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4 years ago

New York City’s drone delivery startup. The startup wants to get packages from warehouses to homes in a half hour.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a new kind of fitness tracker that uses a smartphone app to track a person’s activity, then sends the data to a wearable device that’s connected to an account. The team is looking to launch in the second half of 2020.

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3 years ago

A software company that creates text-based virtual assistants to perform tasks on behalf of the user.

181

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find new homes, apartments or roommates on behalf of landlords

175

3 years ago

A software platform that lets small businesses run their own payrolls and lower payroll costs by half.

165

5 years ago

A subscription-based service that organizes people’s photos and videos into a repository on their behalf.

164

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where they will send a greeting card to someone on your behalf

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3 years ago

A B2B app that allows employees to request purchases, track and approve them on behalf of their employers. In a nutshell, the app lets employees request purchases and get approval to purchase them. The company plans to launch in the next quarter, with a B2B offering and a B2C offering to follow.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to get the financing they need. Pure is a platform that helps businesses build a relationship with banks or credit unions, which can then make lending decisions on behalf of the business without requiring a formal loan.

160

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to take pictures of your house and sell it on your behalf

158

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform that allows people to participate in virtual competitions using video chat. The platform will launch in the UK and the US in the second half of the year, and will allow people to compete in a range of different games, from puzzle solving to trivia.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to add interactive games to a TV broadcast of a big game, and bring sports fans to the game and keep them engaged for longer than the halftime show.

153

5 years ago

A platform that helps people manage their contact lists. The startup says it’s dealing with a half-billion contacts with 70% of the world still not connected.

149

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can send letters to their children and they’ll write back on their behalf

146

4 years ago

A platform for Indian startups to build, market, and sell their products globally, with a half dozen companies already signed up.

146

5 years ago

A SaaS platform for marketers and businesses to create their own digital ads for Facebook. The startup is in a third round of investment and will launch in the first half of 2020.

145

5 years ago

A startup that helps employees manage their expenses. The startup plans to launch in the first half of 2017.

144

3 years ago

A smartphone application that finds you a local babysitter, or a group of friends to go to a concert, or a ride home. The startup is planning on soft launching in the second half of 2020.

142

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make the “banking process” easy for millennials. The CEO says that half of millennials don’t have checking accounts, and another third don’t have credit cards. They want to do for banking what Mint did for personal finance.

136

5 years ago

Businesses in the mobile payments space have often struggled with security. Called SIV, it uses AI to make payments on a consumer’s behalf with a single tap.

130

2 years ago

A social network for corporations, with enterprise sales teams and executives working on behalf of the company. The company takes a commission off each sale made through their platform, and may also have access to data on consumers on top of that.

124

5 years ago

A new type of advertising where companies pay to have their ads appear in live videos on platforms like Facebook. The company is also building a platform to help users monetize those videos, allowing users to sell ad space on their own behalf.

108

5 years ago

A company that wants to build a meal kit delivery service. It currently has 6,000 users, with a $17,000 monthly recurring revenue run rate, and plans to launch in the first half of 2020.

104

4 years ago

A company that wants to build out a “citizen army” of robots that can do warehouse work and increase efficiency. The founders claim they can do the same work in half the time by pairing robots with humans.

104

4 years ago

A company that helps place people, from salespeople to telemarketers, with the right clients, on behalf of clients.

103

5 years ago

A startup that lets you set up a virtual assistant who can carry out tasks on your behalf. The startup is intended to help those who don’t have full time help or who are too busy to help themselves.

100

5 years ago

Y Combinator is not a startup accelerator in the traditional sense, as it does not provide capital, mentorship, or other startup-specific services. Instead, Y Combinator provides seed funding and office space for startups that have already been bootstrapped for over a year and a half. Y Combinator has five cohorts a year, each of which lasts for 14 weeks. Participants are required to pay for their own flights and housing, which are taken care of by Y Combinator.

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5 years ago

Pint is a voice-controlled home assistant meant to help users keep track of things like what’s in the fridge and the weather. The startup aims to have a voice assistant that can understand what you mean and act on your behalf, with a smart speaker also available.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps new employees get hired by talking to recruiters on behalf of the company without the new employee having to do the work. The startup has a 100% success rate so far.

89

4 years ago

A platform for real estate agents to easily manage multiple listing services (MLS) listings on behalf of their clients, charging a small percentage of each sale.

84

4 years ago

A startup where people can list, sell, and buy used vehicles online. In the United States roughly half of vehicles are cars that have been owned for less than a year.

83

4 years ago

A way to bring the B2B world back together in the form of a platform for companies to manage the sales process. Proposer uses a local sales rep to act as a “gatekeeper” who can then go out and talk to customers on behalf of the company.

80

4 years ago

A grocery delivery service that aims to combine the best of Amazon Prime, Instacart, and GrubHub. It’s a business that makes sense in a city that has no grocery store within a half mile of most homebuyers.

80

4 years ago

A company that helps its users keep track of their daily vitamin intake, then automatically orders vitamins on their behalf.

79

4 years ago

Helping consultants manage projects, get invoices and manage expenses on behalf of their clients. As of last month, the startup has helped over 12,000 consultants.

77

4 years ago

P2P insurance for small businesses, which claims to be able to get the same coverage at lower rates than insurance provided by large companies. The startup plans to provide coverage to half a million businesses in its first three years.

76

3 years ago

A startup that connects customers with businesses by way of the phone. The startup is building an API for companies to send messages to customers on their behalf, cutting out the involvement of humans.

76

4 years ago

The company makes a point of celebrating the diversity of its employees, regardless of background. They’re relatively young — the company is the youngest in YC to go from demo day to $1 million in revenue — and more than half of the team is female.

73

4 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for real estate agents to manage and record all their services, from collections to behalf of towing and maintenance.

71

4 years ago

Focusing on the production side of the cannabis industry, Vite helps growers track their crop through harvest, packaging, labeling, shipping, and aging. Co-founder Pravin Patel says they built the software for half a million dollars in seed funding, and are working with other cannabis companies to deliver their software.

70

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps users in need of food and shelter find people to help them. The startup will take donations on behalf of the user and find someone to help them.

70

4 years ago

A way for doctors to order medical supplies online to make sure they’re stocked up on the medication they need. It’s currently in its seed round with 2 doctors and plans to launch in India in the second half of 2020.

68

4 years ago

A startup that plans to pair a wealth manager with the wealthiest of wealthy individuals, who would then fund the startup on their behalf.

67

3 years ago

This is a digital assistant that claims to be able to answer questions and perform tasks on your behalf.

67

4 years ago

A software company that helps users find a product or service for their specific needs. Based on the number of users it has, it’s looking to raise a round in the second half of 2019.

65

4 years ago

A “marketplace for bots”, where businesses can hire software agents to handle tasks on their behalf. The startup says they can automate tasks like scheduling, scheduling, transcribing, email, and chat support.

65

3 years ago

This startup is building a new way for employees to get paid. The company has built a new backend for employees to pay their own salaries to their employers and have those funds managed on their behalf.

65

4 years ago

A startup for people to create and manage YouTube accounts on behalf of their colleagues. The startup lets users control YouTube channels and share the videos on their behalf.

64

3 years ago

This is a startup that uses AI to build a personal assistant that works on your behalf while you’re asleep. The startup is currently pitching to gaming companies to help them sell products such as in-game upgrades, items and characters.

64

4 years ago

A direct-to-consumer health insurance company that’s launching in the first half of 2018. The startup wants to be a one-stop shop for all of your health insurance needs.

60

3 years ago

A web-based platform that lets you create and manage a virtual assistant who can accept payments on your behalf.

58

3 years ago

A startup that helps merchants sell their products on Amazon. The startup has already worked with half a dozen e-commerce sites, and currently has six clients.

56

3 years ago

A tool for travel that uses machine learning to find cheap flights and hotels and book them on your behalf.

52

3 years ago

A company that creates apps for the NFL to connect fans and team. The company has built apps for the NFL for a year and a half, and has revenue from a partnership with a premier sports app producer.

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3 years ago

In 2018, more than half of the companies in Y Combinator had been founded within the previous three years, with many of the companies founded in 2017.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps companies save money by paying for products and services in bulk. The startup manages the purchase of products on behalf of its customers and then pays for them when they’re all shipped. The startup is based in the Bay Area, based on "Crowdfunding as a Service" model.

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3 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for companies and people to pay for things by using bitcoin. The startup has already had some success, with a half million users, but is still in the process of developing its own wallet.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows you to manage your online presence by creating and sharing content on your own behalf (for instance, a blog) and through others (for instance, a LinkedIn page.)

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2 years ago

A company that sends food home to people who are sick, in home delivery for hospitalized patients. The startup cuts costs for hospitals and patients by delivering food on the patient’s behalf.

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3 years ago

A company that provides tools to help with implementation of the eKYC process to comply with KYC regulations by using them on clients’ behalf.

41

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for “the next generation of jet-setters” to book and pay for flights on behalf of their parents.

41

2 years ago

The company says it can “move 1,000 bodies in a single second”, with a fleet of autonomous trucks that can go from door to door and pick up groceries in a half hour.

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2 years ago

A platform for retail investors that helps them track stocks and exchange-traded funds. The company is working on a new product for financial advisors to be able to request and track rebalancing orders on their behalf.

34

2 years ago

A company that helps users find the best deal for their mental health needs. The startup says that over half the cost of medical care is mental health.

28

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to get their taxes done. The company’s target are tax preparers and CPAs, who can cut their fees in half.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to help credit unions, banks, and other financial institutions build and manage lending and hedge funds on behalf of their members.

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2 years ago

A platform for sellers to list items for sale directly from their smartphone, with the ability to sell items on behalf of the buyer.

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2 years ago

A company that helps improve the speed and quality of internet-enabled traffic. The startup works with cities to optimize traffic with software that can cut speeds in half.

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2 years ago

A way for companies to streamline their ordering process by letting customers order online and delivery people to pick up the items on their behalf.

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