YC Summer 2026The S26 batch: 231 companies, 88% AI
231
companies
88%
AI
19
data
54
developer tools
By category
- AI203 (88%)
- Data1 (0%)
- Developer tools2 (1%)
- Other25 (11%)
Where are they now
- Active231 (100%)
The S26 companies
231 of 231 companies
6thSenseAINervous System for Physical AI
83 SciencesAIAI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental data
Agency Tool CompanyDeveloper toolsReliable infrastructure to build, deploy and manage real-world robots.
AgentcardAIcards for AI agents
Agnost AIAIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.
Akon LabsAIDatabricks for Enterprise Codebases
Alkera AIAIReliable and safe data engineering and data science agents
Allia HealthAIFirst AI-Native Medical Group for Mental Health
AllooviumAIThe company brain for construction companies
AlmanacAIOrganizing company knowledge
Amorphic LabsAIOpenRouter for Agent Tools
ArbitalAIThe social trading app for stocks, memes, and perps
ArchalAIAPI sandboxes, built for AI agents
AssembleAIAutonomous IT Delivery
AsyncAIAI agents that run small businesses
Atlas DiscoveryAIAI-native pharma company
AtliaAIThe AI-native property management company for short-term rentals
AudunAIAI-native debt collection company
Avoca SystemsAIThe AI operating system for radiology networks
AxelrodAIHotels that run themselves
BaudAIAI chips for ultra-fast training and inference
BelvedirAIThe custom AI model factory.
BernardAIAI employees that run home appliance repair companies
Billow AI LabsAIAI-native Accounting Firm that's killing Deloitte
BizmarkAIOpenClaw for manufacturers
BloomyAIAI-native learning for every school
Callbook AIAIAI collections agency for late stage portfolios
Care GPAIAI agents to run primary healthcare operations
CarSignalAIThe AI Operating System for Auto Shops.
CautionAIHosting platform for software you can't afford to have hacked
CerenovusAIAI that finds value creation opportunities across enterprise…
ChromieAIWe help startups win gov contracts
ClickAIResearch services for ChatGPT and Claude
COACHAIThe AI Coach for in person sales reps.
CoArenaAIThe biggest crowdsourced benchmark for Computer-Use
CodagAIThe AI gateway for cheaper, faster, permissioned agents.
ComputableAIDerivatives Exchange for Compute
ConiferAILeast cost routing system to reduce 70%+ token spend
Context.devAIWe give AI agents realtime web context via API
Control SeatAIAI that runs factories.
CovaAIFinancial infrastructure for family caregiving
CueBenchAIRL post-training for science reasoning and performance engineering
DaqstraAIAI-native test infrastructure layer for hardware companies
DatoricAIThe secure training data R&D engine for physical AI
Dawn IndustriesAIAutomatic Diagnosis & Fix for Industrial Automation Cells
DecaworkAITraining company-specific models that approve AI actions.
DeepReach Inc.AINetwork for Physical AI Data Business
DefiniteAIBuild everyday back-office agents on one live model of your books
DentaAIDental Insurance
DeryaAIAI Brokers for Industrial Trade
DialogusAIThe AI-native contact center
Dipole LabsAIAI-controlled optical switching for AI clusters
DockAIMultiplayer workspace for agents and humans
DonkeyAIThe AI-native trading company: factory prices, delivered, one number
DreamAIUsing VLMs to Catch Damage
EdotEnvAIQuant Neolab building self-improving agents from quant data
EdviroAIAI That Operates Energy Infrastructure
Egoist MachinesAIYour personal context, securely portable across every AI app.
Ekho LabsAIWorld Model for Freight
EkpaAIBuilding Autonomous Research Agents for Trading
EliteAIHealthcare AI
EnactAIReal-world RL environments for robotics models
ErinysAIWe help lawyers start and scale AI-native law firms.
EvergroveAIInstant healthcare for all, starting with work comp
ExecutorAIThe open source tool gateway
ExosatAIBuilding a neutral, sovereign alternative to Starlink
Experiential LabsAIOpen source AI gateway that turns your traffic into better models
FabraixAIThe world's frontier hacker of AI agents.
FamiliarAIMovies in Every Language. Better than Humans.
Financial DatasetsAIConnect your agents to the stock market
FloraceneAIVibecode + deploy HIPAA-compliant internal tools, no eng team needed
FlorinAIFlorin is an AI-native insurance company that runs autonomously
FlowManualAIAI for Construction's Back Office
Frontier ComputingAIFrontier grows scalable biological brains as an ML training substrate
GamgeeAICuring cancer. Starting with dogs.
GitCafeAIThe Git forge for the next hundred billion commits
GlenAIInstitutional Learning Layer for Every Agent in Your Company
Graphify LabsAIOn-device Knowledge Graph engine for Enterprise Software
GrocaloAIAI brain for creators that runs their social content
GUILDAIAI-Native Defense Contractor
hardware intelligenceAIAI tools for the chips your AI runs on
Hebbian RoboticsAIAPIs for robotics data teams to verify data quality for model training
hiloopAIAutoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problems
HilstartAIAutonomous Hardware Testing
HopliteAIEffortlessly deploy cloud software factories.
HubbleAIAI-native retrieval engine for medical records
HyperProbeAIAI engineer that debugs and fixes production incidents in realtime
Illume LabsAI24/7 Personal Health & Longevity Companion
IMPACT DronesAIAir Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure.
Induction LabsAIBuilding intellectually curious AI
InkboxAIThe identity and communication layer for AI agents
InstaplayAIAI-native gaming platform turning every game into an RL environment
InsurfAIThe AI-Native Decision Layer for Health Insurance
Isengard Industries IncAIMass-produced AI strike systems and Counter-UAS
JcodeAIHigh performance coding agents
KebraAIAI For The Skilled Workforce
Lamb LabsAILightning fast chips with hardcoded AI models
Last Accounting CompanyAIAI-native accounting firm.
LATOAIPredict how market participants behave
LemonLimeAIFully automated GTM for small business
Levocred AIAIThe Bloomberg of Loans
Libra RoboticsAIRobotic crews for large-scale infrastructure construction
LitmusAIEvals for humans
LockeAILocke powers agentic government work.
Luca IQAIAPI-first tax engine for CPA firms and developers
LumeriaAIOura Ring for Skin
machine0AIAWS for Agents
MagmaAIMonetize your agent's traces.
MaingenAISimulating Agents Running Industrial Companies
MarbleAIThe autonomous back-of-house for restaurants.
MarengoAIAI-Native Engineering Firm designing Data Centers
MarkerAIPlatform + FDEs that rebuild enterprises agent-first
MarkovAIExpert computer-use data for frontier AI labs
MentlioAIEngineering Intelligence and Token Optimization for the AI-Coding Era
MireyeAISearch Engine for the Physical World
MochiAIWatch and create anime
MoonshotAIagents for the rest of us
MosaicAIDefining the frontier of multiplayer AI.
Most RoboticAIResearch lab building the most robotic household in the world
Moving AtomsAIVirtual Reality for Training Robots
NebuSecAIAutonomous AI defense system for cyber attack
NeuromorphicAIBuilding robots to automate wetlabs
Neuron IndustriesAIIndustrial Controllers built for AI
NexAIAI for high volume GTM Engineering
Olam LabsAIBuilding multi-agent simulations for model evals and training.
OmantaAIA research lab for one
OneCLIAIThe open source AI teammates for your company.
OneTriangleAIThe cheapest, fastest inference cloud
Ooak DataAIWe turn company data into training data
OpenRelayAIDistributed, hardware-agnostic AI inference
OpenTagAIModel Agnostic AI coworker in Slack
OpenVectorAIAI that turns any camera to an autonomous worker with real-time vision
OrchestraAISelf-optimizing neocloud that cuts LLM costs by 100x
OS3AIAffordable, intelligent humanoid robots built to deploy at scale
OsseusAIThe frontier data platform for aligned health and biological AI
PacificAIMass-producing and financing micro data center incredibly quickly.
PaletteAIThe Media Engine of the AI Era
PalisadeAIAI-native sales agents that run marketplaces
PalisadeAIAI that finds and fixes OS-level vulnerabilities across device fleets
PangoAIAgentic OS for e-commerce operations
ParasmaAIReplacing GPUs with human brain cells
PeerAIAI-native freight brokerage
PennantAIThe World Model for Corporate Governance
Perceptron MLAIWe make law firms AI-native.
PetrarchDataInternal industrial company data for frontier labs
PlutoAILinkedIn for agents
Poth LabsAIThe customer brain that connects data to explain customer behavior
Praxis RoboticsAITurns real businesses into robotics data vendors
Prescience, Inc.AISuperintelligent health insurance that keeps employees healthy
PRINCEPSAIAI-native insurance company for the compute economy
PrizedAIA cloud devbox that feels local
Prodigy ResearchAITraining the world's best AI model for quantitative finance.
Proprio RoboticsAIRobots to maintain and assemble data centers
ProvenMetalAIAI-native electronics manufacturing for the American industrial base
QloAILegora for commercial insurance carriers
RadleyAIThe AI-native radiology practice
RapidfolioAIAI-native back-office for banks and fintechs
RasynAIMaking chemicals 100,000x faster
RationalAIFirst Zero-human Accounting Firm
RealPactAIAI-native OS for Real Estate Brokerages
rekursiv.aiAIScale AI scientists whose own breakthroughs accelerate the next.
RexAIAI-native BPO for enterprise order-to-cash
RiftenAIEarned intelligence for every company
RindlerAIThe IDE for Tokenmaxxers
RisklyticsAIAI-Native Insurance for Frontier Tech
RobocurveAIEvals for robots
RonanRx Inc.AIFull Stack Pharmaceutical Company for Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s
screenpipeAITurn your company's computer work into AI agents.
ShieldedDeveloper toolsWe help Fortune 500 companies hedge their supply chain risk
Shiraz AIAIRobots that learn on the job
SidekickAIAI agent that manages manufacturing operations over text
SkymerseAIAutopilot for Flight Operations
SpaceFlow Technologies, Inc.AIAI-native procurement services for the physical economy
Spectre IntelligenceAIWe are a multi-strategy trading firm that trains AI traders.
SpekoAIOpenRouter for Voice AI: one API, every call on the best speech model
Standard MachinesAITeaching AI to Design Chips
StoaAIThe market behind AI hardware.
StudioAIAccurately simulate market response at scale
SubVysionAIAutonomous rovers to make the ‘Google Maps’ of underground utilities
SunflowerAIWe are building an AI-native telemedicine clinic for addiction. 🌻
Synapse SemiconductorAINew semiconductors that merge compute and vision
Tarifflo Inc.AISupply chain compliance and cost savings
TenorAIInfrastructure for building and scaling AI-native service businesses.
TensrAIRobotic factories that build robots
TorusAILegora for physical engineering firms
TouchmarkAIMarket for future inference capacity
TouchyAIAI iOS assistant that instantly uses voice and video to take action
TovenAIAIAI agents for compliance at institutional trading firms
TraceforceAICrowdStrike for AI Agents
TracerAICombining open-source AI models for better answers at lower cost
TridentAIAutonomous offensive security agents. The best defense is offense
TropeAIAI FDE that deploys custom AI agents into ERPs
TryNearbyAILocal creators for local businesses
TsentaAIAI career agent that finds matching jobs & applies on your behalf
UltrasoniumAIMetal manufacturing, faster, cheaper, and more versatile.
VendoAILet your users build their own features on top of your product
VerdantAIAI Agents to Make Local Gov Efficient
Verdict MachineAIAI cybersecurity for financial institutions' digital assets
VestrisAIAI native platform for real estate closings
Waddle LabsAILLMs that control robots
WaybillAIAgentic procurement & inventory for deep tech teams.
WhitespaceAIAI Operating System for Wholesale Distribution
WonderingAIDuolingo for learning anything
WonderTxAIExtrapolative AI to unlock First-in-Class drugs
ZaplarAIAgentic Hotel Operating System
ZommaAIThe AI BPO for financial servies, run by computer-use agents
Aerogen SystemsOtherModernizing Chip Manufacturing Infrastructure
Aktoria RoboticsOtherHuman as API for robots
Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.OtherA new kind of camera that can see through walls.
AtomarineOtherFloating nuclear powered data centers at sea.
Cosmic RoboticsOtherAutonomous construction on Earth and beyond
Earendil RoboticsOtherDrone swarm defence at a small-unit level
EdgerunOtherMilitary exoskeletons
Ethos Space ResourcesOtherWe make silicon on the Moon, to power everything in space.
Greypoint IndustriesOtherBuilding drone swarms that hunt hidden enemies.
GripOtherRobots for waste manipulation
GutgutgooseOtherWe sequence your gut and build the probiotics it’s missing
HERAOtherWe make sure every factory in the world builds without mistakes.
Hop AeroOtherRocket cargo delivery to contested environments
KaraOtherMaking Diamond Semiconductors
ManifoldOtherDrop-in robotic labor that works on Day 1
Mass MagneticsOtherUSA-made magnetics for robotics and defense.
MeteoricOtherDrones that clear clouds over solar farms and weaken hurricanes
MolagriOtherResistance free pesticides.
NoriOtherThe most capable American-made humanoid robot for $1,688
PokerClubHubOtherHost a Poker Club and Make Money
Rise ReformingOtherWe turn waste gases into supply-secure chemicals
Salem Robotics IncOtherDeploying robots to replace workers in hazardous spaces
TareBioOtherVaccines for any cancer or infection in weeks.
tashOtherThe BlackRock of collectibles
Vernius Systems, Inc.OtherMass-deployable radars for air defenseS26 among all batches
Top tags in S26
- Robotics28
- Hard Tech27
- Developer Tools22
- Hardware22
- Infrastructure17
- Fintech16
- Manufacturing16
- Enterprise Software14
- Reinforcement Learning14
- Machine Learning13
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