Startups from the top accelerators

Startups from the top accelerators

14,225 startups so far from 21 programs · +590 in the last 30 days · 29 programs tracked, 12 taking applications · 87% of YC F26 is AI

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Rising from recent batches

How the rank works
Companies from cohorts of the last two years, ranked by public signals
#Company
1HyLightUnmanned airships for inspecting our critical assetsYCS23+2team of 373 programs
2Human ArchivePhysical AI data labYCW26team of 100hiring
3HypercubicAgentic AI for Mainframe Operations and ModernizationYCF25+1team of 3on 3 fru.dev trackers
4IcarusStratospheric birds for defenseYCF25team of 50hiring
5BalanceFull-Stack AI AccountingYCW26team of 20hiring
6EfferenceYCF25+1team of 122 programs
7Perit.AIExpert-led data and RL platform for AI labsYCF26team of 47
89 MothersCounter Drone Systems. $1.6m sales. We delivered for the DoW.YCX26team of 19hiring
9UplaneReplace marketing agencies with AIYCF25team of 26hiring
10BrickantaAgentic AI for Society BuildersYCF25team of 25hiring
11InstaAgentScale marketing campaigns across hundreds of personasYCX26+1team of 102 programs
12SazabiThe AI-native observability platform for fast-moving engineering teamsYCX26team of 10on 3 fru.dev trackers
13PocketTake Notes in the Real WorldYCW26team of 15hiring
14VelaAI Recruiting Coordinator for Executive SearchYCW26team of 15hiring
15Bolna AIVoice AI to enable India's next billionYCF25team of 21hiring
16PloyPloy turns your website into your company's growth engine.YCX26team of 14hiring
17ParameterSecurity builds trust. Strengthen both, all on one platform.YCW26team of 14hiring
18Ressl AITrain, eval and build autonomous agentsYCW26+1team of 32 programs
19ComplirVanta for physical productsYCX26team of 13hiring
20Cosmic RoboticsAutonomous construction on Earth and beyondYCS26+1team of 82 programs

Top 20 of 2,431 companies from cohorts of the last two years, with at least one public signal; one program fills at most half the list unless others have no signal yet. Every company, ranked

Programs with their next deadline, next batch and companies
ProgramNext deadline
Founder InstituteIdea to pre-seed company builder, part time, chapters in 200+ citiesNext batch Oct 21todayOct 6
Station FStartup campus in Paris hosting in-house and 30+ partner programs, all stages and sectors12dOct 18
Plug and PlayStage-agnostic corporate innovation platform: industry accelerators connecting startups with corporate partnersNext batch Nov 2026 · 1,916 companies17dOct 23
Y CombinatorPre-seed and seed, all sectors, three-month batch in San FranciscoNext batch Jan 2027 · 6,275 companies4wNov 2
Entrepreneurs Roundtable AcceleratorNYC four-month tech accelerator, enterprise and consumer, many AI companiesNext batch Jan 11, 20274wNov 2
TechstarsPre-seed and seed, all sectors, plus city and industry accelerators (health, space, fintech, food, energy)Next batch Mar 8, 20276wNov 18
Betaworks CampThematic AI camp in NYC for pre-seed and seed startups, a new theme each sessionNext batch Mar 2027 est. · 99 companies3moJan 2027 est.
Berkeley SkyDeckUC Berkeley accelerator for early stage startups in any industry, strong in AI, chips and bioNext batch Nov 2 · 356 companies4moFeb 2027 est.
MassChallengeEquity-free nonprofit accelerator, sector programs in health, security, fintech, climate and food352 companies4moFeb 2027 est.
Google for Startups AcceleratorSeed to Series A (some Series B) technical startups using AI/ML, by region and themeNext batch Apr 2027 est. · 183 companies5moMar 2027 est.
AWS Generative AI AcceleratorSeed-stage and later generative AI startups with revenue and enterprise pilots, globalNext batch Oct 2027 est. · 21 companies9moJul 2027 est.
Creative Destruction LabNonprofit mentorship program for pre-seed to seed science and deep tech ventures, strong AI and quantum streamsNext batch Oct 2027 est.9moJul 2027 est.

Latest changes

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The newest logged changes
CompanySeen
Visual ElectricOne-liner was "Visual Electric is the first image generator designed for creatives—a canvas that facilita"Oct 5, 2026yesterday
TraversalOne-liner was "Traversal is an AI SRE agent that troubleshoots, resolves and prevents production incident"Oct 5, 2026yesterday
FairgroundRenamed from OrbitalOct 5, 2026yesterday
ClerkOne-liner was "Clerk offers a full suite of tools—embeddable UIs, flexible APIs, and admin dashboards—to "Oct 5, 2026yesterday
SF DataOff the speedrun roster (SR007)Oct 5, 2026yesterday
PhilyronOff the speedrun roster (SR007)Oct 5, 2026yesterday

Questions

Where do these startups come from?

From each program's own public list. Y Combinator's comes from its public company directory (ycombinator.com/companies), read through the community-maintained yc-oss mirror, every Monday. The other accelerators' portfolios and cohort pages are read monthly. A company that went through two programs is one company with both. Not affiliated with any program.

Which accelerators are included?

YC, Techstars, a16z speedrun, Antler, Entrepreneur First, 500 Global, South Park Commons, Neo, AI Grant, Alchemist, Plug and Play, Sequoia Arc, HF0, PearX, Conviction Embed, Google for Startups, Microsoft for Startups, AWS, NVIDIA Inception, Station F and more. The Programs page lists every one with its next deadline, next batch and companies. Companies are read where a program publishes a public list its terms allow; Techstars' terms do not, so its dates are shown but its companies are not read.

When is the next accelerator deadline?

The Next deadlines row on the home page and the Programs calendar list every published application deadline, soonest first, with a ring that fills as the date nears. A date marked est. is worked out from the program's past cadence and is replaced when the program publishes the real one.

How are companies ranked?

By Rising: a signal score out of 100 from public facts (funding raised after the program, open source stars, team size, open roles, trending mentions, launches, outcomes and, lightly, the program), weighted toward recent cohorts. The chips on each row say why. The Method page has the formula. It is not investment advice.

How is a company counted as AI, data or developer tools?

From YC's own tags and industry first (Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Developer Tools, Data Engineering, Analytics and similar). Companies YC has not tagged yet are read from their one-liner and description, and new ones may be checked by a model; those show an Unverified badge until reviewed. A company can be in more than one.

What share of recent YC batches is AI?

The batch river on the YC batches page shows the share of each batch tagged or described as AI. It was under 10% in YC's first decade and is above 80% in the latest batches.

What do the batch codes mean?

W is Winter, X is Spring, S is Summer and F is Fall, followed by the year: W26 is Winter 2026. YC now runs four batches a year.

What does Active, Acquired, Public or Inactive mean?

It is YC's own label for each company (or the program's, where its page says it). Inactive means the company is listed as no longer operating.