Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Maive is a very early-stage San Francisco startup founded in 2025. Its live website currently markets an AI assistant for residential roofing sales reps with outcome-based pricing, while Y Combinator launch materials describe a separate AI-native factory-ops / MES product for manufacturing compliance, so public positioning is inconsistent across sources.
Primary product
AI assistant for residential roofing sales reps
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI workflow automation for residential roofing sales
Offices
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Business model
Investors
Very small, founder-led company; public materials emphasize hands-on product building, helping field reps, and a close co-founder partnership, but no explicit employee benefits or culture page was found.
Compensation
No public employee compensation data was found. The clearest public monetization signal is outcome-based customer pricing: pay when Maive helps close a sale.
Pricing
Outcome-based pricing; customers pay only when Maive helps close a sale.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Public materials conflict on the company's core product: the live website sells a roofing-sales AI assistant, while YC launch materials and founder posts describe an AI-native factory ops / MES platform for manufacturing compliance. That suggests a pivot or stale public marketing.
SourceFondo · Feb 2026
Launch writeup emphasizing Maive as an AI-native factory operations platform and linking the company to GitHub, LinkedIn, and X.
Y Combinator · Mar 2025
Launch post describing Maive as an AI-native factory operations platform / MES for aerospace compliance and paperless manufacturing workflows.
David Tondreau on LinkedIn · Mar 2025
Founder announcement that explicitly says Maive is using AI to help manufacturers eliminate pen-and-paper workflows and drive efficiencies.
Startup Intros · Mar 2025
Funding announcement stating Maive raised $500K in a seed round in March 2025.
Hiretop · Feb 2025
Early profile of Maive describing an AI system for automating aerospace compliance paperwork on the shop floor.