What it sells
Real-world place intelligence for AI apps and agents
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedProduct/data teams at map, local-search and AI-assistant companies (developer buyers of an API).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedStale or wrong place records (closed businesses) in maps/AI apps, and AI agents needing to act on real-world businesses.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Submit a business name and address, get an existence-confidence score; enrich POI records with hours, menus, prices from web sources; PlaceCall API phones US businesses to book, get quotes or verify info and returns outcome plus transcript.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Usage-based API; PlaceCall charges only for calls that deliver a successful outcome; failed connections are free.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Demo requests, free API key, docs, and one-command install of PlaceCall skill in Claude Code, Codex and other agents.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2026 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.