Startuply.vc · May 2026
Analytical piece on Paloma's product wedge, market position, founder background, and funding/investor claims.
AI-native CRM for putting post-sales operations on autopilot
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Paloma is a San Francisco-based YC S25 startup building an AI-native CRM / system of record for post-sales operations. It unifies contracts, service consumption, and customer context so revenue, finance, sales, and customer-success teams can automate billing, surface renewals and upsells, and reduce manual reconciliation in complex, real-economy businesses.
Primary product
AI-native CRM for billing, renewals, and expansions (post-sales operations automation)
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
2-10
Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Sub-industry
AI-native CRM / post-sales operations automation
Offices
2261 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
Business model
SaaS
services-led implementation
custom software engagements
Funding
Stage
Pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Oct 2025 · Y Combinator
Accelerator / Incubator (Y Combinator Summer 2025)
Jan 2025 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Work & culture
Fieldwork-first, speed-oriented, and deeply customer-ops focused; public materials emphasize understanding how a business actually runs, avoiding black-box automation, and keeping humans in control.
Product & market
Pricing
Value-based, project-based pricing based on what is built rather than how long the engagement takes.
Differentiators
- —Learns each customer's terminology, logic, and workflows before automating
- —Answers are computed from real data and formulas rather than generated as black-box text
- —Full audit trail with timestamps and user attribution
- —Human-in-the-loop controls for approvals and automation boundaries
- —Integrates with existing CRM, billing, ERP, spreadsheet, and email systems
- —Starts with an operational diagnostic and small trial engagement before expanding
Technology
AI/ML
document parsing
workflow automation
human-in-the-loop controls
audit trail logging
ERP integrations
CRM integrations
billing software integrations
spreadsheet/email ingestion
Customers
manufacturing companies
factories
warehouses
supply chains
agriculture businesses
trade businesses
logistics businesses
revops teams
finance teams
customer success teams
Competitors
Gainsight
ChurnZero
Gong
Ironclad
Zuora
NetSuite
Stripe Billing
Clari
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$330K ARR (public estimate; updated Sep 2025)
Latest news
Startup Intros · Sep 2025
Funding roundup describing a $500K seed round for Paloma and summarizing the company's team and investors.
Y Combinator · Aug 2025
Official YC launch describing Paloma's AI-native CRM for post-sales operations, the contract/usage/customer context layer, and the founders' Deel background.
LinkedIn (Nazli Danis) · Aug 2025
Founder announcement post describing Paloma as a modular quote-to-cash system for pricing, quoting, and billing.
LinkedIn (Alex Avnit) · Aug 2025
Founder post describing Paloma as a modular quote-to-cash platform and inviting teams to book a call.
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