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YC companies founded by ex-DoorDash people

27 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at DoorDash before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
2 roles
PloyX26
See all 1
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+144%
YouArtX26
  1. 2Ploy+93%
  2. 3Nowadays+58%
See all 5
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−50%
Marr LabsW24
See all 1
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$27M
PloyX26
  1. 2Aseon Labs$10M
  2. 3Conduit$6M
See all 7
Companies
27
Active
20
Hiring, last 60 days
1
Open roles, 60 days
2
People on these teams
363
Showing 27 of 27 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Metal is an AI-driven operating system for fundraising
W23127+43%+189%0$4.5MSeed$4.5M, Jun 2026
Enterprise software for companies to track & reduce their carbon…
W2235+6%+9%YC$7.2MSeed$7.2M, Aug 2024
Ploy turns your website into your company's growth engine.
X2627+93% 2$27MSeed$27M, Jun 2026
The operating system for shipping and receiving.
W2324−8%+33%YC$6.5MSeed$6M, Mar 2026
Patreon for AI Originals
X2622+144% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Jun 2026
AI-native platform for corporate meetings and events
S2319+58%+46%YC$2.5MSeed$2M, Dec 2024
AI-voice agents that are indistinguishable from humans.
W2410−33%−50%0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2024
Revenue Agents for GTM teams
W269+50% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
AI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses.
S259+50%+29%0$4.1MSeed$3.6M, May 2026
Nervous System for Physical AI
S268  0$657KPre-seed$657K, Jul 2026
Robotic pitstops for self-driving cars
X268  YC$10.5MSeed$10M, Jun 2026
Cargo Theft and Fraud Prevention Platform
W248+14%−11%YC$4MSeed$4M, Oct 2026
AI coworkers for fraud and compliance teams.
S257+17% YC$4MSeed$4M, Sep 2025
America's robot factory
X257 +40%YCSeedJun 2025
Intelligent Medical Record Reviews
W247−12%−12%0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2024
Revolutionizing digital selling within HVAC
S21Inactive70%−36%0$2.4MPre-seed$2.3M, Nov 2021
ML models automatically monitor business performance
W20Inactive70%+17%0Pre-seedMar 2020
A personal assistant for every homeowner
W23Inactive50%0%0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
Procurement Platform for Dental Offices
S254  0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
Fullstack API and management platform for dashboards and reporting
W204  YCPre-seedSep 2023
AI-native, hardware procurement marketplace
W262  0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
Language models for enterprise applications.
W192  YC$150KYC investment$150K, Mar 2019
AI Energy Management
S23Inactive1  0$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2025
AI-powered McKinsey-quality reports in seconds
S23Acquired1  0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2023
Transform Document Workflows with AI Agents
W231  0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
Zaam is an end-to-end SaaS solution for business onboarding.
W20Inactive1  0$150KYC investment$150K, Mar 2020
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-DoorDash founded YC companies

How many ex-DoorDash founded YC companies are there?

27 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at DoorDash; 20 are active.

Which ex-DoorDash founded YC companies are hiring?

1 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Ploy (2 roles). 11 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-DoorDash founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): YouArt (+144%), Ploy (+93%) and Nowadays (+58%).

Which ex-DoorDash founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Ploy ($27M), Aseon Labs ($10M) and Conduit ($6M).

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