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YC companies founded by ex-Adobe people

22 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Adobe before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
11 roles
CampfireS23
  1. 2Blee5
  2. 3Triomics3
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Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+48%
TriomicsW21
  1. 2Campfire+45%
  2. 3Blee+36%
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Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−11%
Dost EducationW17
See all 1
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$22M
TriomicsW21
  1. 2Blee$7M
  2. 3Vector Legal$5.2M
See all 3
Companies
22
Active
19
Hiring, last 60 days
3
Open roles, 60 days
19
People on these teams
691
Showing 22 of 22 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
The AI Native ERP for the fastest growing companies.
S23199+45%+165%11$108MSeries B$65M, Oct 2025
Simplifying roofing for homeowners, roofers and enterprises.
W22151−2%+8%YC$21.5MSeries A$21M, Aug 2024
AI Agents for Oncology EHRs
W2198+48%+72%3$37.1MSeries B$22M, May 2026
AI tax assistant for professionals and businesses
S2452+2%+30%YC$5.1MSeed$4.6M, Feb 2025
Getting kids ready for school in India.
W1739 −11%0GrantMar 2017
Smart, fast, and collaborative compliance reviews
S2238+36%+124%5$27.5MSeries A$7M, Sep 2026
AI agents for commercial underwriting at banks and fintechs
S2319−5%+27%YC$3.7MSeed$3.2M, Jul 2024
ModernLoop helps teams automate and streamline recruiting operations
W2119  0$12.1MSeries A$9M, Aug 2022
We help job seekers quickly create resumes that get 2X more interviews
W2019 +12%0$2.9MSeed$2.9M, Aug 2021
Use AI tools without fear of data leakage
S2412−25% YC$4.5MSeed$4M, May 2025
A premier AI-native law firm & legal operating system for Startups.
W269  YC$5.7MSeed$5.2M, Jul 2026
The SAFE for commercial contracts
W238−11%−11%0$5MYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
A social feed for interactive AI Creations
W246  0
Work operating system for professional service businesses
S225−29%−29%0$2.2MPre-seed$1.7M, Apr 2023
Trade US markets from India, in Rupees
X264  0SeedJun 2026
A unified API for prediction markets, like Kalshi and Polymarket
F25Inactive3  0$5.2MSeed$4.7M, Jan 2026
D2C Skincare for Eczema
W223  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2022
tEQuitable's mission is to create work culture that works for everyone
W183  0$2MAngel$1.6M, Jun 2018
Self-optimizing inference cloud for faster, cheaper AI
F262  0
Build interactive applications that run anywhere
W241  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2024
Driver co-pilot to make trucking more efficient
S20Acquired1  0Pre-seedMar 2021
Monthli is the first marketplace for homeowner associations. We…
W16Inactive  0$120KYC investment$120K, Mar 2016

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 ex-Adobe founded YC companies

How many ex-Adobe founded YC companies are there?

22 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Adobe; 19 are active.

Which ex-Adobe founded YC companies are hiring?

3 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Campfire (11 roles), Blee (5 roles) and Triomics (3 roles). 8 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Adobe founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Triomics (+48%), Campfire (+45%) and Blee (+36%).

Which ex-Adobe founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Triomics ($22M), Blee ($7M) and Vector Legal ($5.2M).

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