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Experiential Labs

Active · Open source AI gateway that turns your traffic into better models

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

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

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Competitors

AIRiftenShared: reinforcement learning, infrastructure, modelYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIUnifyShared: reinforcement learning, infrastructure, modelYC W23LondonStartup →AIAdenShared: infrastructure, open, sourceYC W20San FranciscoStartup →AIUnsloth AIShared: github star, infrastructure, openYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AIManufactShared: github star, infrastructure, openYC S25San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to Experiential Labs
Company
RiftenShared: reinforcement learning, infrastructure, modelYC S26ActiveAI, Devtools
UnifyShared: reinforcement learning, infrastructure, modelYC W23ActiveAI, Devtools
AdenShared: infrastructure, open, sourceYC W20ActiveAI, Devtools
Unsloth AIShared: github star, infrastructure, openYC S24ActiveAI, Devtools
ManufactShared: github star, infrastructure, openYC S25ActiveAI, Devtools

Adjacent

AIFlamecastShared: infrastructure, gatewaySPC 2025San FranciscoStartup →OtherRivoShared: self drivingSPC 2025San FranciscoStartup →AIRunAnywhereShared: github star, infrastructure, openYC W26San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsVLM RunShared: infrastructure, gatewaySPC 2023San FranciscoStartup →AIInactiveNuntiusShared: reinforcement learning, model, infrastructureYC S25San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Experiential Labs
Company
FlamecastShared: infrastructure, gatewaySPC 2025Not statedAI, Devtools
RivoShared: self drivingSPC 2025Not statedOther
RunAnywhereShared: github star, infrastructure, openYC W26ActiveAI, Devtools
VLM RunShared: infrastructure, gatewaySPC 2023Not statedDevtools
NuntiusShared: reinforcement learning, model, infrastructureYC S25InactiveAI, Devtools

Also from S26 in AI

All of S26
AIAutoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIArchalAPI sandboxes, built for AI agentsYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICautionHosting platform for software you can't afford to have hackedYC S26George TownStartup →AIClickManaged Agents APIYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICoArenaThe biggest crowdsourced benchmark for Computer-UseYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICueBenchRL post-training for science reasoning and performance engineeringYC S26San FranciscoStartup →
Company
Autoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools
ArchalAPI sandboxes, built for AI agentsteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
CautionHosting platform for software you can't afford to have hackedteam of 5ActiveAI, Devtools
ClickManaged Agents APIActiveAI, Devtools
CoArenaThe biggest crowdsourced benchmark for Computer-Useteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
CueBenchRL post-training for science reasoning and performance engineeringteam of 3ActiveAI, Data

Founders

  • Kion FallahFounder/CEO
  • Silen NaihinFounder/CTO

About Experiential Labs

We are building an open source gateway for AI budget holders to control model access and turn their traffic into better models that they own. We're a team that has earned an ML PhD at Georgia Tech, scaled AutoGPT to 160k GitHub stars, and led a self-driving simulation team at Waabi.

YC batch
S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Developer tools
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2026
Checked
10h ago

YC tags: Reinforcement Learning, Infrastructure, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

Source ↗

Experiential Labs in S26: 229 companies, 88% AI

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Experiential Labs: questions

Which YC batch was Experiential Labs in?

Experiential Labs was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).

Is Experiential Labs still active?

Y Combinator lists Experiential Labs as active.

Who founded Experiential Labs?

Experiential Labs's founders, as listed on its YC page: Kion Fallah (Founder/CEO), Silen Naihin (Founder/CTO).

Where is Experiential Labs based?

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