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Edgerun

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Military exoskeletons

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Sales & marketing Applied AI & ML

LemonLime

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Fully automated GTM for small business

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Applied AI & ML HR & recruiting AI agents & assistants

Pluto

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LinkedIn for agents

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Ooak Data

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We turn company data into training data

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Applied AI & ML Developer tools Cloud & infrastructure Accounting & finance ops

Luca IQ

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API-first tax engine for CPA firms and developers

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Runtime.si

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Evaluation Infrastructure for Robotics (YC F26)

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Space, aviation & defense AI infrastructure & models

Orca Aerospace

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AI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicle

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Food & agriculture Applied AI & ML Data & analytics Marketplaces

Bountiful

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An Operating System for agriculture.

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Safepay

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Digital payments for businesses in Pakistan

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Applied AI & ML Developer tools Cybersecurity

Hyperbrowser

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Web infra for AI agents

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Zudo

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AI Workers for Extended Service Contracts

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Applied AI & ML Legal, compliance & gov

Pier

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Stripe for Credit - Trusted Credit Compliance Partner

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Y/n

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Play your story

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Applied AI & ML Media & entertainment AI agents & assistants Productivity & automation

Kino AI

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Kino is an AI media manager and video editor for humans and agents.

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Digital health & care Applied AI & ML Payments

Health Harbor

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Using generative AI to call insurance for healthcare clinics

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Cybersecurity Legal, compliance & gov

Metalware

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Firmware cybersecurity

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Applied AI & ML AI agents & assistants Developer tools

Sweep

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The best AI coding assistant for JetBrains

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Applied AI & ML Productivity & automation Sales & marketing

DryMerge

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AI that updates your CRM for you

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Robotics & drones Manufacturing & chips

Relari

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Building dexterous robots that learn from human biomechanics

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Applied AI & ML Sales & marketing

Duckie

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Build AI Support Agents in Minutes

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Newton

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AI-powered phone platform for dentists

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Sales & marketing Applied AI & ML Productivity & automation

JustAI

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Agentic Marketing Platform

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Applied AI & ML Productivity & automation

Brainbase Labs

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The AI Labor Company

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Applied AI & ML Media & entertainment Social & community

Treblo

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Create hit songs with AI

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Applied AI & ML Developer tools Media & entertainment

Cloudglue

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The video context layer for AI.

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4 employeesYC S24Early stage

Applied AI & ML Manufacturing & chips

Conductor Quantum

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AI that operates quantum computers for scientific discovery

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Outerport

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Design automation for industrial electrical controls

Manufacturing & chips

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Applied AI & ML Developer tools

Onlook

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The Developer tool for Designers

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Avora

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Agents for dental operations

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4 employeesYC F24Early stage

Sales & marketing Applied AI & ML

Openbenchmarks

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We help humans & agents pick tools via Independent Benchmarks

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Applied AI & ML Developer tools

Freebuff

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The free coding agent

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Sales & marketing Applied AI & ML

Unusual

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Market to AI agents

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SubImage

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The Open-Core Security Graph

Cybersecurity

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4 employeesYC W25Early stage

Adam

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AI Powered CAD

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Payments Developer tools Legal, compliance & gov

Infinite

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Global B2B Stablecoin Processor

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