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Developer tools

# Hilos

Platform for WhatsApp API that allows you Profile leads, automate follow-ups and integrate with your favorite tools to increase conversion. Hilos allows startups and SMBs to run their entire business on WhatsApp, without code. We focus specifically on letting businesses build apps within WhatsApp that integrate with other systems (CRMs, Databases, Payment providers, etc.).

sources

2

Evidence entries preserved.

affiliations

2

Techstars, Y Combinator

competitors

6

Mapped from High Signal graph features.

status

generated

artifact cache

last updated

2026-07-15

17:19 UTC

source evidence

Why this company exists here

## Y Combinator

yc-company-directory #2143

[official source](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quid)

## Techstars

techstars-portfolio #311

[official source](https://www.techstars.com/portfolio)

generated read

High Signal interpretation

Hilos is classified as **Developer tools** 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

SMBsDatabasesWhatsApp APICRMsAPIbusinessesstartupsPayment providersZero-WasteProfile leads

mapping method

Similarity graph

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 Hilos

Developer tools · 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.

[### Blockspring match 83Blockspring helps small businesses and merchants integrate APIs into their productivity tools without any code - useful for report automation, lead generation, and building dynamic landing pages. It is recognized by Gartner, wired, BI, and Techcrunch for API data management.shared extracted concepts: api; shared product terms: businesse, integrate, code, lead; shared product theme: workflow automation, developer infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator](https://highsignal.app/case-studies/blockspring)[### Zmode match 81Zmode is AI revenue infrastructure for local service businesses. We replace 5 disconnected tools with one revenue system -- website, booking, reminders, lead follow-up, and payments -- live in seconds.shared extracted concept terms: businesse, payment, lead; shared product terms: lead, follow, businesse, system; shared product theme: developer infrastructure, finance and payments; shared affiliation: Techstars](https://highsignal.app/case-studies/zmode)[### Naïve match 77The full stack your agent needs to act in the real world — compute, payments, identity, incorporation, 10,000+ tools — in one config file. Paste a prompt into your coding agent, it writes naive.config.ts, and provisions all infrastructure for your apps, agents, businesses. One API, one balance, every action governed. We're a small, fast-moving, remote-first team.shared extracted concepts: api, businesses; shared product terms: api, businesse, apps, payment; shared product theme: developer infrastructure, finance and payments; shared affiliation: Y Combinator](https://highsignal.app/case-studies/na-ve)[### Goodszilla match 52Goodszilla is a fintech company revolutionizing how businesses integrate social impact into their payment processes.shared extracted concepts: businesses; shared product terms: businesse, integrate, payment; shared product theme: finance and payments; shared affiliation: Techstars](https://highsignal.app/case-studies/goodszilla)[### FathomDB match 45FathomDB offers databases as a service, taking care of many of the day-to-day tasks database administrators have to deal with and letting them focus on more complex issues.shared extracted concepts: databases; shared product terms: database, lett, focu; shared product theme: developer infrastructure; same category: Developer tools; shared affiliation: Y Combinator](https://highsignal.app/case-studies/fathomdb)[### Zown match 35Location pin API to streamline ridehailing pick-upsshared extracted concept terms: api; shared product terms: api, ups; shared product theme: developer infrastructure; same category: Developer tools; shared affiliation: Techstars](https://highsignal.app/case-studies/zown)

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