AI Design & Prototyping
Stable3.6% of YC companies (+0.06pp)
Companies
213
Survival Rate
77%
Hiring Rate
23.5%
Recent Pivots
60
AI Design & Prototyping — Share of YC companies over time
Pivots into AI Design & Prototyping
Companies that pivoted into this category
Stably AI
W228 people · Active
AI Testing that Writes, Runs & Maintains Tests for Every PR & Release
Makers of Orca (OSS Cursor) and Stably (AI testing platform)
Soundry AI
W242 people · Active
Professional Quality AI Music Creation
Remix any song into any style
emojis.com
W252 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
Cursor for Content Creation
Generate and discover custom emojis for discord, slack, or iMessage
Pretzel AI
W242 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Fastest way to implement payments in your product.
AI tooling
Chordio
S224 people · Active
AI-powered design reviews that guard your standards
Claude Code design workspace built for product teams
Pivots out of AI Design & Prototyping
Companies that pivoted away from this category
Pazi
W247 people · Active
Worlds first all-in-one AI development platform.
Platform where autonomous companies are built
Tee Time Tommy
W252 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Generate and discover custom emojis for discord, slack, or iMessage
Book and manage all of your golf tee times in one place.
Nitrode
W254 people · Active
AI game development engine & platform
Data for reasoning agents in dynamic environments
Gooseworks
W235 people · Active
Prototype, Experiment & Evaluate AI Pipelines in a Spreadsheet-like UI
OpenClaw-style AI coworkers for GTM teams
Coasts
F252 people · Active
AI-First In-Browser IDE for React Development
Localhost service isolation and orchestration for git worktrees
Pivots within AI Design & Prototyping
Companies that changed direction but stayed in this category
ideate.xyz
S242 people · Active
Automate marketing graphics design at scale
ideate.xyz is an AI-powered 3D art suite on the web
Ramen VR
S1915 people · Active
Have you heard of Ready Player One? We're building it for real people
Ramen VR is transforming game development with advanced XR + AI tools.
Companies (213)
CatchBack Cards
The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs
Sunflower
Building the Sobriety Platform for the future of Superintelligence. 🌻