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Antinuous

Active · Autonomous research agents for R&D and applied science

7signal of 100 · rising 7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5

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Founders

  • Ricardo NunezFounder

About Antinuous

Antinuous is building autonomous research agents to help people in research, development, discovery, and knowledge work do faster, more accurate research end to end without a human in the loop. We believe humans should be able to ask a single question, and no matter how simple or complex, agents should look at the question, break it down, research the answer, test new ideas, simulate new environments, and repeat autonomously using as much or little compute as necessary elastically.

YC batch
X26 · Spring 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2026
Checked
13h ago

YC tags: AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

One-linerOct 5, 2026

Rewrote its one-liner; it read "Autonomous research agents for R&D and education"

TagsOct 5, 2026

Newly tagged Artificial Intelligence; no longer tagged AI.

TagsSep 28, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

Antinuous in X26: 194 companies, 84% AI

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Which YC batch was Antinuous in?

Antinuous was in Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch (X26).

Is Antinuous still active?

Y Combinator lists Antinuous as active.

Who founded Antinuous?

Antinuous's founders, as listed on its YC page: Ricardo Nunez (Founder).

Where is Antinuous based?

Antinuous lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.