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YC W26 companies (Winter 2026)

All 197 companies in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch, with team size, growth, open roles and funding.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
19 roles
PocketW26
  1. 2Parameter7
  2. 3Brumby6
See all 12
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+579%
Human ArchiveW26
  1. 2General Legal+227%
  2. 3Parameter+220%
See all 16
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$31.2M
LuelW26
  1. 2General Legal$11.5M
  2. 3Pocket$11M
See all 22
Companies
197
Active
192
Hiring, last 60 days
12
Open roles, 60 days
55
People on these teams
1,272
Showing 50 of 197 companies
CompanyTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Turning everyday words and actions into usable training data.
100−5%+488%0$31.7MSeed$31.2M, May 2026
Physical AI data lab
95+579% 3$8.7MSeed$8.2M, May 2026
Elite AI law firm for high growth companies
49+227% 2$11.5MSeed$11.5M, Feb 2026
Infrastructure for identity and fraud.
38+27%+46%0$8.5MSeed$7.5M, May 2026
The first finance-compliant proactive AI that runs 24/7
31+24%+94%YC
Take Notes in the Real World
24+71%+243%19$11.5MSeed$11M, Jun 2026
Global AI-native law firm handling legal work with same-day turnaround
22+120% 1$9MSeed$9M, May 2026
AI video editor (raw footage into finished videos)
20  2$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Multilingual voice agents that outperform humans
20+82%+122%0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
AI Recruiting Coordinator for Executive Search
17+70% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
AI pentesting, that works!
16+220% 7$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Full-Stack AI Accounting
16+220% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Feb 2026
Building AGI that can innovate.
14+27%+27%0$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
Automate enterprise workflows through chat
14+8%+133%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
The first exchange to trade on attention.
14  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
AI Agents That Run Hotel Operations.
12+50% 5
Space solar arrays that grow to the size of a football field in orbit
12  5$10.5MSeed$10M, Jul 2026
Keeping contractors on the job site, not behind a desk.
12  0
The Networking Layer of AI
11  2$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
Agentic AI for intellectual property
11  1$11MSeed$10.5M, May 2026
Intelligence for Automotive Operations
11  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Take command of the AI your company already runs on.
11  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Compression middleware that improves LLM outputs
11+120% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
AI Employees for Primary Care
10  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
The first AI-powered worldbuilding and gameplay platform
10+25%+67%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Realtime AI for Sales Calls
10 +43%0
Intelligence for cultural institutions
10+67% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
A premier AI-native law firm & legal operating system for Startups.
9  YC$5.7MSeed$5.2M, Jul 2026
The AI sales agent for CPG brands
9+13% YC$6.2MSeed$4.2M, May 2026
AI benchmarks that measure general intelligence and inspire new ideas
9−25%+13%0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Fastest inference anywhere: open models on-prem, hosted or on-device
9−18% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Oct 2025
AI-native workspace for AEC
9  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Helping Healthcare Providers Speak Any Language
9+80%+50%YC$172KPre-seed (before YC)$172K, Nov 2024
AI Video Production for Professionals
9  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Revenue Agents for GTM teams
9+50% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Autonomous Drones for Earth Observation
8+14%+33%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
The AI-Native Immigration Law Firm
8  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
The first AI-powered uranium discovery company
8  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
Quantitative research for autonomous e-commerce growth
8+33% YC$5.8MSeed$5.3M, May 2026
Simulation environments for training & evaluating autonomous agents
8  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
API for performance-based payroll
8+60% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
The decision-support layer for aviation ops teams to know what to do…
8+60% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Software for enterprise energy procurement.
8  0$500KYC investment$500K, May 2026
The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs
7+40% YC$8.5MSeed$8M, Sep 2026
Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
7  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
AI operating system for mega-scale satellite networks.
7  2$6.5MGrant$6.5M, Apr 2026
Doomscroll to learn languages
7  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
AI Revenue Engine for the Equipment Industry
7  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Feb 2026
The real-world intelligence and action layer
7  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
The AI data analyst for consumer brands
6  0$1MYC investment$500K, Mar 2026

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 W26 companies

How many YC W26 companies are there?

197 companies were in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26); 192 are active.

Which YC W26 companies are hiring?

12 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Pocket (19 roles), Parameter (7 roles) and Brumby (6 roles). 65 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which YC W26 companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Human Archive (+579%), General Legal (+227%) and Parameter (+220%).

Which YC W26 companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Luel ($31.2M), General Legal ($11.5M) and Pocket ($11M).

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