# Runtime

[Runtime on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/runtime)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.runtm.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/runtime)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/runtm/)
- [X](https://x.com/gustrigos)

## About

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## YC company profile

The AI agent harness for payment teams

Runtime helps fast-growing fintechs build and run AI agents for mission-critical payment and risk operations. Teams turn their procedures into specialized agents that work across their systems, with scoped access, human approvals, and a full audit trail.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 7
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **YC partner:** Aaron Epstein

## Founders

### Gus Trigos — Founder/CEO

Gus Trigos is CEO and co-founder of Runtime, the agent harness for payment and risk teams. Runtime powers some of the fastest-growing fintechs in the world like Rain and Finix. He's a two-time YC founder, previously co-founding Mentum (acquired by Nuvocargo), and started his career as a quant at BlackRock's AI Quantitative Investment Group.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavoatrigos) · [X](https://x.com/gustrigos)

### Carlos Volante — Founder

Carlos is the co-founder and CTO of Runtime, with a track record of scaling high-volume financial infrastructure at Modern Treasury, Finix, and Hulu. His experience spans billions in transaction volume, near-perfect uptime, and billing systems for tens of millions of users.

[LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/carlos-volante-49bb86145)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/runtime) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Carlos Volante](https://hacklab.so/carlos-volante) — Founder (Present)
- [Gus Trigos](https://hacklab.so/gus-trigos) — Founder/CEO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Founding AI Ops](https://hacklab.so/jobs/7b4be9c7-c509-5777-9be0-1c29e957eab9) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Francisco, CA, US · $120K \- $165K · 0\.25% \- 0\.75% equity
- [Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://hacklab.so/jobs/649fdc94-7b69-5cf6-b8b7-91e825abcac5) — Full\-time · Remote · San Francisco, CA, US / Remote · $100K \- $200K · 0\.25% \- 1\.00% equity