AirCaps AI

Active · Voice AI that hears what other models miss.

YC F25

Website YC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works

10signal of 100 · rising 9

team of 5Team size · YC's directory+4
went through YCProgram · this site+4
hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Competitors

AIInactiveSonnetShared: meeting assistant, meeting note, conversationYC S22San FranciscoStartup →AI

LadderShared: person conversation, note, assistantYC W25San FranciscoStartup →AI

CirclebackShared: meeting note, conversation, afterYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AI

FocalShared: meeting assistant, note, afterPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →

Companies closest to AirCaps AI
Company	Category	Status	Program
SonnetShared: meeting assistant, meeting note, conversationYC S22InactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCS22
LadderShared: person conversation, note, assistantYC W25ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW25
CirclebackShared: meeting note, conversation, afterYC W24 +1ActiveAI, Data, Devtools	AI, Data, Devtools	Active	YC +1W24
FocalShared: meeting assistant, note, afterPlug and Play Not statedAI	AI	Not stated	Plug and Play

Adjacent

VegaShared: copilotAntler 2023UKStartup →AIInactiveSidenoteShared: meeting noteYC S23San FranciscoStartup →OtherWholemeaning (WM)Shared: conversationAlchemist Class 10San MateoStartup →Other

tobyShared: conversation, translation, realEF 2024New YorkStartup →Other

MindscribeShared: conversationSPC 2019MiamiStartup →

Companies next to AirCaps AI
Company	Category	Status	Program
VegaShared: copilotAntler 2023Not statedAI	AI	Not stated	Antler2023
SidenoteShared: meeting noteYC S23InactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCS23
Wholemeaning (WM)Shared: conversationAlchemist Class 10Not statedOther	Other	Not stated	AlchemistClass 10
tobyShared: conversation, translation, realEF 2024Not statedOther	Other	Not stated	EF2024
MindscribeShared: conversationSPC 2019Not statedOther	Other	Not stated	SPC2019

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FastshotLovable for mobile appsteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active
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Founders

Madhav LavakareFounder/CEO
Nirbhay NarangFounder/CTO

About AirCaps AI

AirCaps builds voice AI that hears what other models miss. Our speech-to-text, diarization and speaker ID models stay accurate despite noise, overlapping speech, and degraded distant audio.

YC batch: F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC: Active
Category: AI, Developer tools
Team size: 5
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded: 2024
Checked: 6h ago

YC tags: Developer Tools, Speech Recognition, API, AI