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14,448 startups · 29 programs

YC Summer 2026

229 companies · 88% AI · 17 data · 54 devtools · started Jun 2026

The S26 companies

AISunflowerWe are building an AI-native telemedicine clinic for addiction. 🌻YC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherCosmic RoboticsAutonomous construction on Earth and beyondYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherEdgerunMilitary exoskeletonsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIIsengard Industries IncMass-produced AI strike systems and Counter-UASYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherRise ReformingWe turn waste gases into supply-secure chemicalsYC S26ChicagoStartup →AITorusSuperintelligence for InfrastructureYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIDeepReach Inc.Network for Physical AI Data BusinessYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAudunAI-native debt collection companyYC S26OsloStartup →AILemonLimeFully automated growth for small businessYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AILuca IQAPI-first tax engine for CPA firms and developersYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIMochiWatch and create animeYC S26Los AngelesStartup →OtherNoriThe most capable American-made humanoid robot for $1,688YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIOoak DataWe turn company data into training dataYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIPangoAgentic OS for e-commerce operationsYC S26New York CityStartup →AIPlutoLinkedIn for agentsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIPrescience, Inc.Superintelligent health insurance that keeps employees healthyYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AITryNearbyLocal creators for local businessesYC S26Los AngelesStartup →AICOACHThe AI Coach for in person sales reps.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherMolagriResistance free pesticides.YC S26TorontoStartup →AIProvenMetalAI-native electronics manufacturing for the American industrial baseYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AISpekoOpenRouter for Voice AI: one API, every call on the best speech modelYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAgnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIDecaworkTraining company-specific models that approve AI actions.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICare GPAI agents to run primary healthcare operationsYC S26SydneyStartup →AIBernardAI employees that run home appliance repair companiesYC S26New York CityStartup →AI83 SciencesAI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental dataYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAllia HealthAI-Native Medical Group for Mental HealthYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AILockeThe first AI government affairs firm.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIMarbleThe autonomous back-of-house for restaurants.YC S26New York CityStartup →AIStoaThe market behind AI hardware.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AITenorInfrastructure for building and scaling AI-native businesses.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherVernius Systems, Inc.Mass-deployable radars for air defenseYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIFamiliarMultimodal TranslationYC S26TorontoStartup →AIHyperProbeAI engineer that debugs and fixes production incidents in realtimeYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICallbook AIAI collections agency for late stage portfoliosYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherEarendil RoboticsDrone swarm defence at a small-unit levelYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherGutgutgooseWe sequence your gut and build the probiotics it’s missingYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AITensrRobotic factories that build robotsYC S26EmeryvilleStartup →AIZaplarAgentic Hotel Operating SystemYC S26StockholmStartup →OtherAktoria RoboticsHuman as API for robotsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIEdviroAI That Operates Energy InfrastructureYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIGUILDMaking Defense Manufacturing Faster and CheaperYC S26New York CityStartup →AIHERAAgents for IndustrialsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIHubbleAI-native retrieval engine for medical recordsYC S26SeattleStartup →AIIMPACT DronesAir Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure.YC S26Los AngelesStartup →AILATOPredict how market participants behaveYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIOS3Affordable, intelligent humanoid robots built to deploy at scaleYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIParasmaReplacing GPUs with human brain cellsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIPennantThe World Model for Corporate GovernanceYC S26New York CityStartup →AIPRINCEPSAI-native insurance company for the compute economyYC S26LondonStartup →AIRationalFirst Zero-human Accounting FirmYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIRexAI operations partner for enterprise order-to-cashYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIscreenpipeTurn your company's computer work into AI agents.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AISynapse SemiconductorNew semiconductors that merge compute and visionYC S26DurhamStartup →AITsentaAI career agent that finds matching jobs & applies on your behalfYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIWaddle LabsLLMs that control robotsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAvoca SystemsThe AI operating system for radiology networksYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIContext.devWeb data API for agentsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherHop AeroRocket cargo delivery to contested environmentsYC S26Los AngelesStartup →AIOmantaA research lab for oneYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIPacificRobotic factories to mass produce data centersYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAllooviumThe company brain for construction companiesYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherApplied Electrodynamics, Inc.A new kind of camera that can see through walls.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICautionHosting platform for software you can't afford to have hackedYC S26George TownStartup →AIDonkeyThe AI-native trading company: factory prices, delivered, one numberYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AINexGrok bot for GTM & Revenue teamsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIrekursiv.aiScale AI scientists whose own breakthroughs accelerate the next.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIRiftenEarned intelligence. An independent AI research lab.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIRonanRx Inc.Full Stack Pharmaceutical Company for Personalized Peptides and GLP-1sYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AITarifflo Inc.Supply chain compliance and cost savingsYC S26Salt Lake CityStartup →AIUltrasoniumMetal manufacturing, faster, cheaper, and more versatile.YC S26BostonStartup →AIZommaThe AI BPO for financial servies, run by computer-use agentsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AI6thSenseNervous System for Physical AIYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherAerogen SystemsModernizing Chip Manufacturing InfrastructureYC S26Ann ArborStartup →AIAgentcardlet agents buy anything onlineYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAssembleAutonomous IT DeliveryYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIBaudAI chips for ultra-fast training and inferenceYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIConiferIntelligent decisions for critical AI operationsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIGeneral Context LabsBuilding Products and Datasets for Frontier ModelsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherGreypoint IndustriesBuilding drone swarms that hunt hidden enemies.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →OtherGripRobots for waste manipulationYC S26ZürichStartup →AILitmusEvals for humansYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AINebuSecAutonomous AI defense system for cyber attackYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIOneTrianglePrefill optimizations for the fastest inferenceYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIOpenVectorAI that turns any camera to an autonomous worker with real-time visionYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AISpaceFlow Technologies, Inc.AI-native procurement services for the physical economyYC S26San FranciscoStartup →OthertashThe S&P of Trading CardsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AITridentAutonomous offensive security agents. The best defense is offenseYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIVerdict MachineAI cybersecurity for financial institutions' digital assetsYC S26Tel Aviv-YafoStartup →Developer toolsAgency Tool CompanyReliable infrastructure to build, deploy and manage real-world robots.YC S26DenverStartup →AIAlmanacOrganizing company knowledgeYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIArbitalThe social trading app for stocks, memes, and perpsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAtlas DiscoveryAI-native pharma companyYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAutoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIBearAI-native accounting firm.YC S26HelsinkiStartup →AICueBenchRL post-training for science reasoning and performance engineeringYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIDaqstraAI-native test infrastructure layer for hardware companiesYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIDialogusvoice AI agents that learn how your company actually worksYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIErinysWe help lawyers start and scale AI-native law firms.YC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIExosatBuilding a neutral, sovereign alternative to StarlinkYC S26San FranciscoStartup →
Company
SunflowerWe are building an AI-native telemedicine clinic for addiction. 🌻team of 15hiringActiveAI
Cosmic RoboticsAutonomous construction on Earth and beyondteam of 82 programsActiveOther
EdgerunMilitary exoskeletonsteam of 12hiringActiveOther
Isengard Industries IncMass-produced AI strike systems and Counter-UASteam of 30ActiveAI
Rise ReformingWe turn waste gases into supply-secure chemicalsteam of 52 programsActiveOther
TorusSuperintelligence for Infrastructureteam of 8hiringActiveAI
DeepReach Inc.Network for Physical AI Data Businessteam of 6hiringActiveAI
AudunAI-native debt collection companyteam of 5hiringActiveAI
LemonLimeFully automated growth for small businessteam of 5hiringActiveAI
Luca IQAPI-first tax engine for CPA firms and developersteam of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools
MochiWatch and create animeteam of 5hiringActiveAI
NoriThe most capable American-made humanoid robot for $1,688team of 5hiringActiveOther
Ooak DataWe turn company data into training datateam of 5hiringActiveAI
PangoAgentic OS for e-commerce operationsteam of 5hiringActiveAI
PlutoLinkedIn for agentsteam of 5hiringActiveAI
Prescience, Inc.Superintelligent health insurance that keeps employees healthyteam of 5hiringActiveAI
TryNearbyLocal creators for local businessesteam of 5hiringActiveAI
COACHThe AI Coach for in person sales reps.team of 4hiringActiveAI
MolagriResistance free pesticides.team of 4hiringActiveOther
ProvenMetalAI-native electronics manufacturing for the American industrial baseteam of 4hiringActiveAI
SpekoOpenRouter for Voice AI: one API, every call on the best speech modelteam of 4hiringActiveAI, Devtools
Agnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.2 programsteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
DecaworkTraining company-specific models that approve AI actions.2 programsteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
Care GPAI agents to run primary healthcare operationsteam of 10ActiveAI
BernardAI employees that run home appliance repair companiesteam of 9ActiveAI
83 SciencesAI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental datateam of 3hiringActiveAI
Allia HealthAI-Native Medical Group for Mental Healthteam of 3hiringActiveAI
LockeThe first AI government affairs firm.team of 3hiringActiveAI
MarbleThe autonomous back-of-house for restaurants.team of 3hiringActiveAI
StoaThe market behind AI hardware.team of 3hiringActiveAI, Devtools
TenorInfrastructure for building and scaling AI-native businesses.team of 3hiringActiveAI
Vernius Systems, Inc.Mass-deployable radars for air defenseteam of 3hiringActiveOther
FamiliarMultimodal Translationteam of 8ActiveAI, Devtools
HyperProbeAI engineer that debugs and fixes production incidents in realtimeteam of 8ActiveAI, Devtools
Callbook AIAI collections agency for late stage portfoliosteam of 7ActiveAI
Earendil RoboticsDrone swarm defence at a small-unit levelteam of 7ActiveOther
GutgutgooseWe sequence your gut and build the probiotics it’s missingteam of 7ActiveOther
TensrRobotic factories that build robotsteam of 7ActiveAI
ZaplarAgentic Hotel Operating Systemteam of 7ActiveAI
Aktoria RoboticsHuman as API for robotsteam of 2hiringActiveOther
EdviroAI That Operates Energy Infrastructureteam of 2hiringActiveAI, Devtools
GUILDMaking Defense Manufacturing Faster and Cheaperteam of 2hiringActiveAI
HERAAgents for Industrialsteam of 2hiringActiveAI
HubbleAI-native retrieval engine for medical recordsteam of 2hiringActiveAI
IMPACT DronesAir Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure.team of 2hiringActiveAI
LATOPredict how market participants behaveteam of 2hiringActiveAI, Data
OS3Affordable, intelligent humanoid robots built to deploy at scaleteam of 2hiringActiveAI
ParasmaReplacing GPUs with human brain cellsteam of 2hiringActiveAI, Devtools
PennantThe World Model for Corporate Governanceteam of 2hiringActiveAI
PRINCEPSAI-native insurance company for the compute economyteam of 2hiringActiveAI
RationalFirst Zero-human Accounting Firmteam of 2hiringActiveAI
RexAI operations partner for enterprise order-to-cashteam of 2hiringActiveAI
screenpipeTurn your company's computer work into AI agents.team of 2hiringActiveAI
Synapse SemiconductorNew semiconductors that merge compute and visionteam of 2hiringActiveAI
TsentaAI career agent that finds matching jobs & applies on your behalfteam of 2hiringActiveAI
Waddle LabsLLMs that control robotsteam of 2hiringActiveAI, Devtools
Avoca SystemsThe AI operating system for radiology networksteam of 6ActiveAI
Context.devWeb data API for agentsteam of 6ActiveAI, Devtools
Hop AeroRocket cargo delivery to contested environmentsteam of 6ActiveOther
OmantaA research lab for oneteam of 6ActiveAI
PacificRobotic factories to mass produce data centersteam of 6ActiveAI
AllooviumThe company brain for construction companiesteam of 5ActiveAI
Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.A new kind of camera that can see through walls.team of 5ActiveOther
CautionHosting platform for software you can't afford to have hackedteam of 5ActiveAI, Devtools
DonkeyThe AI-native trading company: factory prices, delivered, one numberteam of 5ActiveAI
NexGrok bot for GTM & Revenue teamsteam of 5ActiveAI
rekursiv.aiScale AI scientists whose own breakthroughs accelerate the next.team of 5ActiveAI
RiftenEarned intelligence. An independent AI research lab.team of 5ActiveAI, Devtools
RonanRx Inc.Full Stack Pharmaceutical Company for Personalized Peptides and GLP-1steam of 5ActiveAI
Tarifflo Inc.Supply chain compliance and cost savingsteam of 5ActiveAI
UltrasoniumMetal manufacturing, faster, cheaper, and more versatile.team of 5ActiveAI
ZommaThe AI BPO for financial servies, run by computer-use agentsteam of 5ActiveAI
6thSenseNervous System for Physical AIteam of 4ActiveAI
Aerogen SystemsModernizing Chip Manufacturing Infrastructureteam of 4ActiveOther
Agentcardlet agents buy anything onlineteam of 4ActiveAI
AssembleAutonomous IT Deliveryteam of 4ActiveAI
BaudAI chips for ultra-fast training and inferenceteam of 4ActiveAI
ConiferIntelligent decisions for critical AI operationsteam of 4ActiveAI, Devtools
General Context LabsBuilding Products and Datasets for Frontier Modelsteam of 4ActiveAI
Greypoint IndustriesBuilding drone swarms that hunt hidden enemies.team of 4ActiveOther
GripRobots for waste manipulationteam of 4ActiveOther
LitmusEvals for humansteam of 4ActiveAI, Data
NebuSecAutonomous AI defense system for cyber attackteam of 4ActiveAI
OneTrianglePrefill optimizations for the fastest inferenceteam of 4ActiveAI, Devtools
OpenVectorAI that turns any camera to an autonomous worker with real-time visionteam of 4ActiveAI, Devtools
SpaceFlow Technologies, Inc.AI-native procurement services for the physical economyteam of 4ActiveAI
tashThe S&P of Trading Cardsteam of 4ActiveOther
TridentAutonomous offensive security agents. The best defense is offenseteam of 4ActiveAI
Verdict MachineAI cybersecurity for financial institutions' digital assetsteam of 4ActiveAI
Agency Tool CompanyReliable infrastructure to build, deploy and manage real-world robots.team of 3ActiveDevtools
AlmanacOrganizing company knowledgeteam of 3ActiveAI
ArbitalThe social trading app for stocks, memes, and perpsteam of 3ActiveAI
Atlas DiscoveryAI-native pharma companyteam of 3ActiveAI
Autoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools
BearAI-native accounting firm.team of 3ActiveAI
CueBenchRL post-training for science reasoning and performance engineeringteam of 3ActiveAI, Data
DaqstraAI-native test infrastructure layer for hardware companiesteam of 3ActiveAI
Dialogusvoice AI agents that learn how your company actually worksteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools
ErinysWe help lawyers start and scale AI-native law firms.team of 3ActiveAI
ExosatBuilding a neutral, sovereign alternative to Starlinkteam of 3ActiveAI

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  • Robotics28
  • Hard Tech27
  • Developer Tools22
  • Hardware21
  • Infrastructure18
  • Manufacturing17
  • Fintech16
  • Reinforcement Learning15
  • Enterprise Software13
  • Machine Learning13