Why it ranks
How the rank works9signal of 100 · rising 7
- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5
- hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2
A sum of public facts, not a judgement and not investment advice.
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About Layers
Improving how you look and feel leads to better outcomes in life (career, relationships, first impressions, opportunities, etc). Improving your health and appearance is an engineering problem - the body can be optimized like any other system
- YC batch
- F25 · Fall 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2026
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: Consumer Health Services, Health Tech, Beauty, Health & Wellness, AI
Changes seen
Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.
Layers: questions
Which YC batch was Layers in?
Layers was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).
Is Layers still active?
Y Combinator lists Layers as active.
Who founded Layers?
Layers's founders, as listed on its YC page: Shivani Patel (Founder/CEO).
Where is Layers based?
Layers lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.