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W16 companies hiring the most right now

The 23 YC W16 companies with the most distinct open roles posted in the last 60 days.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Showing 23 of 23 companies on this list
#CompanyTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
1
Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.
2,015+6%+20%244$1.4BSeries F$20M, Nov 2023
2
Advanced satellites for high orbits.
564+7%+20%103$1.7BDebt$468M, Sep 2026
3
Apollo is the foundation of your entire go-to-market strategy.
987+44%+54%45$251MSeries D$100M, Aug 2023
4
Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding.
387+23%+64%42$216MSeries C$130M, Aug 2026
5
Get more leads. Make more money.
1,661+6%+12%36$423MUndisclosed round$201M, Oct 2022
6
Building the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep Learning
131+3%+2%33$41.9MSeries B$25.9M, Nov 2021
7
On-demand delivery and financial services for Latin America.
15,009+1%+7%18$2.6BDebt$25M, Oct 2025
8
Economically and environmentally sustainable supersonic travel
365+10%+22%14$732MUndisclosed round$300M, Dec 2025
9
Self-Driving Customer Care
310+16%+34%14$217MSeries C$110M, Apr 2026
10
AI + Robotics for the Built World
318+2%−5%11$347MUndisclosed round$125M, Aug 2026
11
A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service.
169−2%+1%11$68.6MSeries C$30M, Aug 2022
12
A live online learning platform that empowers kids ages 3-18.
1,505  7$240MSeries D$110M, Oct 2021
13
AI-First Creative Partner for Enterprise Teams
1,036+3%+8%5$35.1MSeries A$30M, Dec 2021
14
Video infrastructure for developers
165+1%+9%3$174MSeries D$105M, Apr 2021
15
We make robots for biologists.
193−1%−8%3$260MSeries D$20.1M, Dec 2025
16
Thunkable is the no-code platform to build powerful native mobile apps
43 +5%2$33.6MSeries B$30M, Feb 2022
17
Modern people management platform.
679  2$330MSeries F$175M, Jan 2022
18
Petcube is on the mission to improve lives of pets and pet owners…
61−5%−20%2$14.1MSeries A$10M, Jul 2020
19
The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights.
257−2%−6%1$221MUndisclosed round$100M, Jan 2022
20
Protects organizations from getting breached through their APIs.
208+4%+6%1$271MUndisclosed round$140M, Sep 2022
21
We make beautiful connected light switches that allow you to control…
64+7%−2%1$22.2MSeries B$12.5M, Mar 2021
22
Accelerating Histopathology for Cancer Research
49 −11%1$36.8MSeries A$32.3M, Oct 2021
23
Building powerful data analysis software for developing countries.
29−3%−24%1$21.9MSeries B$13.3M, Jun 2022

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

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.

3. The lists

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.

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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.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 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

Questions about YC W16 companies

How many YC W16 companies are there?

122 companies were in Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch (W16); 58 are active.

Which YC W16 companies are hiring?

23 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Relativity Space (244 roles), Astranis (103 roles) and Apollo.io (45 roles). 20 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which YC W16 companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Apollo.io (+44%), MagicBus (+24%) and Deepgram (+23%).

Which YC W16 companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Boom ($300M), Deepgram ($130M) and Gecko Robotics ($125M).

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