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YC Fall 2026The F26 batch: 86 companies, 86% AI

Started Sep 2026

One tile per company, AI first. Colours as in the river.

86
companies
86%
AI
5
data
23
developer tools

By category

F26 by category

Where are they now

F26 by status

The F26 companies

86 of 86 companies

Agent 37AIPersistent sandboxes for agents like hermes, openclaw, claude codeAgent RelayAIThe infrastructure to run coding agents for your teamantimattrAIvoice-first hardware interface for human-agent interactionApplied KineticsAIAI for the industries that power America.AsakanaAIAI order entry for food distributors: emails and texts to ERPAsimAIEnable robots to operate safely in the real world.AviernDeveloper toolsUnmanned airplanes for geospatial intelligenceBoatAIThe best cloud VMs for billions of agentsBryelAIDevin for AI Research EngineeringBuildboxAIAgent analytics for real user outcomesByteAskAIThe AI coding agent for C and C++CollarAIAI for Investor RelationsCoveraAIAI-native OS for insurance brokersCyclonAIa phone where AI is the interfaceDecentAIContinuous optimization for employer health plans.DeepMarkAIA live watermark inside AI voice that survives phone callsDegla IncAIThe fully autonomous intelligence layer in the sky.Dreamscale LabsAIRunning robot brains in the cloudFaradayAIIndustrial aOS between humans, agents, and robotsForwardAIUnifying Global Private CreditFrontrunnerAICursor for GTMGrayPassAIVerify that the expected person is in control before key actions.Grep AIAIAI agents that automate high-stakes knowledge work you can't afford…Halmos LabsAIMaximum information per experiment, minimum experiments per conclusionHemlockAIForce-sensing wristband for training robotic AIherdrAIbuilding the open agent runtimeHesper AIAIAI Claims Investigator for InsuranceHickory & CompanyAIHickory offers agentic compliance and BSA for banks and fintechsHopperAIFast inference for voiceIgnition BenefitsAIThe AI-Native Benefits BrokerageInvertixAIEnergy Superintelligence, AI that operates critical infrastructureisoquantAISelf-optimizing inference cloud for faster, cheaper AIKailash LabsAIA factory for small and specialized video reasoning modelsLambda RoboticsAIRobotics for AI InfrastructureLantern AIAITurn Your Taste Into HiresLarkAILark - Specialized agents for wholesale distributorsLightfieldAIAI that works for in-house legal teamsLyonAIFoundation models on enterprise transaction data.MaritimeAIThe managed cloud for AI agents.MirrorsAIFix your AI agent's errors at runtime, so they never happen twiceNodus ComputeAIIntelligent Cloud for AI workloadsNxtcure LabsAIThe full-stack AI CRO for drug discovery.OasiveAIHelping bond investors find what's rich or cheap, and whyOnePatchAIAutomate on-call at agent-scale.Orca AerospaceAIAI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicleORO AIAIContinuously improving evals for agentic commercePapayaAIContinuous optimization for AI agentsPerit.AIAIExpert-led data and RL platform for AI labsQokedasAIData for AI ScienceQuippyAIHelps build social skills through daily practiceRedoubt InsuranceAICommercial insurance for small businessesRightNowAIEnabling Model-Hardware Co-Design at ScaleRiverAIThe AI desktop.RomaAIThe AI task app that gets to work for you.Sentient OSAIOn-device AI that knows your entire life and does your work overnight.Shepherd RoboticsAIRobots for high skilled labor powering AI infrastructureShire IntelligenceAIShire uses CCTV to run restaurants in real time.SigmaAILakehouse-as-a-Service (LaaS) for pre and post-acquisitionSimanticAIFirmware simulation for AI agentsSimulithicAIUser simulations for production monitoring.SintropixAIAutonomous accounting platform for global companiesSona8AIVoice agents that talk to employees enabling transformationsSuperRadiantAIEmbodied Scientific IntelligenceTalosAIPredictive maintenance for power infrastructure.The Agentic Data Co.AITraining Data For Speech Models.The Company CompanyAIThe last agent your company will ever need.TilionAISuper fast, unblockable browser infra for agentsTire SwingAIAI Compliance for Affordable HousingTrueMileAIAI agents that run trucking operations.Veeza AIAIAI travel agent for people with weak passports, starting with visas.VelthaAIAI native TPA starting with workers compViraj AeroAINext generation engines for aircraft and data centersVolaren Inc.AIVolaren collapses the hedge fund model and making it accessible to…VoreliosAIA Foundation Model for Industrial Physics SimulationWorkers IOAISimulation Environments for Verifying Mission Critical SoftwareAntropi RoboticsOtherAutonomous CNC factories for faster hardwareCapveonOtherTurning infrastructure demand into actionDeployOtherThe generalist robot deployment company.GodHandsOtherWe reconstruct how employees actually work, so nothing breaks when…Inflection Space SystemsOtherHyperscaling space manufacturingMicoraOtherMicrogrids in a box built anywhere in daysSinterOtherAccelerating scaled plastics with additive technologiesStreamline SystemsOtherPrecision navigation for UAVs operating without GPS.The Subvocal CompanyOtherTalk to your computer without talkingtwentyfour26OtherOn Demand CNC PrototypingVyraOtherAutonomous video editing for non-editors.

F26 among all batches

Top tags in F26

  • Infrastructure11
  • Robotics10
  • Developer Tools9
  • Fintech8
  • AIOps7
  • Deep Learning6
  • Manufacturing6
  • Hardware5
  • Hard Tech5
  • Consumer4

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