{"id":97737,"title":"Maven – Payments for Voice AI Agents","tagline":"Add secure payments to any voice agent in minutes.","body":"**Hey YC!**\n\nWe’re [@Brandon](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/2746056) and [@Wasi](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/2246042/following), co-founders of [@Maven](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31253).\n\nWe’re building the payments infrastructure that lets voice AI agents collect payments during live calls.\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/GZ_e33v4B0c?si=1MvBlMWpxKHK3rx9\u003e\n\n---\n\n### TL;DR\n\nVoice AI can handle the conversation. It just can’t complete the transaction.\n\nMaven lets voice agents collect payments during live calls with one API call.\n\n---\n\n### The Problem\n\nVoice agents are being deployed across:\n\n* Home services\n* Healthcare\n* Insurance\n* Sales\n* Collections\n* And more\n\nThey can qualify leads, book appointments, and negotiate pricing.\n\nBut when a customer says, “I’m ready to pay,” everything breaks.\n\nAdding payments today means:\n\n* Building PCI-compliant infrastructure\n* Handling sensitive card data\n* Managing failed payments mid-call\n* Supporting multiple gateways like Stripe, Authorize.net, and Adyen\n\n---\n\n### Our Solution\n\nWith a single API call, we take over secure card collection, processing, retry logic, and PCI compliance.\n\nCard data flows directly through Maven’s PCI-compliant infrastructure, never your servers.\n\nAs voice AI becomes a large revenue channel, it needs real payment infrastructure. Maven completes the loop.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97737\u0026key=user_uploads/2246042/31358443-35d2-4fce-93a9-e27491e8b66d)\n\n---\n\n---\n\n### Our Ask\n\nWe’re looking for intros to companies or operators where payments happen over the phone, including:\n\n* Home services (HVAC, plumbing, roofing)\n* Healthcare billing and scheduling\n* Insurance agencies\n* Collections\n* Auto services\n* SMB sales teams\n\nIf you know founders or teams deploying voice AI in these areas, we’d love an intro.\n\n### Our Vision\n\nAs AI agents handle more revenue-generating conversations across voice and other interfaces, our vision is to become the default infrastructure for all human-to-agent payment touchpoints.\n\n👉 \u003chttps://trymaven.com\u003e\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97737\u0026key=user_uploads/2246042/c488fde5-bb9e-4f1e-a972-8e8c6dbcd0cf)\n\n","slug":"PQP-maven-payments-for-voice-ai-agents","created_at":"2026-02-11T19:02:49.038Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:51:03.435Z","total_vote_count":19,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PQP-maven-payments-for-voice-ai-agents","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=97737\u0026key=user_uploads/2246042/c488fde5-bb9e-4f1e-a972-8e8c6dbcd0cf","company":{"id":31253,"name":"Maven","slug":"maven","url":"https://trymaven.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/1f91b1d1421f28de22ae9bbafcb6d5c03dc6cef5.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"B2B","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31253"}}