Get an API keyGet an API keyThe 23 YC W19 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 |  Eclipse Foods is building the future of dairy using micelles, the… | 21 | −9% | −40% | 0 | $55.6M | Series B$40M, Jun 2022 |
| 2 |  We create automation technology for the cannabis industry. | 19 | −5% | −21% | YC | $5.5M | Debt$2M, Nov 2023 |
| 3 |  AI Insurance is the platform that runs insurance companies | 19 | −5% | −21% | 0 | $5M | Seed$3.8M, Mar 2022 |
| 4 |  Lezzoo is an on-demand delivery Superapp for Iraq. | 178 | −6% | −20% | 0 | $1.6M | Non-equity support$1.5M, Sep 2023 |
| 5 |  The AI Retention Platform for Brands & Retailers | 281 | 0% | −19% | 5 | $106M | Series C$65M, Jun 2022 |
| 6 |  One stop shop for creators to launch, manage & grow their knowledge… | 105 | −9% | −19% | 0 | $8.1M | Undisclosed round$6.2M, Mar 2024 |
| 7 |  Fixing data quality in product analytics. | 30 | −3% | −19% | 0 | $4.5M | Angel$3M, Jan 2021 |
| 8 |  MedCrypt gives medical device vendors cybersecurity features in a few… | 28 | −18% | 0 | $42.7M | Debt$8.3M, Feb 2025 | |
| 9 |  Termius is an SSH client with team collaboration features | 26 | −4% | −16% | 0 | $2.7M | Seed$2.7M, Jun 2019 |
| 10 |  We make EV charging as simple and reliable as LED lights | 53 | −2% | −15% | 0 | $17M | Series A$15M, Sep 2024 |
| 11 |  The core engine of supply chain in LATAM | 257 | −7% | −13% | 0 | $243M | Series C$150M, May 2022 |
| 12 |  Glide turns spreadsheets into beautiful, intelligent apps. | 95 | −9% | −12% | 1 | $23.8M | Series A$20M, Apr 2022 |
| 13 |  Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest… | 26 | −7% | −10% | 0 | $150K | YC investment$150K, Mar 2019 |
| 14 |  Exoskeletons to help people walk, starting with children | 41 | −5% | −9% | 3 | $1M | Grant$1M, Jun 2024 |
| 15 |  Tuition collection service for K-12 private schools in Africa | 21 | 0% | −9% | 0 | $290K | Seed$100K, Jan 2021 |
| 16 |  Helping creators monetize | 47 | +7% | −8% | 0 | SeedJan 2022 | |
| 17 |  Multimodal AI Platform for Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery™ | 50 | −2% | −6% | 0 | $26.6M | Undisclosed round$550K, Oct 2024 |
| 18 |  Offline-first tech skilling and placement for India | 863 | −2% | −5% | 0 | $2.7M | Seed$2M, Sep 2023 |
| 19 |  Generative AI for frontline worker hiring | 39 | −2% | −5% | YC | $8.4M | Seed$7M, Apr 2022 |
| 20 |  Helping low-income Americans overcome debt and rebuild credit at… | 23 | −4% | −4% | YC | $4.5M | Grant$4.2M, Sep 2024 |
| 21 |  24/7 emergency maintenance department for property managers and… | 64 | −3% | −2% | 0 | $24.3M | Undisclosed round$16.7M, Mar 2023 |
| 22 |  Helping great teams hire better frontline workers, faster. | 70 | +4% | −1% | 0 | $13M | Series A$11M, Feb 2022 |
| 23 |  ThriveAgric help Farmers in Africa access finance, insight and Markets | 264 | +4% | 0% | 0 | $65.2M | Debt$3.9M, Aug 2026 |
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
194 companies were in Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch (W19); 117 are active.
19 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Deel (144 roles), Alpaca (46 roles) and Overview (24 roles). 33 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.
By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Axel Travel (+71%), OutRival, Inc. (+45%) and Ashby (+31%).
Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Kalshi ($30M), Inito ($29M) and Handle ($27M).