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YC companies founded by ex-Google people

411 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Google before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
35 roles
AmplitudeW12
  1. 2Emergent33
  2. 3AfterQuery25
See all 63
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+227%
General LegalW26
  1. 2Wafer+200%
  2. 3Tasklet+160%
See all 100
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−50%
AcelyW18
  1. 2Reforged Labs−39%
  2. 3Moonvalley−38%
See all 25
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$250M
FlutterwaveS16
  1. 2Emergent$130M
  2. 3Culture Biosciences$80M
See all 39
Companies
411
Active
302
Hiring, last 60 days
63
Open roles, 60 days
361
People on these teams
20,218
Showing 50 of 411 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers.
S152,747+7%+16%2$148MSeries D$60M, May 2023
Next-gen digital payments provider for India.
S17982+8%+8%1$93.9MSeries C$53M, Feb 2025
Helping businesses make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa.
S16893+3%−1%0$476MUndisclosed round$250M, Jul 2026
Turn physical objects and environments into 3D models in seconds.
W12Public527+2%0%14$418MPost-IPO equity$295M, Jul 2021
AI app builder that turns your ideas into monetizable software.
S24410+34%+193%33$230MSeries C$130M, Jul 2026
AI English Tutor
W22394+2%+12%0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2022
AI recruiter for India's massive blue-collar workforce
S19362+3%+1%1$18MUndisclosed round$10M, Jul 2025
Contact center AI platform.
W18358+6%−15%3$214MSeries C$125M, Apr 2022
Applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model…
W25286+58%+186%25$30.5MSeries B$30M, Sep 2026
The Leader in Digital Trust & Safety
S11283+6%−12%4$157MSecondary$50M, Feb 2022
We automate operations for hospitals and health systems
W15271+7%+19%13$203MSeries D$85M, Jan 2025
Super is the first and leading Indonesian social commerce platform
W18223+2%−12%0$105MSeries C$70M, Jun 2022
Create jaw dropping virtual events
W20Inactive217+1%+9%0$12MSeries A$12M, Jun 2022
Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM
S12Acquired206+6%+9%0$123MPrivate equity$50M, Jan 2022
A B2B marketplace for wholesale second hand fashion
W22203+8%+7%2$46MSeries B$25M, Jul 2026
Supercharge Your Contact Center Operations with AI Phone Agents
W24196+45%+109%20$4.7MSeed$4.6M, Apr 2024
Infrastructure for indirect revenue channels
W23180+22%+58%14$18.5MSeries A$15M, Feb 2025
AI company transforming enterprise physical security to prevent…
W17157+1%+8%3$72.1MUndisclosed round$20M, Oct 2023
Application Development Platform (Native Mobile + Web Apps)
W21151−6%−15%YC$28MSeries A$25.5M, Jan 2024
Autonomous electric airplanes
S17140+6%+40%8$88.1MSeries B$40M, Sep 2024
Pre-tax and lifestyle benefits, managed in one place.
W20135+25%+67%7$74.7MSeries B$40M, Jan 2026
Bridging a world of consumer-permissioned credit data
S16131+11%+19%YC$159MSeries D$35M, Oct 2025
Source better parts by partnering directly with vetted manufacturers
W21122+8%+30%1$16.1MSeries A$12.1M, Nov 2025
Helping create a smaller, fairer, safer justice system
S19120+3%+18%YC$200KGrant$100K, Jan 2025
Courtyard turns shopping into entertainment with instant liquidity
W22113+47%+79%7$41.6MSeries A$30M, Jul 2025
The AI Command Center for outbound and ABM
S14108+5%+2%1$22.4MSeries A$20M, Oct 2021
One source of truth for financial data.
S21107+18%+45%1$46.1MSeries B$29.2M, Sep 2025
Building the human layer of AI
S21104+4%+33%8$64.2MSeries B$40M, Nov 2025
Building the world's first 1:1 AI teacher.
W20102+20%+34%1$15.4MSeries A$15M, Sep 2023
The complete agentic document platform
W2499+60%+175%14$108MSeries B$75M, Oct 2025
Marketplace for employers to recruit college students and recent grads
W15Acquired96+7%+9%0$37.3MPrivate equity$10M, Oct 2018
Building the next generation AI creative studio
W2194−13%−38%YC$154MSeed$84M, Jul 2025
Spur is the validation infrastructure enterprises use to ship at the…
S2492+19%+74%1$5MSeed$4.5M, Apr 2025
The gold standard in cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and taxes
W1892−18%−24%YC$102MSeries A$100M, Jan 2022
24/7 pediatric clinic in every family's living room
W1883+4%+9%3$7.7MSeed$4M, Jan 2022
Automating Securities Compliance
W2382+8%+49%1$24.5MSeries A$22M, Jul 2026
Every student's AI coach for college readiness
W1879−15%−50%YC$11.3MSeries A$10.5M, Aug 2020
API for at-home health data
W2074+37%+72%5$18.6MSeries A$18M, Mar 2025
Stratospheric birds for defense
F2573+46%+143%5$650KYC investment$500K, Dec 2025
Restaurant Solution (E-commerce via WhatsApp + POS + CRM/Marketing)
W2173−5%−6%0$6.1MSeed$4.6M, May 2022
AI platform to win and run government contracts
W2272+14%+47%YC$40MSeries B$30M, Jan 2026
Kalibrr connects SEAsian talent to your local & global jobs.
W13Acquired72+3% 0$9.4MConvertible note$5.5M, Mar 2019
Making car ownership and management frictionless.
S1667−1%−7%0
Software orchestrated mass production of plastics
W2164+16%+49%2$45.3MSeries A$25M, Jun 2025
Makes it easy for tech platforms to embed insurance into products
W2164+8%+8%2$28.8MSeries A$25M, Feb 2022
Creating a new form of air transportation to advance our civilization
S1764+16%+45%8$58.1MDebt$5M, Jun 2025
AI-powered Global Compliance Platform
S2263+19%+50%8$14.5MSeries A$12.5M, Oct 2025
We're building financial infrastructure for Africa's supply chains
W2063−5%−6%YC$32.8MSeries A$32M, Nov 2022
We grow cells for biotech companies.
W1863−19%−18%1$102MSeries C$80M, Dec 2025
Supervised Autonomous Heavy Equipment
W20Acquired62+11%+5%0$28.2MSeries A$7M, Nov 2024

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-Google founded YC companies

How many ex-Google founded YC companies are there?

411 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Google; 302 are active.

Which ex-Google founded YC companies are hiring?

63 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Amplitude (35 roles), Emergent (33 roles) and AfterQuery (25 roles). 149 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Google founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): General Legal (+227%), Wafer (+200%) and Tasklet (+160%).

Which ex-Google founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Flutterwave ($250M), Emergent ($130M) and Culture Biosciences ($80M).

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