YCF25ยท AISpecific Labs
Real World Environments and Data for AI
Founders
- Janak SunilFounder/CEO
- Siddhant PaliwalFounder/CTO
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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.
San Francisco, CA, USA
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.
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