Checkr
Hiring
What they do:
People infrastructure for the future of work
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Y Combinator Summer 2014 Startups
This list has 78 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 5 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (39), New York (9), and London (3). Largest teams: Clear, Checkr, and Ginkgo Bioworks.
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Ginkgo Bioworks
HiringPublic
What they do:
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Rigetti Computing
Public
What they do:
Quantum coherent supercomputing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Oklo
Public
What they do:
Emission free, always on power from advanced fission power plants.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ShipBob
Hiring
What they do:
Providing Amazon level logistics to e-commerce businesses.
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HQ: Chicago, IL, United States
What they do:
Fintech SaaS platform for invoices, taxes, wealth management & credit.
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Customer communications hub for building strong relationships
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Rebuilding data in advertising to protect privacy
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Building the world's first fusion power plant
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
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Protocol Labs makes internet protocols: IPFS, Filecoin, and more.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
PicnicAI
Hiring
What they do:
Intelligence to accelerate human health.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
The AI Command Center for outbound and ABM
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HQ: Austria
Hive
Hiring
What they do:
Marketing automation for event promoters (email, sms, ads, CRM)
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What they do:
Try-at-home service for fine spirits
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Crypto-currency trading platform.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Nanotechnology-enabled coatings for automotive and defence sectors
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What they do:
Get measured by your phone in under 30 seconds for perfect fitting…
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HQ: Salt Lake City, UT, United States
What they do:
Waze for parking
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Tech nonprofit building the future of public services.
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What they do:
"Name Your Price" for products
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Create, Share, Play Mobile Games on the iPad.
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HQ: London, Canada
What they do:
Real time B2B hotel room marketplace for various industries…
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HQ: Prague, Czechia
What they do:
Mobile surveys for researchers
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What they do:
Marketplace to get stuff from overseas
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Cognito
Acquired
What they do:
Frictionless, modern identity verification that starts with just a…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Lawn Love
Acquired
What they do:
Modern, on-demand lawn care service. Get a quote in two minutes.
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States
GovPredict
Acquired
What they do:
The system of record for government affairs.
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HQ: Washington, DC, United States
Bitaccess
Acquired
What they do:
We make bitcoin simple.
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Impraise
Acquired
What they do:
Enable managers to create an effective work environment for their team
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HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apto Payments
Acquired
What they do:
API platform for partners to issue branded debit and credit cards to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tenjin
Acquired
What they do:
Mobile marketing analytics and infrastructure
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Aptible
Acquired
What they do:
The No Infrastructure Platform as a Service
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Clara Labs
Acquired
What they do:
Clara is a human-in-the-loop assistant that helps automate repetitive…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Product Hunt
Acquired
What they do:
The best new products in tech
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ravti
Acquired
What they do:
Software to track, manage, and procure HVAC for commercial real…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
One Codex
Acquired
What they do:
Data platform for metagenomics and the microbiome.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 78 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
5 of them are hiring right now, including Checkr, Ginkgo Bioworks, and ShipBob.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Clear (900 employees), Checkr (800 employees), and Ginkgo Bioworks (641 employees).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (39), New York (9), and London (3).