ZeroEntropy
YC W25 · EF 2024 · Acquired · Artificial Specialized Intelligence
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 DecaworkShared: specific model, step, dependActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YC +1S26 |
 CompresrShared: context compression, agent, infrastructureActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCW26 |
 RadicalShared: general purpose, modelNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | EF2024 |
 ZorbeShared: general purpose, specialized, frontierNot statedAI, Data | AI, Data | Not stated | speedrunSR007 |
 Density AIShared: general purposeNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | SPC2024 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 DeepGroveShared: frontier intelligenceActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS25 |
 CTGTShared: frontier intelligence, infrastructureActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCF24 |
 Noble MachinesShared: general purposeNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | SPC2024 |
 BitriseShared: these step, task, infrastructureActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCW17 |
 SyzygyShared: task specific, specific model, intelligenceNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | speedrunSR005 |
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Founders
- Ghita Houir AlamiFounder/CEO
- Nicholas PipitoneFounder/CTO
Programs
| Program | Cohort | Source |
|---|---|---|
 Y Combinator | W25 · Winter 2025 | YC Page |
 Entrepreneur First | 2024 | EF Page |
About ZeroEntropy
We are on a mission to build the world’s most accurate, fastest, and cheapest task-specific models for every production AI system. Most AI products, whether copilots, agents, or search systems, depend on frontier LLMs to handle every step of their pipeline. Yet, the vast majority of these steps are narrow, repeatable workloads: reranking, embedding, classification, routing, query rewriting, context compression, where frontier intelligence is overkill. Running them on general-purpose models is slow and expensive, capping what production AI can achieve. That is why we're building ZeroEntropy: to train small, task-specific models that replace frontier LLMs on these workloads, and empower developers to ship AI products that are more accurate, faster, and cheaper.
- YC batch
- W25 · Winter 2025
- Status, per YC
- Acquired
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 6
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2024
- Checked
- 31m ago
ZeroEntropy: questions
Which YC batch was ZeroEntropy in?
ZeroEntropy was in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch (W25).
Which accelerators did ZeroEntropy go through?
ZeroEntropy is listed by Y Combinator (W25), Entrepreneur First (2024).
Is ZeroEntropy still active?
Y Combinator lists ZeroEntropy as acquired.
Who founded ZeroEntropy?
ZeroEntropy's founders, as listed on its YC page: Ghita Houir Alami (Founder/CEO), Nicholas Pipitone (Founder/CTO).
Where is ZeroEntropy based?
ZeroEntropy lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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