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YC companies founded by ex-Box people

10 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Box before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
2 roles
NumeralW23
  1. 2Medplum1
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Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+25%
NumeralW23
  1. 2Medplum+14%
  2. 3Vector+3%
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Raised the mostlast 12 months
$100M
NumeralW23
  1. 2Vector$10M
  2. 3Risely AI$3.6M
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Companies
10
Active
6
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
3
People on these teams
412
Showing 10 of 10 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
The AI-native sales tax solution.
W23173+25%+63%2$158MSeries C$100M, Sep 2026
Advertising for the new internet
W2393+3%+19%YC$10MSeries A$10M, May 2026
Dashboards and actionable insights for high-performing engineering…
W20Acquired61+2%+5%0$6.6MSeed$4.4M, Feb 2022
The All-in-One Learning Platform
S16Acquired38−27%−37%0$67.2MSeries C$40M, Mar 2022
API first electronic health record (EHR) that is open source
S2224+14%+71%1GrantMar 2023
AI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses.
S259+50%+29%0$4.1MSeed$3.6M, May 2026
Clinical skincare tested on diverse skin, now available in Sephora.
W219  0$3.1MSeed$3M, Jul 2023
tEQuitable's mission is to create work culture that works for everyone
W183  0$2MAngel$1.6M, Jun 2018
Acquired by Brex. Building digital payments infrastructure.
W19Acquired1  0SeedMar 2019
Last mile logistics for delivery & service teams. We bring real-time…
S16Acquired1  0SeedMar 2017

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-Box founded YC companies

How many ex-Box founded YC companies are there?

10 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Box; 6 are active.

Which ex-Box founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Numeral (2 roles) and Medplum (1 roles). 3 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Box founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Numeral (+25%), Medplum (+14%) and Vector (+3%).

Which ex-Box founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Numeral ($100M), Vector ($10M) and Risely AI ($3.6M).

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