Paragon

About Paragon

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Paragon

All products by Paragon reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

ParagonAI Workflow Automation

Embedded integrations for SaaS products, built without the overhead

Free7.9/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Paragon

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Paragon's product on their own terms. They landed within 0.6 points of each other, an unusually strong consensus.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Paragon competes with, and how they differ.

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Prismatic

Prismatic is purpose-built as an embedded iPaaS for B2B SaaS companies like Paragon, but leans further into a code-first TypeScript workflow plus a visual low-code designer, and markets directly on compliance credentials (SOC 2, HIPAA, CJIS).

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Merge

Merge offers a broader unified-API platform spanning HRIS/ATS categories and, more recently, AI-agent connective infrastructure, with a freemium self-serve entry point, versus Paragon's narrower focus on embedding third-party SaaS integrations directly into a product.

Workato8.0/10

Workato is a broad enterprise no-code automation/iPaaS platform whose Workato Embedded product repackages its general automation engine for ISVs, contrasting with Paragon's API-native approach built specifically for embedding into software products.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Tray.ai7.8/10

Tray.ai pairs a low-code workflow builder with its Merlin AI agent and an embeddable offering, targeting both internal ops automation and embedded use cases, versus Paragon's singular focus on embedded integrations for SaaS products.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Paragon's history, with sources.

1. Jul 27, 2022Funding

   Series A — $13M led by Inspired Capital

   Paragon raised a $13 million Series A led by Inspired Capital, with participation from prior seed investors FundersClub and Garuda Ventures, bringing total funding to $16.5 million.

   techcrunch.com
2. 2021Launch

   Paragon launches its embedded integration platform

   Paragon launched its product in early 2021, the starting point for growth from $0 to $1M ARR within two years.

   sacra.com
3. 2020Milestone

   Joined Y Combinator (Winter 2020 batch)

   Paragon was admitted to Y Combinator's Winter 2020 cohort, with Brad Flora as primary YC partner.

   ycombinator.com
4. 2019Founded

   Paragon founded by Brandon Foo and Ishmael Samuel

   Brandon Foo (CEO, previously founder of email app Polymail) and Ishmael Samuel (a former Uber engineer) founded Paragon in 2019 to help SaaS companies ship native integrations faster.

   ycombinator.com