LA Weekly · May 2025
Founder profile stating pap! had recently raised over $2.6M at a $20M post-money valuation and that the product was live at scale.
Agents that earn consumers dollars when they shop, travel, and live.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
pap! is a Berkeley-based consumer AI agent that scans email receipts and automatically files price-adjustment, travel-compensation, and similar claims on users’ behalf.
Primary product
Automated consumer refund and compensation recovery via email-receipt scanning and AI claim filing
Founded
2024
Headquarters
1024 Grizzly Peak Blvd, Berkeley, CA 94708, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Fintech
Sub-industry
Consumer refund recovery / price adjustment automation
Offices
1024 Grizzly Peak Blvd, Berkeley, CA 94708, United States
Business model
B2C success-fee / take-rate on recovered refunds
No subscription
Funding
Stage
Seed / venture-backed
Total raised
$5.4M
Latest round
Venture Round · Apr 2025
Latest amount
$2.6M
People & investors
Founders
Co-Founder & CTO
Work & culture
Hassle-free, win-win/no-fee, and privacy-conscious; the product promise is to sign up once and forget about it while the system works in the background.
Compensation
No public employee salary data found. Public monetization is a 25% success fee on recovered amounts, with no charge if nothing is recovered.
Benefits
No fee unless money is recovered
Automatic hands-off claim filing
Receipt-only access / limited data exposure
Gift-card backstop if no refund is secured within 30 days
Product & market
Pricing
25% of recovered amounts; no subscription; no fee if no money is recovered
Differentiators
- —AI scans email receipts and related messages automatically
- —Files claims across shopping, flights, and other entitlements
- —Can contact customer service via email, phone, forms, or chat
- —One-time setup / hands-off experience
- —Privacy stance: only receipts and account access needed
- —Gift-card guarantee if no refund is secured within 30 days
Technology
Google Sign-In
Microsoft OAuth
Apple Sign-In
Yahoo OAuth
Stripe
PostHog
Cloudflare
Amazon Web Services
Fathom
Customers
Consumers
Shoppers
Travelers / air passengers
People with eligible class-action, settlement, or government refund claims
Competitors
Earny
Paribus
Ibotta
Claimdog
ShadowBid
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$2.1M ARR (2024 estimate)
Latest news
Village Voice · Mar 2025
Profiles the founders and says pap! had raised over $2.6M from YC, General Catalyst, and NFX, with a $20M post-money valuation.
Fondo · Mar 2025
Launch coverage highlighting pap!'s email-driven claims workflow, pricing model, and move beyond shopping refunds into flights and class actions.
ENGINE · Jan 2025
Interview about pap!'s consumer-refunds mission, user traction, and visa/process concerns faced by the founders.
Y Combinator · Sep 2024
Official launch post describing pap!'s AI agents that scan email inboxes and claim consumer refunds for price drops, delays, and settlements.
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