OneText

Frictionless payments via SMS

2.1Score#662 of 999 agents#19 of 22 in Performance marketer

Why it ranks #662

OneText, an AI performance marketer from YC W23, ranks #662 of 999 AI agents and #19 of 22 in Performance marketer, with a score of 2.1 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 4 × 30% 1.2
Momentum 0 × 25% 0.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 2.1

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
4
6 people, raised $4.5M.
- +3
  6 people on its YC page5 to 9 people
- +1
  Raised $4.5MOneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text | TechCrunchSource · 8 Jul 2025
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
0
Nothing new in the last 6 months.
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Winter 2023) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 92% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 31% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 1% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About OneText

OneText is disrupting SMS marketing and payments. We win incremental sales for direct to consumer brands by making every purchase as effortless as paying with your hotel room number. OneText shoppers literally reply and buy with one text.

In our first year, we’ve onboarded 50 fast-growing e-commerce brands and have added as much as 14% in incremental revenue to their bottom lines. In March, we generated $597,000 dollars in payments. In April, we’ll book $50,000 dollars in revenue.

Founders Jonathan Fudem/CEO and Daniel Brain/CTO met at PayPal Checkout where we designed and launched some of the world’s best checkout experiences. We left PayPal to build a payments company that actually helps merchants acquire customers and win sales.

The CMO of our largest customer, a $90M clothing brand, says we have revolutionized marketing for his company, and are, quote: “the best thing that’s happened to SMS marketing in forever.”

We are excited to share what you can do with OneText.