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Sherpa Labs

Active · Frontier Data

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Why it ranks

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8signal of 100 · rising 5
  • team of 5Team size · YC's directory+4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIIsidorShared: frontier dataSeedcamp 2025Startup →AIidlerShared: frontier data, reinforcement learningYC S25San FranciscoStartup →AIOsseusShared: frontier dataYC S26LondonStartup →AISureformShared: data labeling, frontierYC X25San FranciscoStartup →AIEpsilabShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, frontierYC F26San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to Sherpa Labs
Company
IsidorShared: frontier dataSeedcamp 2025Not statedAI
idlerShared: frontier data, reinforcement learningYC S25ActiveAI, Devtools
OsseusShared: frontier dataYC S26ActiveAI, Data
SureformShared: data labeling, frontierYC X25ActiveAI, Data
EpsilabShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, frontierYC F26ActiveAI, Data

Adjacent

AICartpoleShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, frontierYC X25San FranciscoStartup →AIMarkovShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, frontierYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAcquiredSepal AIShared: data labeling, reinforcement learningYC S24San FranciscoStartup →AICoArenaShared: data labeling, reinforcement learningYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIUnifyShared: reinforcement learning, frontierYC W23LondonStartup →
Companies next to Sherpa Labs
Company
CartpoleShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, frontierYC X25ActiveAI, Data
MarkovShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, frontierYC S26ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
Sepal AIShared: data labeling, reinforcement learningYC S24AcquiredAI, Data
CoArenaShared: data labeling, reinforcement learningYC S26ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
UnifyShared: reinforcement learning, frontierYC W23ActiveAI, Devtools

Also from W25 in AI

All of W25
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Company
AfterQueryApplied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model…team of 30hiringActiveAI, Data, Devtools
Agentin AIFoundational model researchteam of 2ActiveAI
HUDPlatform and marketplace for RL environments and AI datateam of 24hiringActiveAI, Devtools
OsmosisReinforcement Learning (RL) for AI Agentsteam of 6hiringActiveAI, Devtools
TrainLoopReasoning Fine-Tuningteam of 6hiringActiveAI, Devtools
.WaveInference for real-time AIteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools

Founders

  • Justin JiangFounder

About Sherpa Labs

YC batch
W25 · Winter 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Data
Team size
5
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2025
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Reinforcement Learning, Data Labeling, AI

Changes seen

Joined a programOct 15, 2026

Joined Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (W25).

Source ↗

Sherpa Labs in W25: 166 companies, 84% AI

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Sherpa Labs: questions

Which YC batch was Sherpa Labs in?

Sherpa Labs was in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (W25).

Is Sherpa Labs still active?

Y Combinator lists Sherpa Labs as active.

Who founded Sherpa Labs?

Sherpa Labs's founders, as listed on its YC page: Justin Jiang (Founder).

Where is Sherpa Labs based?

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