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YC companies founded by ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise people

14 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
36 roles
HappyRobotS23
  1. 2Tavus8
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+83%
HappyRobotS23
  1. 2Inventive AI+29%
  2. 3Stownest+12%
See all 6
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$150M
HappyRobotS23
  1. 2Tavus$40M
See all 2
Companies
14
Active
9
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
44
People on these teams
586
Showing 14 of 14 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Intelligence that runs your operations.
S23260+83%+192%36$211MSeries C$150M, Aug 2026
Building the human layer of AI
S21104+4%+33%8$64.2MSeries B$40M, Nov 2025
Flexible On-Demand Storage Space for Household, SMEs & Travellers.
S2185+12%+20%0$630KSeed$505K, Dec 2021
Leading wealth management and investing platform in Vietnam
S2151+4%+11%0$8MCorporate round$6M, Mar 2024
Cloud and Container Security Platform
S2122+5%+22%0Seed (before YC)May 2021
AI Agents For RFP and Questionnaire Response Automation
S2318+29%+38%0$4.5MSeed$4M, Aug 2024
Automated data observability and quality for Data Lake
S2116−6% YC$5.6MSeed$5.5M, Jun 2023
Maximize profits with AI-powered rebate management.
W2310 +11%YC
Frictionless Data
W19Acquired70%−22%0$340KUndisclosed round$150K, Apr 2020
An easier way to deploy and manage cloud apps
W224  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2022
Open-source library discovery
S20Inactive4  0$6.2MSeed$2.4M, Apr 2022
The BI bridge for unstructured data. We automatically bridge the gap…
W12Acquired2  0$2MSeed$2M, Mar 2013
Crowdsourced design marketplace for paper goods.
S10Inactive2  0$1.1MSeries A$1.1M, Apr 2011
Nova puts the power of AI to work for you, enabling a more continuous…
W16Acquired1  0$3.6MSeed$1.7M, May 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-Hewlett Packard Enterprise founded YC companies

How many ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise founded YC companies are there?

14 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise; 9 are active.

Which ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by HappyRobot (36 roles) and Tavus (8 roles). 4 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): HappyRobot (+83%), Inventive AI (+29%) and Stownest (+12%).

Which ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: HappyRobot ($150M) and Tavus ($40M).

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