4.9M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Seed
$4.9M in May 2025
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
Redmond, United States

Latest funding round on record: May 2025.

Pay-i Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$4.9M

Pay-i Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
David Tepper
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Pay-i team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Pay-i Funding Compared to Other Apps Startups

Segment
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Median round
2,426
$4.1M
29,722
$7.5M
16,485
$3.1M

Pay-i's latest round of $4.9M is above the median round in Apps. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Pay-i Funding FAQs

What does Pay-i do?

Our goal is to turn GenAI spending into tangible business value with Pay-i, our ROI-intelligence platform. We provide clear forecasts and KPI impacts by analyzing cost signals and agent workflows, allowing Product, Finance, and Engineering teams to make informed investment decisions before code deployment. By combining GenAI telemetry with unit-economics analytics and decision intelligence, Pay-i helps determine where to allocate resources, how to price products, and when to scale with confidence. The reason for our existence is to address the challenge of unclear GenAI economics and fluctuating provider prices that hinder creating credible business cases. Traditional cost tools oversimplify spending analysis, while detailed utility tracing overwhelms teams with unnecessary data. Pay-i distinguishes itself by linking every spend generation to outcomes, enabling leaders to confidently make investment choices. Our unique features include ROI Traceability, Unit-Economics Analytics, Decision Intelligence, and a Cross-Team Lens, providing a comprehensive view of costs and value for Product, Finance, and Engineering teams. Our vision is to transform GenAI from a experimental cost center into a thriving growth engine by continuously optimizing spending for maximum return on investment. Pay-i aims to be the operating system that guides GenAI towards success as it evolves into multimodal, autonomous work streams.

How much funding has Pay-i raised?

Pay-i has raised $4.9M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $4.9M announced in May 2025.

When did Pay-i last raise funding?

Pay-i's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $4.9M, announced in May 2025.

Who founded Pay-i?

FundedIQ lists David Tepper (Founder) at Pay-i.

Where is Pay-i headquartered?

Pay-i is based in Redmond, Washington, United States.

How many employees does Pay-i have?

Pay-i is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Pay-i's funding compare to other Apps startups?

Pay-i's latest round of $4.9M is above the $4.1M median round size for Apps companies on FundedIQ across 2,426 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Pay-i Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Pay-i is left off this page rather than filled in.

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