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Specific Labs

Active · Real World Environments and Data for AI

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Why it ranks

How the rank works
9signal of 100 · rising 8
  • team of 7Team size · YC's directory+4.7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIPraxis RoboticsShared: inside real, environment, bottleneckedYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIArchangel HealthShared: inside real, environment, hardYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AIAssembleShared: work inside, enterpriseYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIQueryPie AIShared: enterprise environment, data, accessYC W20SeoulStartup →
Companies closest to Specific Labs
Company
Praxis RoboticsShared: inside real, environment, bottleneckedYC S26ActiveAI
Archangel HealthShared: inside real, environment, hardYC F26ActiveAI
AssembleShared: work inside, enterpriseYC S26ActiveAI
QueryPie AIShared: enterprise environment, data, accessYC W20ActiveAI

Adjacent

AIReplicasShared: work inside, environmentYC X26San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsInactiveMetamanagementShared: environmentYC S20San FranciscoStartup →OtherSwayShared: representativeNeoStartup →OtherAcquiredfloatingpointShared: environment, dataset, frontierYC W24San FranciscoStartup →OtherAragoShared: agiEF 2024ParisStartup →
Companies next to Specific Labs
Company
ReplicasShared: work inside, environmentYC X26ActiveAI, Devtools
MetamanagementShared: environmentYC S20InactiveDevtools
SwayShared: representativeNeo Not statedOther
floatingpointShared: environment, dataset, frontierYC W24AcquiredOther
AragoShared: agiEF 2024Not statedOther

Also from F25 in AI

All of F25
AICortex AILarge-scale real-world robot & human data for embodied AIYC F25San FranciscoStartup →AIhillclimbTraining Data for Recursive Self-ImprovementYC F25San FranciscoStartup →AIInactiveSylvianSpecialized AI Agents.YC F25San FranciscoStartup →AIAbsurdThe production canvas for AI film teamsYC F25Los AngelesStartup →AIAirCaps AIVoice AI that hears what other models miss.YC F25San FranciscoStartup →AIAlderAI employees for finance, starting with accounts receivable.YC F25San FranciscoStartup →
Company
Cortex AILarge-scale real-world robot & human data for embodied AIteam of 3ActiveAI
hillclimbTraining Data for Recursive Self-Improvementteam of 4ActiveAI, Devtools
SylvianSpecialized AI Agents.team of 2InactiveAI
AbsurdThe production canvas for AI film teamsteam of 10ActiveAI
AirCaps AIVoice AI that hears what other models miss.team of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools
AlderAI employees for finance, starting with accounts receivable.team of 2hiringActiveAI

Founders

  • Janak SunilFounder/CEO
  • Siddhant PaliwalFounder/CTO

About Specific Labs

Specific builds enterprise environments and datasets representative of work inside real-world businesses. The next frontier of AGI is bottlenecked by data that is hard to access, and we make that easier.

YC batch
F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
7
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2025
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Generative AI, Reinforcement Learning, B2B, AI

Changes seen

TagsNov 9, 2026

Newly tagged Reinforcement Learning and AI; no longer tagged SaaS.

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Team sizeNov 2, 2026

Team went from 6 to 7 people.

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Specific Labs in F25: 146 companies, 88% AI

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Specific Labs: questions

Which YC batch was Specific Labs in?

Specific Labs was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).

Is Specific Labs still active?

Y Combinator lists Specific Labs as active.

Who founded Specific Labs?

Specific Labs's founders, as listed on its YC page: Janak Sunil (Founder/CEO), Siddhant Paliwal (Founder/CTO).

Where is Specific Labs based?

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