Get an API keyGet an API keyThe 7 YC W14 companies whose team shrank the most in the last 12 months (active companies that had 20+ people a year ago).
Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.
| # | Company | Team | 6 mo | 12 mo | Open roles | Total raised | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AI Email Production - Emails on brand, guaranteed to work, fast. | 21 | 0% | −25% | 0 | $13.3M | Seed$6M, Jan 2022 |
| 2 |  Game that teaches computer science to middle and high school kids. | 24 | −14% | −14% | 0 | $9.1M | Undisclosed round$326K, May 2023 |
| 3 |  AI Super-Apps to Live Easier | The anything anytime superapps… | 24 | −11% | −14% | 0 | $2.3M | Series A$2.3M, Jul 2020 |
| 4 |  Engineering and Design that Fuels Startup Success | 198 | −7% | −12% | 0 | ||
| 5 |  AirHelp helps air passengers get compensation for delayed, cancelled… | 361 | −2% | −5% | 6 | $12.2M | Secondary$12M, Mar 2025 |
| 6 |  The management platform for the short term rental industry. | 808 | −3% | −3% | 17 | $411M | Series F$130M, Apr 2024 |
| 7 |  Training patients and their families with health skills | 408 | +3% | 0% | 4 | $120K | Undisclosed round$120K, Jan 2016 |
Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.
Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.
Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.
The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \ -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \ -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \ -d '{ "filters": { "field": "funding.investors", "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] }, "fields": ["basic_info.name", "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent", "funding.total_investment_usd"], "limit": 100 }' # 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only) curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \ -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \ -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \ -d '{ "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [ { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "type": "in", "value": [...] }, { "field": "metadata.date_added", "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]}, "limit": 0, "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by", "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }] }' # 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search
74 companies were in Y Combinator's Winter 2014 batch (W14); 29 are active.
10 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Flexport (93 roles), Algolia (19 roles) and Guesty (17 roles). 5 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.
By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): PiinPoint (+14%), Algolia (+9%) and GBatteries (+6%).
No reported rounds after their YC batch in the last 12 months.