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How the rank works- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- team of 4Team size · YC's directory+3.6
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Same space
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | Active | YCS26 | |
| AI | Active | YCS24 | |
| AI | Active | YCS23 | |
| Other | Active | YCW22 | |
| AI | Active | YCW23 |
Also from F26 in AI
All of F26Founders
- Kazel Koh En YangFounder/CEO
- Jamie YauFounder/COO
About Collar
We are a team of ex-intelligence, ex-finance, and ex-founders who have known each other for over 5 years. Collar is redefining investor relations. Right now, investor relations is an under-appreciated yet sweeping function. They have a bird’s eye view of what external stakeholders want, and also work with internal business units to create a grand vision of a company’s future. But they’re doing it with their hands tied behind their back. Finance AI tools today are built for investors not investor relations, leaving teams using ad-hoc unreliable workarounds, and CFOs are stuck always reporting rather than acting on insights to optimize operational workstreams. Before earning calls, Collar prepares CFOs through proactive earnings calls prep, investor targeting and fully citation-backed live teleprompters, saving them hours of work. After earning calls, CFOs use Collar’s trusted agentic AI systems to optimize identified underperforming workstreams with little manual modification needed. Redefining investor relations from a tedious cost centre headache, into a whole-of-company profit maximising function.
- YC batch
- F26 · Fall 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 4
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2026
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: Generative AI, Finance, Enterprise, Operations, AI
Changes seen
Team went from 2 to 4 people.
Rewrote its one-liner; it read "AI for Investor Relations"
Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.
Newly tagged Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Enterprise and Operations; no longer tagged AI.
Moved its headquarters from Singapore, Singapore to San Francisco, CA, USA.
Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.
Now lists the region United States of America and America / Canada; no longer lists Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Collar: questions
Which YC batch was Collar in?
Collar was in Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch (F26).
Is Collar still active?
Y Combinator lists Collar as active.
Who founded Collar?
Collar's founders, as listed on its YC page: Kazel Koh En Yang (Founder/CEO), Jamie Yau (Founder/COO).
Where is Collar based?
Collar lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.