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Cypher

Internet broke physical boundaries in commerce and made it global. It never happened in finance. Almost all financial consumer apps are country specific. Stablecoins are the internet moment for finance industry. Cypher lets an user download an app from anywhere in the world and have a bank account in 5 mins and start transacting with the crypto card. Can instantly send USDC to anywhere in the world.

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Y Combinator
competitors
6
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last updated
2026-07-15
16:41 UTC
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Why this company exists here

Y Combinator

yc-company-directory #4844

Internet broke physical boundaries in commerce and made it global. It never happened in finance. Almost all financial consumer apps are country specific. Stablecoins are the internet moment for finance industry. Cypher lets an user download an app from anywhere in the world and have a bank account in 5 mins and start transacting with the crypto card. Can instantly send USDC to anywhere in the world.

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High Signal interpretation

Cypher is classified as Fintech from source descriptions and fund-directory context. Similar companies below are ranked from offline product facets and meaningful description overlap; category and source affiliation can only strengthen an existing product match. For lookup-created rows, the profile starts as pending enrichment until deeper source collection runs.

offline extraction
Product facets
finance industryStablecoinsInternetfinanceappcrypto cardfinancial consumer apps
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Local clusters rerank extracted product concepts and description terms. The generated graph remains the fallback for sparse descriptions: offline reciprocal product-similarity graph: extracted concepts + description terms + bounded category/affiliation boosts. Minimum fallback score: 0; max competitors: 6.

discovery cluster

Companies similar to Cypher

Fintech · 6 peers

A deterministic local cluster built from offline product facets and meaningful description terms. Category and selected-institution affiliation provide bounded tie-breaks. Open any peer to continue exploring its cluster.

Peg (formerly Paymobil)

match 73

Peg is a global bank account replacement using stablecoins. We make it possible to send money to any email or phone number in the world in seconds. We have taken all the friction out of the current terrible UX with crypto p2p payments and made it better than regular consumer products like Venmo and Square Cash. Unlike those it works across borders and can launch globally due to our non-custodial architecture. Peg was the first self-custodial stablecoin focused wallet, launched early 2020.

shared product terms: made, global, consumer, stablecoin; shared product theme: finance and payments; same category: Fintech; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

EthosX

match 59

EthosX is a decentralized finance platform creating end-to-end financial derivatives on blockchains. No centralized exchanges, clearinghouses, depositories, clearing banks, CSD participants etc. required. We are starting with cryptocurrency options first, with the intention to move towards other crypto derivatives and traditional finance derivatives eventually. For example, one can buy a bitcoin hedging token directly from EthosX without involving any exchange or counterparty and earn profits wh

shared extracted concept terms: finance; shared product terms: finance, financial, bank, start; shared product theme: finance and payments; same category: Fintech; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Doblet

match 57

Doblet is the world’s first network of batteries on demand for charging phones everywhere. The company’s mission is to provide portable power anywhere consumers happen to be. Using patent-pending technology and the Doblet mobile app on iOS or Android devices, users are instantly notified of the nearest place to pick up a charge the moment their batteries start to run low. Consumers can charge their smartphones while on the go at over 1,000 San Francisco Bay Area cafes, bars, and restaurants.

shared product terms: happen, consumer, moment, app; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Prodigal

match 56

We build AI agents for loan servicing and collections Prodigal has AI agents for loan servicing and collections. Our AI agents and apps help teams improve margins, run leaner operations, and maximize payments. We are working towards an Agentic vision for consumer finance wherein our AI agents automate critical roles, enhance operations, and drive revenue. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Prodigal's global team combines deep expertise in financial services, AI research, and product inn

shared extracted concept terms: finance; shared product terms: global, finance, financial, consumer; shared product theme: finance and payments; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Unstatiq

match 50

There are billions of dollars of hospital waste caused by inefficient, disconnected supply chains and finance data. Today, clinics are facing unprecedented backorders, recalls, and purchase verticals (medical devices, SaaS, security, commodities). We are building a single product to 10x a fragmented industry with each tool built almost 20 years ago.

shared extracted concept terms: finance, industry; shared product terms: finance, almost, industry; shared product theme: finance and payments; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

LiveFlow

match 50

LiveFlow is the unified AI-ERP & FP&A platform. We're on a mission to transform the $200B+ accounting & finance industry by replacing the fragmented, legacy finance stack with one intelligent system — eliminating the manual operational work for accounting & finance teams. Serving +6,000 businesses. HQ in New York, with team members around the globe.

shared extracted concept terms: finance, industry; shared product terms: finance, industry, account; shared product theme: finance and payments; shared affiliation: Y Combinator