Agave

Active · Applied AI for Construction

YC W22

Website YC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works

15signal of 100 · rising 4

team of 50Team size · YC's directory+8.9
went through YCProgram · this site+4
hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Competitors

PermitFlowShared: construction, proptech, contractorYC W22New York CityStartup →Other

TraydShared: back office, construction, proptechYC S23New York CityStartup →AI

DrillbitShared: office work, contractorYC S24AustinStartup →AI

TreliumShared: invoice matching, office work, back officeYC F25San FranciscoStartup →AI

FlowManualShared: back office, construction, contractorYC S26San FranciscoStartup →

Companies closest to Agave
Company	Category	Status	Program
PermitFlowShared: construction, proptech, contractorYC W22ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW22
TraydShared: back office, construction, proptechYC S23ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS23
DrillbitShared: office work, contractorYC S24ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS24
TreliumShared: invoice matching, office work, back officeYC F25ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF25
FlowManualShared: back office, construction, contractorYC S26ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS26

Adjacent

Other

KayShared: office work, back officeSPC 2022New YorkStartup →Developer tools

CStoreProShared: office work, back office, financial500 Global 2015United StatesStartup →AI

CarmaShared: contractor still, construction, invoiceYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AI

FlexDeskShared: office work, back office, proptechYC W23New York CityStartup →AI

inBuildShared: construction, proptech, invoiceYC W23WilmingtonStartup →

Companies next to Agave
Company	Category	Status	Program
KayShared: office work, back officeSPC 2022Not statedOther	Other	Not stated	SPC2022
CStoreProShared: office work, back office, financial500 Global 2015Not statedDevtools	Devtools	Not stated	500 Global2015
CarmaShared: contractor still, construction, invoiceYC W24ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW24
FlexDeskShared: office work, back office, proptechYC W23ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW23
inBuildShared: construction, proptech, invoiceYC W23ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW23

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All of W22

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NophinAI Deal Screening Analyst for Commercial Real Estate AcquisitionsYC W22New York CityStartup →AI

RDashAI Powered Construction Management SoftwareYC W22GurugramStartup →AI

TrustyLimitless Real EstateYC W22San FranciscoStartup →

Company	Category	Status
WeRenoAI-powered renovation and capital-project managementteam of 12ActiveAI	AI	Active
GoJomOne-stop-shop for Real Estate Solutions.team of 140ActiveAI	AI	Active
HomeRoomWe Rent Your Property by the Room. You earn 50% more Rent.team of 25acquiredAcquiredAI, Data	AI, Data	Acquired
NophinAI Deal Screening Analyst for Commercial Real Estate Acquisitionsteam of 5InactiveAI	AI	Inactive
RDashAI Powered Construction Management Softwareteam of 80ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
TrustyLimitless Real Estateteam of 6ActiveAI	AI	Active

About Agave

Agave builds applied AI for construction, a $12T global industry run on financial software built 20-50 years ago, much of it on-prem with no APIs and no documentation. We spent 4 years building proprietary rails that read and write across those systems. Our AI agents run on those rails and take over the back-office work contractors still do by hand: invoice matching, expenses, compliance, billing, and financial reporting. Contractors keep the systems they already use; our agents work across them. 600+ contractors run on Agave, including teams building hyperscaler data centers, mass transit systems, and other critical infrastructure. We're backed by Accel and Y Combinator, who both reinvested in our $15M Series A, plus execs from Procore, Autodesk, PlanGrid, and Plaid. Our three co-founders have worked together for 12+ years, across Graphiq (acquired by Amazon in 2017) and Amazon, and started Agave in YC's W22 batch.

YC batch: W22 · Winter 2022
Status, per YC: Active
Category: AI
Team size: 50
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked: 7h ago

YC tags: Construction, B2B, Proptech, AI