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Tipjoy

social micropayments

InactiveChecked 16h ago

Batch: W08
Status, per YC: Inactive
Team size: 2
HQ: Not listed

In W0821 companies, 0% AI

tipjoy.com YC profile

Founders

Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.

Same space

Competitors

Closest in what they build, same category.

BasementW19The social network for your close friends.Shared: socialInactive

Adjacent

Overlapping tags, a different niche.

A1Zap by A1BaseW25The social network layer for AI appsShared: socialActive
TremendousW11How businesses send money to people at scale. Fast, free, global.Shared: paymentsActive
HyperS21Sell memberships to your Discord serverShared: paymentsAcquired
neoncoralX25Shared: socialActive
SlopeS21The B2B Payments PlatformShared: paymentsActive

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About Tipjoy

Tipjoy was a simple, social payments engine that allowed merchants to sell digital content and features, charities to raise money for causes, and individuals to give money to one another. Tipjoy was a Winter '08 Y Combinator participant.

Payments
Social

Tipjoy: questions

Which YC batch was Tipjoy in?

Tipjoy was in Y Combinator's Winter 2008 batch (W08).

Is Tipjoy still active?

Y Combinator lists Tipjoy as inactive.

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