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YC companies founded by ex-Samsung Electronics people

12 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Samsung Electronics before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
3 roles
Observe.AIW18
  1. 2Svix1
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Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+57%
StarcloudS24
  1. 2ShortLoop+20%
  2. 3Observe.AI+6%
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Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−15%
Observe.AIW18
  1. 2Dost Education−11%
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Raised the mostlast 12 months
$250M
StarcloudS24
  1. 26thSense$657K
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Companies
12
Active
10
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
4
People on these teams
653
Showing 12 of 12 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Contact center AI platform.
W18358+6%−15%3$214MSeries C$125M, Apr 2022
Train AI on distributed data
W2383+2%+1%0$23.6MSeries A$20M, Feb 2024
Data centers in space
S2466+57%+128%YC$444MSeries A$250M, Aug 2026
Getting kids ready for school in India.
W1739 −11%0GrantMar 2017
Making Restaurants more data-driven!
W2135+6%+13%0Pre-seed (before YC)Dec 2020
Segment for global payments
S21Acquired19 +6%0$4MUndisclosed round$4M, Jan 2023
Phone AI that Captures Every Dealership Revenue Opportunity
W2318+20%+100%YC$2.7MSeed$2.7M, Jul 2023
Enterprise ready webhooks service, open-source and in the cloud
W2111−8% 1$13MUndisclosed round$7.8M, Feb 2023
The AI Claims Workbench automating insurance claims
S2210−9%−9%YC$6.8MSeed$5.3M, Oct 2024
Nervous System for Physical AI
S268  0$657KPre-seed$657K, Jul 2026
The world's simplest Bitcoin self-custody solution
W2350%−17%0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
Accelerating the shift to a more transparent economy
W21Inactive1  0Pre-seedMar 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-Samsung Electronics founded YC companies

How many ex-Samsung Electronics founded YC companies are there?

12 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Samsung Electronics; 10 are active.

Which ex-Samsung Electronics founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Observe.AI (3 roles) and Svix (1 roles). 4 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Samsung Electronics founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Starcloud (+57%), ShortLoop (+20%) and Observe.AI (+6%).

Which ex-Samsung Electronics founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Starcloud ($250M) and 6thSense ($657K).

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