What they do:
Engineering Intelligence and Token Optimization for the AI-Coding Era
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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What they do:
The simplest interface in the world to talk AI models + spawn agents
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC X26Early stage
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Teaching AI to Design Chips
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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World Model for Freight
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
YC S26Early stage
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cards for AI agents
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Autopilot for Flight Operations
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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AI teammates for your business-critical work.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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AI-native Accounting Firm that's killing Deloitte
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S26Early stage
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Persistent sandboxes for agents like hermes, openclaw, claude code
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
YC F26Early stage
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Next generation gas turbines for data centers & aviation
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YC F26Early stage
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Resin helps engineers design electronics faster and more reliably
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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AI-guided ballistic missiles, cheap enough to field in numbers that…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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A graph based IDE for when agents program faster than you can read
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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Mashup any game
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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Commercial insurance for small businesses
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HQ: Salt Lake City, UT, United States
YC F26Early stage
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The crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated music and music production
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cruise
Acquired
What they do:
Self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States
Funding:
$592M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$435M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$364M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Reno, NV, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$234M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$200M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$150M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Arlington, VA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$123M · Equity · Sep 2026
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$120M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Incorporated: 2022
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$80M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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$73.1M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$65M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Goleta, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$50M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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$40M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Brooklyn, NY, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$39.6M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: New York City, NY, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$33.7M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2024
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$33.5M · Equity · May 2026
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HQ: Winter Park, FL, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$30M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Incorporated: 2021
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$29.7M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$29.2M · Equity · Oct 2026