# A1Zap by A1Base

> A1Zap is a social network where people build AI-powered apps for each other. Made by A1Base, a San Francisco consumer-AI lab in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, it lets anyone spin up chatbots, tools and mini-apps without code and share them instantly into group chats and communities, starting on college campuses. The team began as an API giving AI agents phone numbers, emails and a trusted identity, then pivoted toward building the social distribution layer for AI apps.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Pasha Rayan (CEO & Co-Founder), Pennie Li (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~2-22 (YC lists 2 founders; some listings report up to 22)
- **Products:** A1Zap, A1Base API, A1Mail, A1Framework, Summer In
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch., Founders previously built Forage (YC W19), which reached ~10 million users and 5,000+ university partnerships before being acquired by EAB in 2024., Pivoted from AI-agent communication infrastructure to a consumer social network for AI apps during YC.

## Products & services

- **A1Zap** — A social network where anyone can build AI-powered apps, chatbots, tools and games with no code and share them instantly into group chats, campuses and communities.
- **A1Base API** — Developer API that gives AI agents a phone number, an email and a trusted identity, with messaging across WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage, Slack, Discord and Telegram.
- **A1Mail** — Email infrastructure for AI agents - send and receive email, manage inboxes, and use custom domains and subdomains.
- **A1Framework** — Consumer AI benchmarking and evaluation tooling for social networks, marketplaces, messaging, discovery and everyday consumer apps.
- **Summer In** — A product helping interns in a city find community and build meaningful summer experiences through city cohorts.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch.
- Founders previously built Forage (YC W19), which reached ~10 million users and 5,000+ university partnerships before being acquired by EAB in 2024.
- Pivoted from AI-agent communication infrastructure to a consumer social network for AI apps during YC.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Announced the launch of A1Base and joined Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch.
- **2025-03** — Closed seed funding round.
- **2025** — Repositioned toward A1Zap - a social network for building and sharing AI apps, starting on campuses.

## Links

- Website: https://a1zap.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a1base
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/a1baseapi

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Last updated: 2026-07-31