Why it ranks
How the rank works- team of 6Team size · YC's directory+4.4
- went through YCProgram · this site+4
A sum of public facts, not a judgement and not investment advice.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI, Devtools | Active | YCS25 | |
| AI, Devtools | Active | YCF26 | |
| AI | Acquired | YCS17 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI, Devtools | Active | YCS26 | |
| AI, Devtools | Acquired | YCX25 | |
| AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCX26 | |
| AI | Active | YCW23 | |
| AI, Devtools | Active | YCW25 |
Also from X26 in AI
All of X26Founders
- Phillip LiFounder/CEO
- Akira TongFounder/CTO
About Arga Labs
We build environments to test your app and agents against the real world. Deploy your code/agent into a sandbox that runs against replicas of external services (Stripe, Slack, Google Drive, etc.). Twins support the same APIs, MCP tool calls & SDKs as the real software, and you can spin up thousands of instances in parallel and seed them using natural language. Run real workflows, surface edge cases, and observe how your code/agents actually behave before hitting production.
- YC batch
- X26 · Spring 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 6
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 10h ago
Changes seen
Moved its headquarters from Vancouver, BC, Canada to San Francisco, CA, USA.
Team went from 5 to 6 people.
Now lists the region United States of America; no longer lists Canada.
Moved its headquarters from San Francisco, CA, USA to Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Now lists the region Canada; no longer lists United States of America.
Team went from 4 to 5 people.
Arga Labs: questions
Which YC batch was Arga Labs in?
Arga Labs was in Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch (X26).
Is Arga Labs still active?
Y Combinator lists Arga Labs as active.
Who founded Arga Labs?
Arga Labs's founders, as listed on its YC page: Phillip Li (Founder/CEO), Akira Tong (Founder/CTO).
Where is Arga Labs based?
Arga Labs lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.