134 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Apple before.
Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.
| Company | Batch | Team | 6 mo | 12 mo | Open roles | Total raised | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This isn't just a marketplace; we're shaping the future of digital… | W18 | 695 | −2% | −3% | 0 | $427M | Series C$300M, Jan 2022 |
Learning platform for job seekers with job applications automation | S21 | 533 | −5% | −5% | 0 | $9.5M | Series A$8M, Mar 2023 |
Online Training for Healthcare Jobs | S21 | 449 | +12% | +33% | 36 | $111M | Series C$55M, Jun 2026 |
AI recruiter for India's massive blue-collar workforce | S19 | 362 | +3% | +1% | 1 | $18M | Undisclosed round$10M, Jul 2025 |
AI company transforming enterprise physical security to prevent… | W17 | 157 | +1% | +8% | 3 | $72.1M | Undisclosed round$20M, Oct 2023 |
Building the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep Learning | W16 | 131 | +3% | +2% | 33 | $41.9M | Series B$25.9M, Nov 2021 |
Courtyard turns shopping into entertainment with instant liquidity | W22 | 113 | +47% | +79% | 7 | $41.6M | Series A$30M, Jul 2025 |
Building the human layer of AI | S21 | 104 | +4% | +33% | 8 | $64.2M | Series B$40M, Nov 2025 |
Cash collection technology for B2B businesses | W20 | 86 | −2% | +5% | 0 | $22.9M | Undisclosed round$5M, Apr 2024 |
AI Workforce for the Insurance Industry | W24 | 71 | +42% | +209% | 5 | $30M | Series A$25M, Oct 2025 |
WealthFront for Saudi & Middle East | S22 | 71 | +15% | +18% | 0 | Pre-seed (before YC)May 2022 | |
Datasaur builds private AI/agents for enterprise/government | W20 | 64 | −3% | −4% | 0 | $7.9M | Seed$4M, Aug 2023 |
Automating Compliance for Construction | S23 | 62 | +51% | +148% | YC | $21.8M | Series A$15M, Jul 2026 |
We help dealerships appraise vehicle trade-ins more efficiently… | S17Acquired | 61 | +22% | +45% | 0 | $120K | YC investment$120K, Aug 2017 |
1:1 ADHD coaching, 5-10X More affordable than alternatives | S21 | 57 | −5% | YC | $3.6M | Seed$25K, Sep 2024 | |
DreamWorld is a next-gen Minecraft with generative AI building | W21 | 49 | 0% | −14% | 0 | SeedMar 2021 | |
The agentic operating system for modern system integrators. | X25 | 48 | +37% | +167% | 3 | $20.5M | Series A$20M, Apr 2026 |
Speed up non-coding tasks for engineering teams | W20 | 48 | +4% | +9% | 0 | $47.6M | Series B$30.1M, Sep 2024 |
The fastest way to ship airtight AI | S21 | 33 | +3% | +43% | 0 | $19.3M | Series A$14.5M, May 2025 |
Trust Center platform that scales customer security reviews | S20Acquired | 33 | −13% | −35% | 0 | $53.1M | Series B$33M, Apr 2024 |
The #1 App to Quit Porn: Rebuild Focus and Intimacy | S22 | 31 | +3% | 0 | SeedSep 2022 | ||
Online ordering platform for independent chefs and bakers. | S20 | 28 | −3% | +4% | 1 | $3.2M | Seed$2.9M, Feb 2022 |
Practical and delightful home robots | S24 | 20 | +25% | +67% | 6 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Sep 2024 |
AI Agents for Fraud Review and Investigations | W23 | 20 | +18% | +54% | YC | $25.1M | Series A$21.5M, Mar 2026 |
Dead simple blogs by email | S08Acquired | 20 | 0% | 0% | 0 | $10.1M | Undisclosed round$5M, Jan 2013 |
Faster clinical documentation for home health nurses | W24 | 19 | +27% | YC | $500K | YC investment$500K, Feb 2024 | |
Sentry for AI Agents | W24 | 19 | +58% | +138% | 2 | $15M | Series A$15M, Sep 2026 |
Predictive battery management software for electrified fleets | S20 | 18 | −18% | −33% | 0 | $29M | Series A$17M, Dec 2024 |
PersistIQ is a free email automation platform to send a small batch… | S14Acquired | 18 | −14% | −14% | 0 | $1.7M | Seed$1.7M, Jul 2015 |
Making humanoids dexterous enough to thread a needle | W25 | 17 | +42% | +31% | YC | $11M | Seed$11M, Jun 2026 |
Olark gives you an AI agent that works your marketing funnel 24/7 | S09 | 16 | −11% | −6% | 0 | SeedJun 2009 | |
Vertical AI for highly-regulated manufacturing | X25 | 14 | +8% | +56% | 1 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Sep 2025 |
Automating Office Work for Residential Contractors. | S24 | 14 | +8% | YC | $500K | YC investment$500K, Jan 2025 | |
Automate circuit board design using AI | S24 | 14 | +40% | +75% | YC | $11.9M | Series A$11.4M, Jul 2025 |
AI-powered risk and compliance for financial institutions | S23 | 14 | +75% | YC | $11M | Non-equity support$11M, Mar 2026 | |
Voice AI | S22 | 14 | +75% | +27% | 0 | ||
Turn intuition into insights, in minutes | W22 | 14 | −44% | −39% | YC | $3.9M | Seed$3.9M, Aug 2024 |
Point of Sale and Compliance SaaS for Cannabis Dispensaries | W15 | 14 | −7% | −7% | 0 | $2.1M | Undisclosed round$2.1M, Jan 2020 |
Tolmo is the AI security platform that secures every layer of cloud… | X26 | 13 | +44% | 5 | $22M | Seed$22M, Jun 2026 | |
Frontier models and agents you can learn from, audit, and steer. | W24 | 13 | −13% | −13% | 0 | $9.8M | Seed$9.3M, Dec 2025 |
End to end company retreat planning | W21Acquired | 13 | −19% | −19% | 0 | SecondaryJan 2024 | |
AI Agents for Enterprise Wide Operations | F25 | 12 | 0 | ||||
Custom Parts, Manufactured in America 🇺🇸 | S24 | 12 | +50% | +140% | 1 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Jul 2025 |
Airplanes anyone can fly | S22 | 12 | +71% | +140% | YC | $4.6M | Undisclosed round$4.6M, Oct 2025 |
Pay by bank and earn rewards | S21Inactive | 12 | 0% | 0% | 0 | Undisclosed roundAug 2021 | |
Hire Zalos AI workers to run your finance department | F25 | 11 | −15% | +83% | YC | $4.1M | Seed$3.6M, Mar 2026 |
Streamlining Data Capture to Report Creation for Heavy Industries | X25 | 11 | +57% | +83% | 0 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Jun 2025 |
Minecraft for Teachers | W22 | 11 | +38% | +38% | 0 | $3.5M | Seed$2.5M, Apr 2022 |
The Enablement Layer for Physical AI | S24 | 10 | +11% | +100% | 0 | $750K | Pre-seed$250K, Feb 2025 |
Maximize profits with AI-powered rebate management. | W23 | 10 | +11% | YC |
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
134 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Apple; 100 are active.
17 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Stepful (36 roles), Focal Systems (33 roles) and Tavus (8 roles). 36 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.
By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Feather (+75%), Kobalt Labs (+75%) and Airhart Aeronautics (+71%).
Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Stepful ($55M), Tavus ($40M) and Tolmo ($22M).