Fintech payments

Consul

Website
Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Consul is building the future of payouts for the online economy. We make it easy for marketplaces, agencies, and startups to make payouts using stablecoins.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Swift

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

David Lalor

Founder/CEO

Co-Founder/CEO at Consul. Before Consul, I started my first company, Virra, at 16 and did half a million in annual revenue, studied computer science and economics at Stanford (before dropping out to start Consul), and worked as an engineer at Intercom. From a small village in Ireland.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Rakeeb Hossain

Founder/CTO

Co-Founder/CTO at Consul. Before Consul, I studied computer science and math at the University of Waterloo, worked at Snap and Tesla Autopilot, and built brokerage infrastructure at Finary. I also built Memsnap, which was accepted to ASPLOS 2024 (https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3620666.3651334).

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedNew York City, NY, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The source reports an inactive or acquired company; current product identity needs review.

Maturity is an evidence-based assessment, not a success rating. It may understate the current stage where evidence is limited. Coverage records documented areas, not a complete or independently audited company history.

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independent websitesource corroborationreachable websitedescriptive evidenceclassified market and modelsourced peoplesourced founding yearpricing page observed