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Shofo

Active · The World's Largest Video Library

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
8signal of 100 · rising 8
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 4Team size · YC's directory+3.6

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Competitors

AIOverlapShared: video library, agent, hourYC S24San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsRakamShared: custom dataset, extract500 Global 2017United StatesStartup →AILightlyShared: data labeling, datasetYC S21ZürichStartup →AIDatoricShared: custom dataset, data labeling, throughYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIAcquiredVersoriShared: not month, library, agentYC W23ManchesterStartup →OtherKeenableShared: index, agent, searchStartup →
Companies closest to Shofo
Company
OverlapShared: video library, agent, hourYC S24ActiveAI
RakamShared: custom dataset, extract500 Global 2017Not statedDevtools
LightlyShared: data labeling, datasetYC S21ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
DatoricShared: custom dataset, data labeling, throughYC S26ActiveAI, Data
VersoriShared: not month, library, agentYC W23AcquiredAI, Data, Devtools
Keenablenot in a program hereShared: index, agent, searchElsewhereOther

Adjacent

AIMemorableShared: infrastructure, reasoning, agentYC S27San FranciscoStartup →OtherFelixFusionShared: not monthAlchemist Class 39San FranciscoStartup →OtherFlowstateShared: video, searchableSPC 2023San FranciscoStartup →AISieveShared: data labeling, video, infrastructureYC W22San FranciscoStartup →AIMarkovShared: data labeling, dataset, topYC S26San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Shofo
Company
MemorableShared: infrastructure, reasoning, agentYC S27ActiveAI, Devtools
FelixFusionShared: not monthAlchemist Class 39Not statedOther
FlowstateShared: video, searchableSPC 2023Not statedOther
SieveShared: data labeling, video, infrastructureYC W22 +1ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
MarkovShared: data labeling, dataset, topYC S26ActiveAI, Data, Devtools

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Company
BidflowAI Takeoffs for Electricalteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
CaptainSelf-tuning search for products and filesteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
OvershootWe optimize inference stacks for teamsteam of 5ActiveAI, Devtools
Piris LabsThe Networking Layer of AIteam of 8hiringActiveAI, Devtools
RunAnywhereFastest inference anywhere: open models on-prem, hosted or on-deviceteam of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools
SalusGuardrails to validate your agent's actions before they executeteam of 2hiringActiveAI, Devtools

Founders

  • Braiden DishmanFounder/CEO
  • Andre BragaFounder & Head of AI
  • Alexzendor MisraFounder/CTO

About Shofo

We are building the world’s largest video library. We've aggregated billions of videos into a searchable index and use agents to find and label the exact datasets a lab needs on demand. If a lab needs 100K hours of cooking videos where someone is holding a pan, with reasoning annotations on top, our agents search the index, extract the matching subset, route it through our labeling pipeline, and deliver a custom dataset in days, not months.

YC batch
W26 · Winter 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Data, Developer tools
Team size
4
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2025
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Data Labeling, Infrastructure, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Shofo in W26: 199 companies, 81% AI

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Shofo: questions

Which YC batch was Shofo in?

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

Is Shofo still active?

Y Combinator lists Shofo as active.

Who founded Shofo?

Shofo's founders, as listed on its YC page: Braiden Dishman (Founder/CEO), Andre Braga (Founder & Head of AI), Alexzendor Misra (Founder/CTO).

Where is Shofo based?

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