Salus
YC W26 · Active · Guardrails to validate your agent's actions before they execute
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 ArchalShared: api, infrastructure, inspectActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS26 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 WingbackShared: api, infrastructure, executeInactiveDevtools | Devtools | Inactive | YCW22 |
 s2.devShared: api, infrastructure, agentActiveAI, Data, Devtools | AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCF25 |
 DecaworkShared: infrastructure, action, agentActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YC +1S26 |
 SvixShared: api, retries, aboutActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCW21 |
 GrayPassShared: infrastructure, action, beforeActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCF26 |
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Founders
- Vedant SinghFounder/CTO
About Salus
Your agent processed a refund without looking up the order ID, costing you thousands. You only found out three hours later from a support ticket. Evals, output scoring, and observability can reduce the likelihood of mistakes like these occurring - but there's no solution that inspects and prevents an action as it’s about to execute. Salus does that. We’ve built an API that wraps around your agent and checks its actions at run time, blocking incorrect ones and providing immediate feedback to guide retries.
- YC batch
- W26 · Winter 2026
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2026
- Checked
- 32m ago
YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, B2B, API, Infrastructure
Salus: questions
Which YC batch was Salus in?
Salus was in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26).
Is Salus still active?
Y Combinator lists Salus as active.
Who founded Salus?
Salus's founders, as listed on its YC page: Vedant Singh (Founder/CTO).
Where is Salus based?
Salus lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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