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YC companies founded by ex-Morgan Stanley people

67 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Morgan Stanley before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
25 roles
AfterQueryW25
  1. 2Conveo9
  2. 3Array Labs9
See all 11
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+96%
SpottW25
  1. 2Novig+72%
  2. 3Brickwise+71%
See all 21
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−24%
ErudiFiW18
  1. 2Strikingly−1%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$75M
NovigS22
  1. 2Encord$60M
  2. 3Conveo$50M
See all 9
Companies
67
Active
50
Hiring, last 60 days
11
Open roles, 60 days
72
People on these teams
5,022
Showing 50 of 67 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Modern insurance brokerage.
W18Acquired542−11%−18%0$310MSeries D$200M, Apr 2022
The easiest way to create a beautiful, mobile optimized website.
W134680%−1%1$17.5MSeries A$10M, Aug 2018
Applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model…
W25286+58%+186%25$30.5MSeries B$30M, Sep 2026
The data layer for physical AI
W21231+31%+75%3$110MSeries C$60M, Feb 2026
Automating payroll for Latin America.
W18210+12%+17%YCSeries ASep 2021
Where Single Muslims meet
S17187+2%+10%2$10.9MSeries A$7M, Jan 2024
Autonomous electric airplanes
S17140+6%+40%8$88.1MSeries B$40M, Sep 2024
Customer loyalty and payments platform for small businesses.
W11Acquired126 −1%0$144MSeries D$52.2M, Oct 2020
Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy
S14108−3% 1$105MSeries C$75M, Nov 2021
Growth through always‑on consumer understanding
S24103+54%+472%9$55.8MSeries A$50M, Sep 2026
Digital financial services for students in Southeast Asia
W18102−19%−24%0$20MGrant$15M, Nov 2024
America's #1 Sports Trading App
S2298+72%+165%9$99.9MSeries B$75M, Feb 2026
Cash collection technology for B2B businesses
W2086−2%+5%0$22.9MUndisclosed round$5M, Apr 2024
Patient engagement for low-income populations
W1467+2%+5%3$23.1MGrant$25K, Sep 2025
We're building satellites to create a real-time 3D map of the world.
S2255+31%+38%9$56.6MUndisclosed round$21M, Jul 2026
Platform for unique products produced on-demand at mass-scale
S17Acquired55−5%−7%0$5.5MNon-equity support$4.2M, Sep 2022
AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting firms
W2547+96%+327%2$24.2MSeries A$21M, Sep 2026
build AI NPCs
W1940+5%+5%0$26.2MUndisclosed round$500K, Feb 2023
Your personalised benefits and engagement platform for global teams
W2236+64%+64%YC$16.6MGrant$11M, Sep 2026
The unbiased AI and data layer for skin health.
W2131+11%+7%0$965KPre-seed$840K, Dec 2021
Personalized drug discovery for blood cancer.
W15Public29+4%+4%YC$57.2MSeries B$189K, Jul 2022
Sell your home without brokers
S2224+14% YCSeedMay 2024
Cloud and Container Security Platform
S2122+5%+22%0Seed (before YC)May 2021
Create, launch, and optimize Facebook ads and ads on 10+ platforms
S2118+6%−5%0$2.1MSeed$2M, Nov 2024
AI & financial services for real estate in LatAm, starting by rent
W2317+6%+31%0$1.6MSeed$1.1M, Sep 2025
Electricity price forecasts for energy storage, ev charging, etc.
W21Acquired17−6%−6%0$1.7MEquity crowdfunding$57K, May 2022
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F2616+45%+23%0
Inclusive mental healthcare for companies
S2115−6% 0$3.4MSeed$2M, Aug 2023
Building the new superintelligence for insurance
S25140%+40%YC$6MSeed$6M, Aug 2026
AI-native growth platform for DTC
S23140%+27%YC$6.1MUndisclosed round$5.6M, Feb 2025
AI property manager for landlords and estate agents
F2512+71% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Dec 2025
We're making ecommerce simple connecting brands with sales channels
S12120%−8%YC
Open-source agents to build predictive ML models from a prompt
X2511+57%+57%YC$2.1MSeed$2.1M, Aug 2025
A spend management software that provides businesses visibility,…
S2011−21%−27%YC$121MSeries B$85.3M, Jan 2022
Scalable windows desktop automations
X269+29%+80%YC
Highly customizable and blazingly fast analytics for asset managers.
S248  0$3MYC investment$500K, Sep 2024
Compliance guardrails-as-a-service for AI applications
F2470%0%0$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
Celery is a platform for pre-orders (www.trycelery.com). Accept…
S12Inactive60%0%0$2.3MSeed$2.3M, Jan 2015
Making Defense Manufacturing Faster and Cheaper
S265  YC
We crowdsource food safety reports & detect and prevent outbreaks.
S1850%0%0SeedAug 2018
All-in-one apartment Marketing Platform for brokerages and landlords.
W1150%0%0$150KYC investment$150K, Mar 2011
Drop-in robotic labor that works on Day 1
S264  0
Prime brokerage for prediction markets
X264  0$9MSeed$8.5M, Jul 2026
Unlock wasted GPU capacity.
X264  0$5.8MSeed$5.3M, Sep 2026
AI-native credentialing and contracting for healthcare
X264  0
AI-native real estate services firm
S253−50%−50%0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
AI Workforce for lenders
S262  0
Helping your company find 10x engineers.
X262  0
Describe It. Find It. Act On It.
W242−67%−60%0$500KYC investment$500K, Feb 2024
The fastest and easiest way to make home upgrades
W21Inactive2  0$3.5MSeed$3.4M, Aug 2021

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-Morgan Stanley founded YC companies

How many ex-Morgan Stanley founded YC companies are there?

67 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Morgan Stanley; 50 are active.

Which ex-Morgan Stanley founded YC companies are hiring?

11 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by AfterQuery (25 roles), Conveo (9 roles) and Array Labs (9 roles). 20 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Morgan Stanley founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Spott (+96%), Novig (+72%) and Brickwise (+71%).

Which ex-Morgan Stanley founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Novig ($75M), Encord ($60M) and Conveo ($50M).

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