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YC companies founded by ex-Boeing people

21 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Boeing before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
15 roles
QuindarS22
  1. 2Tovala11
  2. 3Popl5
See all 3
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+19%
QuindarS22
  1. 2Rebellyous Foods+13%
  2. 3Tara AI+8%
See all 6
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−14%
AvocademyW22
  1. 2Rima AI (formerly Garage)−9%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$18M
QuindarS22
See all 1
Companies
21
Active
14
Hiring, last 60 days
3
Open roles, 60 days
31
People on these teams
666
Showing 21 of 21 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service.
W16169−2%+1%11$68.6MSeries C$30M, Aug 2022
Your AI GTM platform for In-Person Events
W21134+6%+19%5$2.4MSeed$2.2M, Mar 2021
Datadog for Space
S2264+19%+83%15$26.8MSeries A$18M, Nov 2025
We help businesses convert leads into sales in minutes using text
S21Acquired51−9%−15%0$17.2MSeries A$10M, Feb 2024
Airware provides end-to-end solutions that enable enterprises to…
W13Inactive43 +2%0$120MUndisclosed round$8.5M, Apr 2018
AI-Powered Accounting
W2332−3%+3%YC$16.5MSeries A$13M, Dec 2024
Document and spreadsheet automation for accountants
S2231+3%−9%0$600KYC investment$500K, Jul 2022
We teach UX/UI design and then help people get great jobs.
W2231−3%−14%0SeedApr 2022
Meet Tara AI, your new engineering efficiency co-pilot.
W1527+8%+17%0$13MNon-equity support$10M, Mar 2024
Rebellyous Foods is a food manufacturing technology and production…
S1818+13%+6%0$43.5MSeries B$2.4M, Jan 2025
Vanta for carbon compliance
S2414+8%+40%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Oct 2024
Autonomous driving technology for farm tractors.
W18Acquired13−7%−19%0$11.4MSeed$7.9M, Jan 2021
Autonomous Drones for Earth Observation
W268+14%+33%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
Claim solar incentives with AI
S22Inactive6−14%−14%0Undisclosed roundMay 2024
Analytics, built for the trades.
W2160%0%0SeedMar 2021
Container unloading robots for warehouses
W265  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software
S16Acquired50%0%0$28MSeries B$5M, Jun 2022
Florin is an AI-native insurance company that runs autonomously
S264  0$500KYC investment$500K, Jul 2026
Industrial aOS coordinating humans, agents, and machines
F262  0
The notebook that thinks with you.
S25Acquired2−89%−92%0$1.4MYC investment$500K, Jul 2025
We make it insanely easy to design, price, and manufacture custom…
W15Inactive1  0$1.6MSeed$1.5M, Jan 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-Boeing founded YC companies

How many ex-Boeing founded YC companies are there?

21 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Boeing; 14 are active.

Which ex-Boeing founded YC companies are hiring?

3 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Quindar (15 roles), Tovala (11 roles) and Popl (5 roles). 7 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Boeing founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Quindar (+19%), Rebellyous Foods (+13%) and Tara AI (+8%).

Which ex-Boeing founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Quindar ($18M).

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