YC Directory

In plain words

YC Directory is a searchable database of Y Combinator-backed companies organized by batch year, industry, geographic region, and company size. Users can filter results to discover companies founded by Black, Latinx, and women entrepreneurs. The tool helps people explore the YC portfolio and learn about startups across different sectors and backgrounds.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Discover YC companies by batch, industry, region, and company size, as well as Black, Latinx, and women founders.

A list of companies YC has funded across many verticals including hardware, edtech, biotech, healthcare, developer tools, consumer and enterprise, to name a few.

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  Y Combinator Companies2016 · ycombinator.com · ▲454

  Interactive list of all 1000+ YC companies

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  YC Companies Map2025 · yc.foundersaround.com · ▲180

  A map of YC companies around the world. Discover YC startups by city, batch, and industry. Powered by FoundersAround.

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  YC World2017 · world.ycombinator.com · ▲396

  Explore Y Combinator companies by country

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  The Y Combinator Database2017 · ycdb.co · ▲866

  The definitive database of YC companies with all the metrics

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  The Y Combinator Database 2.02018 · ycdb.co · ▲604

  Everything you ever wanted to know about YC companies

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  YC Careers2017 · jonathanzwhite.github.io · ▲485

  Browse the career pages of Y Combinator companies

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲905

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

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  Synthesia▲943

  Generate professional-looking AI videos from text in minutes

  AI · 2020 · synthesia.io

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  IdeasAI▲801

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  AI · 2020 · ideasai.com

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  Tables by Google▲783

  Tables helps teams easily track & automate tasks

  Work · 2020 · tables.area120.google.com

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  Linux sysadmin course, eight years on▲780

  Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…

  Commerce · 2020

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  Poolside FM for iPhone▲642

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  Life & fun · 2020 · cellular.poolside.fm

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  MakeHub 2.0▲600

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  Life & fun · 2020