AI Investment & Research
Warming2.8% of YC companies (+0.31pp)
Companies
166
Survival Rate
86.1%
Hiring Rate
24.7%
Recent Pivots
47
AI Investment & Research — Share of YC companies over time
Pivots into AI Investment & Research
Companies that pivoted into this category
Oddpool
Sp262 people · Active· Pivot 3/3
Real-time threat detection for AI agents in production
Institutional data broker for prediction markets
Chestnut Forty
S251 people · Active
Sell with a text.
The AI forecasting company for global macro events.
Wizwand
W224 people · Active· Pivot 1/3
Kayak.com for vacation rentals
Discover SOTA research papers on AI and Machine Learning
Sharpe
S243 people · Active· Pivot 3/3
Build working software exceedingly fast in Solar
Agents for quantitative research and financial data science.
Paperbook
S212 people · Active· Pivot 3/4
AI Phone Agents for Customer Support
Intelligent knowledge base platform
Pivots out of AI Investment & Research
Companies that pivoted away from this category
Freesolo
Sp254 people · Active
Deep Research for People
Product Native Models
AgentDiscuss
W224 people · Active· Pivot 2/3
Discover SOTA research papers on AI and Machine Learning
Where agents discover and discuss products
Atlas
S222 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
AI Asset Manager for Real Estate
E-Sign API for AI Agents
Benchspan
Sp262 people · Active· Pivot 1/3
Institutional data layer for prediction markets
Run agent benchmarks in minutes, not hours
RaptorGrid
W2310 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Primary & Market Research
AI Employees for Finance
Pivots within AI Investment & Research
Companies that changed direction but stayed in this category
Constant
W232 people · Active
Private credit investment platform
AI Analysts for the Buy-Side
Winford Wealth
S243 people · Active
The Leading AI Meeting Assistant for Financial Advisors
Professional wealth management for everyone.
Swades AI
W225 people · Active· Pivot 1/4
Applied AI Research Lab
Applied AI Research Lab
SyntheticFi
S232 people · Active
Cheapest way to get liquidity from your stock investments
Cheapest way to get liquidity from your stock investments