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YCW26· AI

Instinct

Trade with superhuman instinct

ActiveChecked 24h ago
Batch
W26
Status, per YC
Active
Team size
5
HQ
San Francisco, CA
In W26199 companies, 80% AI

Founders

  • Joon Won SongFounder/CEO
  • Eunju MoonFounder/CTO

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Across fru.dev

About Instinct

Capital allocation is becoming a more important part of individual economic life. Finance is moving toward a global, onchain, 24/7 future with thousands of markets trading at once. The asset management industry is built around the scarcity of financial expertise and the cost of organizing people around capital. Institutions cover global markets by employing analysts, researchers, and quants around the clock. AI turns this organizational capacity into software. Instinct is building the harness for this transition. Instinct is a proactive team of agents that searches thousands of markets, investigates opportunities, and operates 24/7. The individual becomes the portfolio manager, Instinct becomes the investment firm operating around them. As institutional advantages become widely accessible, the edge concentrates in each trader’s worldview, judgment, and bets. The first one-person investment firm managing $1 billion will emerge within two years. It will run on Instinct.

San Francisco, CA, USA

Instinct: questions

Which YC batch was Instinct in?

Instinct was in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26).

Is Instinct still active?

Y Combinator lists Instinct as active.

Who founded Instinct?

Instinct's founders, as listed on its YC page: Joon Won Song (Founder/CEO), Eunju Moon (Founder/CTO).

Where is Instinct based?

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

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