Lilac
YC S25 · Active · We sell GPUs.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 UbicloudShared: bare metal, cloud computing, infrastructureActiveAI, Data, Devtools | AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCW24 |
 Thunder ComputeShared: cloud computing, infrastructure, gpusActiveAI, Data, Devtools | AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCS24 |
 TensorPoolShared: cloud provider, cloud computing, gpusAcquiredAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Acquired | YCW25 |
 StoaShared: sell gpus, infrastructureActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS26 |
 CedanaShared: cloud computing, infrastructure, gpusActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS23 |
 Lambdanot in a program hereShared: gpu cloudElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere | |
 Verdanot in a program hereShared: gpu cloud, managedElsewhereOther | Other | Elsewhere |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 CumbucaShared: bare metal, infrastructureActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCS21 |
 TrainyShared: infrastructure, machine learning, gpusActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS23 |
 CerebriumShared: cloud provider, infrastructure, machine learningActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW22 |
 ShadeformShared: gpu cloud, gpus, runActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS23 |
 MaritimeShared: cloud computing, infrastructure, managedActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCF26 |
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|---|---|---|
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 DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley)Robots, parts & RL envs & evals - delivered in 48 hrs / pickup in SF.ActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active |
 LLM StatsIndependent AI evaluations labActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 LuminalMaking AI run fast on any hardware.ActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 MagnitudeOpen source inference server for local modelsActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
 ManufactCloud infrastructure for MCP servers and Claude / ChatGPT plugins.ActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
Founders
- Lucas EwingFounder/CEO
- Ryan EwingFounder
About Lilac
Lilac sells flexible GPU contracts and runs the software layer on top: monitoring, bare-metal provisioning, and managed Kubernetes and Slurm. We also run this layer for GPU cloud providers as their named operations and support partner.
- YC batch
- S25 · Summer 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 4
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 33m ago
YC tags: Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, AI
Lilac: questions
Which YC batch was Lilac in?
Lilac was in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch (S25).
Is Lilac still active?
Y Combinator lists Lilac as active.
Who founded Lilac?
Lilac's founders, as listed on its YC page: Lucas Ewing (Founder/CEO), Ryan Ewing (Founder).
Where is Lilac based?
Lilac lists San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote as its location on YC's directory.
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