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YC companies founded by ex-Autodesk people

12 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Autodesk before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
7 roles
SubmittableS12
  1. 2Datafold4
  2. 3Replo1
See all 3
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+71%
CommodityAIW24
  1. 2Datafold+20%
  2. 3Submittable+9%
See all 4
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−43%
KularW22
  1. 2Replo−1%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$500K
CommodityAIW24
See all 1
Companies
12
Active
9
Hiring, last 60 days
3
Open roles, 60 days
12
People on these teams
479
Showing 12 of 12 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
The best way to launch, manage and measure social impact programs
S12246+9%+7%7$156MUndisclosed round$91.5M, Aug 2024
Sell anything
S2174−7%−1%1$4.2MSeed$4.2M, Feb 2023
Sustainable period care.
S1644+2% 0$7.7MUndisclosed round$3.6M, Apr 2020
Automating manual and repetitive data engineering tasks with AI
S2036+20%+3%4$26.2MUndisclosed round$4M, May 2025
AI Lead Generator
W2217−19%−43%0
Modern healthcare for kids. Pediatric Primary, Urgent & Remote Care.
S19Inactive150%0%0$43MSeries C$25M, Jan 2024
The AI operating system for commodity operations
W2412+71%+71%YC$500KUndisclosed round$500K, Jan 2026
AI for Construction
S22Acquired12−25%−69%0$35MSeries A$30M, Sep 2022
Scan your SaaS apps and instantly identify security issues
S20Acquired10−9% 0$2.1MSeed$2M, Oct 2020
Autonomous operations for industrial distributors
X2650%0%0
The Lovable & Replit killers
F244−20%−43%0$500KYC investment$500K, Dec 2024
Firmware cybersecurity
S234−20%−20%YC$3MSeed$3M, Sep 2023

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-Autodesk founded YC companies

How many ex-Autodesk founded YC companies are there?

12 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Autodesk; 9 are active.

Which ex-Autodesk founded YC companies are hiring?

3 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Submittable (7 roles), Datafold (4 roles) and Replo (1 roles). 4 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Autodesk founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): CommodityAI (+71%), Datafold (+20%) and Submittable (+9%).

Which ex-Autodesk founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: CommodityAI ($500K).

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