YCF26· AI· DevtoolsAgent Relay
The infrastructure to run coding agents for your team
Founders
- Will WashburnFounder/CEO
- Khaliq GantFounder/CTO
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About Agent Relay
Agent Relay helps software teams work better with coding agents, and helps those agents work better as a team. It gives Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and custom agents shared messaging, session history, and access to tools like GitHub, Linear, and Slack. Teams can see what every agent is doing, run checked and resumable workflows, and step in when human judgment is needed. Run it in our cloud, locally, or on your own hardware.
San Francisco, CA, USA
- Developer Tools
- Swarm AI
Agent Relay: questions
Which YC batch was Agent Relay in?
Agent Relay was in Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch (F26).
Is Agent Relay still active?
Y Combinator lists Agent Relay as active.
Who founded Agent Relay?
Agent Relay's founders, as listed on its YC page: Will Washburn (Founder/CEO), Khaliq Gant (Founder/CTO).
Where is Agent Relay based?
Agent Relay lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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