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YC companies founded by ex-Ford Motor Company people

15 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Ford Motor Company before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
16 roles
FirecrawlS22
  1. 2Sieve12
  2. 3Lob3
See all 3
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+52%
SieveW22
  1. 2Industrial Next+45%
  2. 3Firecrawl+35%
See all 4
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$75M
FirecrawlS22
  1. 2Industrial Next$12M
  2. 3Olympian Motors$892K
See all 3
Companies
15
Active
11
Hiring, last 60 days
3
Open roles, 60 days
31
People on these teams
715
Showing 15 of 15 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Lob is the only automation platform that transforms direct mail into…
S13440+8%+14%3$82.3MSeries C$50M, Feb 2021
BeGo Connects cargo shippers with truck suppliers in Mexico and US
W2087−2%+2%YC$14MSeed$14M, May 2021
Building the library for superintelligence.
S2262+35%+63%16$89.5MSeries B$75M, Sep 2026
The multimodal data lab
W2250+52%+178%12$4.1MSeed$4M, Nov 2022
IndustrialNext builds the AI brain for manufacturing -…
W2216+45%+45%0$12MUndisclosed round$12M, Jan 2026
Next-generation, modular electric vehicles
W2213−7%−13%YC$2.2MEquity crowdfunding$892K, Sep 2026
Making fast food faster
S2012−8%−8%YC$125KNon-equity support$125K, Nov 2022
Scalable windows desktop automations
X269+29%+80%YC
Building self-programming machines
S228  0$500KYC investment$500K, Aug 2022
Connect operational data with finance to see what drives the numbers.
F264  0
The AI revenue platform for D2C brands
X264−20% 0
Mentorship from leaders of the world's best companies
S21Inactive4 −33%0$4.1MSeed$2.7M, Sep 2021
Makers of simple, affordable medical devices. Our award-winning…
W15Acquired4  0$1.2MSeed$1.2M, Jul 2015
Crowdsourced design marketplace for paper goods.
S10Inactive2  0$1.1MSeries A$1.1M, Apr 2011
viaCycle makes simple, inexpensive bicycle sharing systems that allow…
S12Inactive  0$50KYC investment$50K, Jun 2012

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-Ford Motor Company founded YC companies

How many ex-Ford Motor Company founded YC companies are there?

15 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Ford Motor Company; 11 are active.

Which ex-Ford Motor Company founded YC companies are hiring?

3 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Firecrawl (16 roles), Sieve (12 roles) and Lob (3 roles). 7 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Ford Motor Company founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Sieve (+52%), Industrial Next (+45%) and Firecrawl (+35%).

Which ex-Ford Motor Company founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Firecrawl ($75M), Industrial Next ($12M) and Olympian Motors ($892K).

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