Pre Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A tool that helps entrepreneurs write the best pitches possible for angel investors.

3,164

7 months ago

A platform that helps people start their own businesses. The startup connects entrepreneurs with mentors and experts to help them get started.

1,527

4 months ago

Are you an entrepreneur wanting to apply to Y Combinator We’re accepting applications.

886

1 year ago

A community of investors and entrepreneurs in India, seeking to create an online community of investors and entrepreneurs who can help each other.

844

7 months ago

A platform that helps you make predictions about how your life will change, allowing you to make informed decisions.

836

1 year ago

A high-tech restaurant platform that tracks how food is being served and how it is being prepared in real-time.

527

1 year ago

A social network for people with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues that helps them find resources and connect with others.

481

3 years ago

A predictive analytics tool that aims to help companies like Amazon predict what products to re-order and when.

469

24 days ago

A startup for female entrepreneurs in India to connect and share business plans.

422

2 years ago

A machine-learning based platform that can predict the likelihood of you turning into a customer by looking at your behavior on other sites.

407

5 months ago

A new way to do accounting that doesn’t require a bookkeeper, a spreadsheet, or a bank account.

372

3 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent fraud in payments. It’s an API for banks and merchants to check if accounts are being used fraudulently.

364

1 month ago

A way to help companies and organizations track their incoming donations and track expenses. It’s like a spreadsheet of donations and expenses, with a built-in way to track budgets.

355

2 years ago

The company was founded by Ramy El Bannaoui and Chris Curtis, who had previously founded the company in 2007 and sold it in 2011.

348

2 years ago

This company is trying to bring the power of machine learning to stock markets. It’s working to create a way to use machine learning to find correlations between stock prices and macroeconomic data, to identify bubbles and create predictive models.

344

2 years ago

The startup aims to help people who suffer from depression and anxiety by

344

2 years ago

A chat therapy app for depression and anxiety.

321

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs. The company is working with the Stars Foundation, which helps invest in startups in developing countries, to create an online platform to help entrepreneurs raise funds.

287

3 years ago

A startup that helps brands develop an online presence in the Indian market by connecting them with the right media partners to place ads, run sponsored posts, and more.

285

2 years ago

A “global prescription drug purchasing company”, with offices in New York, LA, and London.

284

2 years ago

A micro-funding platform for entrepreneurs, reducing the cost of startup capital for high growth startups by providing a mechanism for investors to match their own funds with the startups they care about. The goal is to save startups money on the front end while generating real returns on the back end.

277

2 years ago

A women’s networking app that connects women interested in entrepreneurship and investing to other like-minded women.

276

1 month ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to find a place to stay while traveling. They currently focus on hostels and hotels, but also offer a “home stay” option for people who prefer a less-traditional roof over their head.

267

9 months ago

A tool for social entrepreneurs, allowing them to pitch investors on their ideas.

266

2 years ago

Social network for entrepreneurs, allowing them to share ideas and get feedback for their business ideas. The startup is free for businesses with fewer than 5 employees.

261

1 month ago

A digital marketing platform for B2B companies, which allows them to predict and optimize customer acquisition, then promotes the right content to the right audience at the right time.

257

2 years ago

This startup will help prevent people from losing their data due to hardware failure.

255

3 years ago

A tool for developers that helps them create and manage their own website, on top of WordPress or another CMS.

254

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help people with severe anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues find the resources they need to get better

243

8 months ago

Combining data science and machine learning with social media sentiment analysis to predict the likelihood that a new product will be a hit.

240

2 years ago

The company is building a platform that will allow people to land on a page with a listing of homes for sale, to create a profile, and then receive a personalized email to show homes that match their preferences.

234

6 months ago

A tool to help local governments prepare for hurricanes and other natural disasters, from looting to gas shortages

231

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies get a head start on building a social media presence before they launch.

229

2 years ago

An AI-powered solution for the construction industry. It’s a predictive maintenance platform that helps maintenance staff fix machines before they break down.

228

3 years ago

An AI for fraud prevention for banks.

225

2 years ago

A “Facebook for Real Estate” that combines a platform for real estate agents and sellers to find buyers and sellers with a native advertising platform (similar to Rent.com) that lets companies manage their presence on the site.

224

2 years ago

A solution for female entrepreneurs to generate revenue online without having to deal with the day-to-day work of running a business.

223

1 year ago

Startup that wants to use AI and big data to help predict and prevent home fires.

221

2 years ago

A dating app that matches people based on similar musical preferences.

217

2 years ago

A dating app for people who want to have casual sex, focused on avoiding pressure from other users. The app is meant to be a safe place for people who want to do something that’s not going to last.

216

2 years ago

A "smart home monitoring" startup focused on energy efficiency. It's currently in a pre-launch stage, with a device that allows users to remotely turn off lights and lock doors with a smartphone, and the company says it has acquired $2.4 million in seed funding

215

2 years ago

This startup uses voice recognition and artificial intelligence to understand the emotions that are being expressed by voice (like “I’m angry”) and determine if this voice is coming from a human or machine.

214

3 years ago

A software platform that aims to facilitate the development of a “predictive model” for the Indian auto industry.

213

1 year ago

A tool to help entrepreneurs build a custom branded social network.

213

2 years ago

A team on a mission to build better and more accurate algorithms to predict the future of the US presidency.

212

2 years ago

This startup wants to build a new type of credit card for the underbanked, especially in developing countries. It takes the form of a prepaid card and is available in any currency. Given the lack of banking options in many such countries, the startup sees a lot of potential for growth.

210

2 years ago

This startup helps users of their service keep track of their prescriptions and keep track of their pill tracking. The startup currently has a 10% retention rate, and one customer from Taiwan is paying them $6,500 per month.

209

2 years ago

A software development company that tries to reduce the number of bugs in a product by having customers pretend to be nonspeaking computers.

209

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help employers prevent employee fraud by allowing them to manage their work-from-home policy and budget via a mobile app.

209

2 years ago

A startup building a secure network for physical and digital authentication. The startup wants to help banks and other financial institutions identify and authenticate their customers via their physical presence at a branch or ATM.

204

2 years ago

This healthcare startup is creating a web-based platform to help people with chronic pain connect with medical professionals who can prescribe pain medication.

204

3 years ago

This is “a healthcare startup for the world’s largest democracy” – India. It aims to help patients get their prescriptions filled at the lowest prices possible, and is already working with several pharmaceutical companies in India for a $3 million revenue run rate.

203

2 years ago

A platform for online retailers to sell products, primarily on Amazon, Shopify, and AliExpress. The startup wants to provide more of a full platform for e-commerce companies, allowing them to accept payments, manage inventory and payment processing, and integrate with Stripe to get paid.

202

1 month ago

A brand management platform for service providers, allowing them to manage their digital presence across channels.

202

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps businesses track sales to prevent fraud.

201

2 years ago

A company that wants to build a system that predicts the future of cities as they grow and change.

199

2 years ago

A tool for identifying and preventing fraudulent donations to political campaigns.

198

2 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs in San Francisco to get paid faster, and in the process, cuts down on fraud and lost payments.

195

2 years ago

This startup is building a smart home device that automatically detects and prevents fires. The company is looking to raise $100,000.

195

3 years ago

A startup that helps people who are preparing for retirement: for example, figuring out how much they need to save, etc

194

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to build their own websites, without it being done through WordPress

193

3 years ago

A startup that sells a tool for determining if someone is lying or not (voice recognition, eye movement, micro-expressions)

192

2 years ago

Provides employees with a way to share their workplace preferences with their team so they can maximize their efficiency.

192

2 years ago

A company that builds software to measure and predict the performance of brands

191

1 year ago

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

190

1 month ago

This is an automated system that helps airlines manage their fleet. It uses AI to handle the data and predict how much to order based on current demand.

190

2 years ago

A platform to help companies control and manage their entire supply chain. The company wants to aggregate data on every step in the supply chain, create a comprehensive map of it and manage it all from a single dashboard.

189

2 years ago

A tool for editing photos and videos in the cloud, meant both for professionals and for anyone looking to preserve their work.

188

2 years ago

A company that makes a comprehensive, searchable database of the world’s universities.

188

1 month ago

A startup that aims to help people save money by helping them understand the costs of their life insurance policies. The startup hopes that, by helping customers understand what their policies are really costing them, they can lower the premiums.

188

3 years ago

A small business loan for entrepreneurs, with a focus on women

187

3 years ago

A tool that predicts the future of hiring using artificial intelligence.

187

1 month ago

An AI that predicts if a person is likely to have a heart attack or stroke.

187

2 years ago

A third-party insurance company that offers $0 monthly premiums to customers who pay in full every month.

186

2 years ago

A program that trains and supports people to become entrepreneurs. The startup has raised $1.35 million.

186

2 years ago

A search engine for ideas and ideas. The startup’s premise is to make sure you find the best ideas, and do it all for free.

185

1 month ago

An accounting app that helps small businesses prepare and file their own taxes. The startup is focused on people who have never had to file taxes before.

185

1 year ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict where a person will get dengue fever within 72 hours and suggests a preventive treatment to them.

183

3 years ago

A startup that provides software that helps people with their taxes so they don’t have to pay a tax preparer

179

2 years ago

A new way to evaluate performance, using machine learning to predict whether a team will meet goals before they’re even met.

179

2 years ago

A partnership with a local entrepreneur to help them get their product to market.

179

3 years ago

Idea: A platform for making, distributing and monetizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) games The company says it’s already built over a dozen AR and VR games and is currently monetizing them through app stores, advertising, premium content, and in-app purchases

178

2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses in India, for instance, sort out GST numbers, and upload databases in an easier way than using an Excel spreadsheet

176

3 years ago

"The premise of the premise of the premise..."

175

3 years ago

This startup is building a comprehensive online marketplace for the sale of assets like real estate and cars. The startup is focused on rural markets like India, where the costs of buying and selling homes and commodities is often prohibitively high.

175

3 years ago

This startup’s goal is to prevent ad fraud. It uses a combination of machine learning, data mining, and crowdsourcing to help companies like Amazon and Google detect fraudulent activity on their platforms.

173

3 years ago

A data analytics and visualization tool aimed at people who want to make better marketing decisions for their business. It helps small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs use data to make more informed decisions about marketing and sales.

172

3 years ago

A social network for women who are searching for a job, created by the company that created the job board Ziprecruiter.

171

2 years ago

A toolkit to help non-profits build and manage websites. Its pre-built themes include a person-powered fundraising site, an environmental website, and a donation-based site.

170

3 years ago

A data science startup focused on building machine learning solutions for the shipping and logistics industry. The company helps companies identify patterns in their data and build predictive models to improve operational efficiency.

169

2 years ago

A small team of developers and designers are building a simple, yet comprehensive, social network for everyone.

169

3 years ago

A CRM for retailers that uses machine learning to predict consumer behavior and then recommend what products to sell based on their past purchases

167

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people manage their debt, using a predictive system that helps them know whether they’re spending too much or too little.

167

3 years ago

The University of New South Wales presents the Startup Genome annually.

166

3 years ago

A “social network for entrepreneurs”, not unlike Instagram, but built for professional networking.

166

1 year ago

A privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses multiple layers of encryption to make transactions hard to trace. The company’s software prevents transactions from being saved to a public ledger.

166

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies hire entry-level engineers by arming them with a set of pre-screening questions that help them identify potential candidates

165

3 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the Y Combinator Summer School launched a $100,000 scholarship for students who attend the program. The scholarship is awarded to graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds.

165

3 years ago

This is a game that teaches players about the history of transportation, from the earliest days of the wheel to the present. The game has been played over 100 million times.

165

3 years ago

This startup wants to help the international diplomatic community solve some of the most pressing problems by building an online platform for them to share their expertise.

165

2 years ago

This is a startup that aims to help entrepreneurs raise money by turning to friends and family for loans.

165

3 years ago

A startup that helps the millions of people who have a food allergy or are just looking for healthier options prepare meals easily.

164

3 years ago

A platform that helps English language learners practice by presenting them with text in a way that will help them understand.

164

2 years ago

A subscription-based, monthly newsletter that helps entrepreneurs quickly grow their business.

164

3 years ago

A startup that provides credit to college students based on their predictive ability of their future grades

163

3 years ago

Startup founders are being more aggressive in the US, with a few companies in the last year getting VCs to fund them at seed or Series A-level, when they may have previously been too early.

163

3 years ago

A security startup that’s building a platform to automatically detect and prevent fraud in the payments industry.

163

3 years ago

The Startup Genome is a biannual report on the state of entrepreneurship. It is produced by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The report is based on interviews with founders about their businesses, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future. The report is intended to give entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders a comprehensive overview of the startup ecosystem in a particular country, and to help predict trends between countries.

161

2 years ago

As startups have left their desks behind, founders have become increasingly worried about their physical whereabouts, and have invented apps to help. In the new book, “Fearless: How to Be Unafraid and Do Anything,” entrepreneurs and founders like Dave McClure, David Karp, and Adam D’Angelo share their stories of building their companies in secret, and how they’ve gained confidence and fearlessness.

161

2 years ago

This startup helps businesses manage their supply chains by using machine learning to predict how business will flow and allowing businesses to better manage and reduce trips to the office.

161

1 year ago

The startup aims to build a social network for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be to help them find and connect with mentors and resources to help them start and grow.

161

8 months ago

A digital baby album with a 360-degree view of the pregnancy and birth.

161

3 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to help them prepare for an interview

160

3 years ago

Health insurance is so complicated that people often prefer to just pay the tax penalty and ignore it. This startup wants to make health insurance easy, with an automated system encouraging people to enroll and take advantage of the tax savings.

160

3 years ago

A startup that uses AI to help companies identify and eliminate wasteful expenses by learning from previous transactions.

160

3 years ago

A self-serve platform for saving money on auto insurance or just comparing rates, which they say is “faster, cheaper, and more comprehensive then any other website”. They currently have $2.5 million in monthly recurring revenue and are looking to launch in Miami and Atlanta.

160

1 year ago

A startup that uses AI to predict which customers are most likely to churn and suggests discounts to bring them back.

160

3 years ago

A startup that helps optimize “predictions and projections” for companies.

159

3 years ago

A company that lets consumers sell pre-owned goods. The company is currently in an early stage of fundraising.

159

2 years ago

The startup is working on building an open API to enable other platforms to build apps to help shoppers find the right brand by cross-referencing their online shopping history. The startup wants to build an app that lets shoppers find the right brands to buy, based on previous purchases.

159

1 year ago

A social network for personal trainers, aimed at helping trainers have a better online presence and work more effectively with clients.

159

1 month ago

A digital service platform for the healthcare industry that allows patients to see their providers, get prescription refills, and schedule tests online.

159

3 years ago

See Thru is building a tool to help entrepreneurs get their ideas into market faster.

158

3 years ago

A startup that provides online freelance services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

158

3 years ago

A collaborative digital design tool for creative entrepreneurs.

158

3 years ago

A “big data” solution that helps food companies track their supply chain and predict how much food they’ll need to produce. The startup’s founders say they’ve already signed up over 500 clients, including Walmart, Nestle, and Cargill.

158

2 years ago

A B2B company building an AI tool for sales organizations to track and predict sales pipelines.

158

1 year ago

Building a platform to allow people to make music together. The company wants to bring the “self-expression that comes from music-making together with the community that comes from sharing music on the Internet.”

158

3 years ago

An IoT startup that uses sensors and algorithms to predict when a vehicle is getting a flat tire, and then alerts the driver.

157

3 years ago

A chat bot that lets people through meditation than can be used to help people battle depression

157

3 years ago

A new kind of company that uses algorithms and machine learning to predict how well its customers will do in the future. Possible applications include helping companies set up 401k plans that are as good for their employees as they are for the company’s bottom line.

157

3 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a data science team for brands in order to get smarter, more predictive and better at predicting the future of marketing

157

3 years ago

A web-based company that helps businesses track and manage their expenses. It is company that offers a “price tracking system” in which businesses create a spreadsheet, and then captures all their expenses through the software.

157

3 years ago

This is a mobile application that helps entrepreneurs find, vet and manage teams. It was built by Y Combinator’s own team and is a set of tools that help founders navigate the startup ecosystem.

157

1 year ago

A health insurance tool that helps people track their health needs and prescription usage and offers them a way to optimize their coverage.

157

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people with depression and anxiety get the most out of life, by providing personalized recommendations on how

156

3 years ago

A product that helps e-commerce companies send out quick press releases to media outlets.

156

3 years ago

The startup is building an app that integrates with Nest thermostats to automatically adjust your thermostat based on your schedule and preferences.

156

1 year ago

A solution for data scientists to turn their computer code into visualizations that can be used in presentations.

156

3 years ago

A platform that helps music artists with marketing, merchandising, and tour management. They have also launched a new app, PressPlay, that’s a digital music locker.

155

3 years ago

Wearable sensors that help detect the presence of volatile gases in buildings.

155

3 years ago

A startup that lets you create videos and images with text in the background in real-time to create what’s called a "Voxel" — an image with a 3D representation of a text sentence.

155

3 years ago

A hardware company building a connected kitchen to help manage and measure food preparation.

155

2 years ago

"We're a team of entrepreneurs who formed to create a company that helps the world's most powerful brands get more relevant and influential messages sent their way."

155

3 years ago

A health-maintenance company for the elderly, focusing on their social needs. The company’s founder and president, Alejandro Ortiz, said that for many older people, social engagement often goes missing, making it harder for them to stay healthy.

154

3 years ago

A company that predicts how much a customer is willing to spend on a new product and then serves up the product based on that prediction.

154

3 years ago

SaaS that helps business owners create a CRM on demand (rather than on premise and using Excel)

154

3 years ago

A company that helps banks with digital transformation. The startup wants to help banks develop their online presence by making it easier for them to communicate with customers.

154

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies create quick spreadsheets for their different departments

154

3 years ago

"The world’s first social dating app for underrepresented groups,” which is to say, people of color.

154

1 year ago

A tool for entrepreneurs to manage all of the legal, sales, and accounting documents for their company.

154

1 year ago

A startup that helps users show up to appointments on time, by predicting and then warning users about traffic, delays, etc.

154

8 months ago

A software company that specialises in the creation of artificial intelligence for time-sensitive tasks like lead generation, web analytics, and predictive analytics.

154

1 month ago

A digital equivalent of an insurance policy that allows businesses to better predict and manage risk.

154

3 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict where companies will be in three years. They’re based in Philadelphia but working with clients around the world.

153

3 years ago

This startup is building an AI toolkit for content creators. The idea is to help people be more precise in their work and to help content creators get paid more for it.

153

3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to help prevent check fraud.

153

3 years ago

A startup that lets you do to your social media presence what you do to your personal email: use AI to curate your feed, and personalize it.

152

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that is able to recognize a set of facial expressions and, in real-time, translate them into emotions. It also translates any other language into emotions. The company promises to keep an eye on emotions in real-time, helping businesses avoid misunderstandings and improve customer service.

152

3 years ago

A startup working on a program to prevent water damage in homes.

152

3 years ago

A way to easily build custom apps from Bootstrap, Wordpress, and Drupal templates.

152

3 years ago

A “smart” hospital bed that monitors patients and adjusts the temperature in response to their health concerns. It also tracks their movements to prevent falls.

152

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for developers to build and host websites of their own Think of it like WordPresscom, but for developers

151

3 years ago

A company that helps people easily find local, personal tax preparers. It’s a bit like TaxJar, which helps make tax season less painful.

151

3 years ago

A startup that uses AI and machine learning to build financial tools that are better at predicting risk.

151

3 years ago

A startup for pre-owned tablets.

150

3 years ago

This is a tool for people who want to get paid to write content for others, and it’s built on the WordPress platform. It lets people write blog posts, copywriting articles, or any other type of content for clients.

150

3 years ago

a company that helps customers in Europe manage their money quickly and easily. Its first product will be a prepaid Visa card that can be loaded with cash through a debit card.

150

3 years ago

A company that provides new business development software to help entrepreneurs and small businesses scale up their businesses.

150

3 years ago

A startup that is building an algorithm that predicts the future of retail.

150

3 years ago

A tool designed to bring transparency to the loan origination process, helping to prevent fraud, identify the best loan products, and save lenders money.

150

3 years ago

A company that makes both low-cost and premium products for the fashion industry. The premium products include the T-shirt, the slim-fit denim, and the leather jacket. The company is also manufacturing a line of eyewear, and it recently launched a line of knitwear for women.

150

3 years ago

A platform that aims to help businesses with their growing digital presence in fashion and retail. They currently have 1,000 merchants and $2.5 million in revenue.

150

3 years ago

A mobile payments startup, focused on helping the unbanked in India, that’s created by a team of MIT grads that previously worked at a mobile payments company.

150

2 years ago

A startup that wants to give businesses a way to predict new customers based on the behavior of previous customers.

150

1 year ago

A software company that starts by building a predictive model for which loans are more likely to default and then uses that model to predict which loans are particularly risky. The company then buys up those loans and uses them as collateral for insurance on other loans.

150

1 year ago

A company that lets people set aside money for their child's college education by investing in a prepaid tuition plan.

150

3 years ago

A startup that helps people to buy and sell used cars, which helps save the environment. The entrepreneurs say that they’ve seen a lot of interest in the platform from US car dealerships.

149

3 years ago

This app helps you manage your Twitter presence by allowing you to post Tweets in bulk with an interface that helps you organize and schedule your posts.

149

3 years ago

A way to monitor, measure and prevent “cybercrime”. The startup is currently being used by the United States Department of Defense to fight cybercrime.

149

3 years ago

A company that helps companies build a global presence for their products without having to hire overseas workers

149

3 years ago

This startup lets employers create employee referral programs and sells the referral fees. The startup’s customers include companies like Wayfair, Zillow, and American Express.

149

2 years ago

A company that helps companies hire and train in-person apprentices. The company works with a network of companies to match up novices and experienced businesses, creating a system of apprenticeships that lets companies save money and still have their hands on the newest tech.

149

2 years ago

A product that helps people visualize how their social media presence is being used by brands. It’s built for small businesses, and is pitched as a way to help them manage their online reputation.

149

1 year ago

An email marketing tool that integrates with all of your favorite email clients. The startup’s founders say they’ve already closed $1.5 million in pre-launch investment.

149

1 year ago

A new way to give businesses an online presence

149

1 year ago

A health insurance platform that focuses on preventive care and wellness.

149

1 year ago

A platform to help entrepreneurs with their logistics, sales, and accounting

149

1 year ago

The most recent Y Combinator batch was the most diverse batch to date, with more women than men and fewer white people than previously.

149

1 year ago

An AI-powered platform that lets media teams shorten the time they spend on content creation by identifying which pieces of content will be most popular, as well as predicting the best time to post it.

149

3 years ago

A startup that uses a software program to crunch open data to predict land value The startup claims that it can predict land value more accurately than appraisers and cheaper than buying survey data

148

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to take a quiz to see which of their tastes and preferences are similar to which of their friends’.

148

3 years ago

A platform to help college students compare programs and prepare for graduation.

148

3 years ago

A startup that wants to “build a better IDE” for mobile apps, with features like a live preview of changes to code.

148

3 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to send out automated emails from a customer service representative. The company is building the technology to replace the phone call.

148

3 years ago

This is a startup that helps start-ups and entrepreneurs get funding from family offices and institutions.

148

3 years ago

A startup for building and selling websites using pre-made templates.

148

1 year ago

A startup that provides comprehensive financial data services to the growing influencer economy.

148

1 year ago

A company that helps restaurants manage their social media presence with their own digital presence.

148

1 year ago

A tool that helps merchants build personalized webpages, show up in search engines, and access to a set of tools that monitor their online presence and conversions.

148

3 years ago

A startup that creates a turnkey system to help entrepreneurs get started in the right direction

147

3 years ago

A startup that gives people a way to create a mascot to represent their business

147

3 years ago

Meetup is a platform for people to meet up in person and interact with each other. It's especially useful for groups that have members spread across different cities or different countries.

147

3 years ago

A platform to help users manage and make sense of their music libraries. It’s a Spotify for non-premium users.

147

1 year ago

A group of entrepreneurs and executives from large companies like Google, Amazon, and Walmart are working on a new startup called Kip, a platform for tech-enabled collaboration. The company’s goal is to help large companies share resources more effectively, and will launch in the fall of 2020 in the U.S.

147

3 years ago

A startup that helps international entrepreneurs network with each other in their city

146

3 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can hire someone to help them with their social media presence (ie post on facebook, tweet, etc)

146

3 years ago

A startup that people with depression can use to get treatment

146

3 years ago

Note: This list is not comprehensive, and does not include all the companies that applied to YC in 2017.

146

3 years ago

A startup with a tool that allows beermakers to test their beers without having to brew their own. The startup, which has been around for about four years, says they have 10 customers that are testing its pre-brewed beer.

146

3 years ago

This startup offers an “unbiased” way to tell which colleges are the best for a student based on his or her preferences. The company uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to compare institutions based on various metrics like peer competition and graduation rates.

146

3 years ago

A startup that helps people find and buy homes for $1,000, and is backed by former President Bill Clinton.

146

3 years ago

A program to help small businesses and entrepreneurs with their bookkeeping.

146

3 years ago

This startup started in the Y Combinator summer 2017 batch and has a goal of “empowering people around the world to express their identities, express their gender, and be accepted for who they are.”

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3 years ago

Builds on the company’s previous product, which allows users to create animated GIFs from their smartphone. Now the team wants to help people automatically make money from their GIFs.

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1 year ago

A social platform for the food industry. The startup wants to be the platform for all of your meal prep activities, from shopping to cooking to shopping for ingredients.

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3 years ago

A company that is building a model to predict food allergies that can be used by the food industry to help them produce more nutritious, less allergenic food.

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3 years ago

A team who wants to build a platform for doctors to manage prescriptions and patient records.

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3 years ago

This’s the second time around for the company, which previously launched a version of its product in China in 2017, and lost most of its customers after the Chinese government blocked its service.

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3 years ago

Seed-stage, early-stage, and pre-seed stage seed-stage companies are typically those that are less than 2 years old, and are valued between $500,000 and

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3 years ago

A venture-backed accelerator that prepares social-media influencers to launch their own online ventures, helping them manage their social-media buzz and their brand and how they interact with the public.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps business owners and entrepreneurs set up corporate accounts and work with their bank from anywhere.

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3 years ago

A platform that enables big businesses to automate their customer service, using AI and ML to predict customer satisfaction and easy ways to solve customer problems.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to help users identify how much they are spending on their utilities each month, and help companies better predict demand.

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1 year ago

Espresso is a software company that uses machine learning to automate the process of hiring telecommuters in the US, using a platform that was built specifically for this.

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1 year ago

A cloud-based insurance platform for credit unions and other institutions to manage risk and collect premiums from their customers.

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1 year ago

A startup building a dashboard for small businesses, essentially a toolset that allows small businesses to manage their online presence in one place.

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3 years ago

A startup that gives data on the role of the press in different countries, and what countries are most open to outside reporters.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to build their own online store. Instead of a lengthy process of building an e-commerce site themselves, the startup will make it easy for a business to buy in to a pre-built site.

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3 years ago

A smartphone app that helps patients help themselves. The app helps users manage their prescriptions, so they can take medications at the right time, and refill them before they run out. It also serves as a reminder to patients that they’re taking their meds, and will remind them when their prescriptions are about to expire.

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3 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform for banks, designed to provide a consistent and comprehensive experience for users and businesses.

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3 years ago

The Startup Grind podcast is a weekly podcast about entrepreneurship, hosted by founders of SBJ’s own portfolio companies.

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A tool that helps entrepreneurs write the best pitches possible for angel investors.

A platform that helps people start their own businesses. The startup connects entrepreneurs with mentors and experts to help them get started.

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A community of investors and entrepreneurs in India, seeking to create an online community of investors and entrepreneurs who can help each other.

A platform that helps you make predictions about how your life will change, allowing you to make informed decisions.

A high-tech restaurant platform that tracks how food is being served and how it is being prepared in real-time.

A social network for people with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues that helps them find resources and connect with others.

A predictive analytics tool that aims to help companies like Amazon predict what products to re-order and when.

A startup for female entrepreneurs in India to connect and share business plans.

A machine-learning based platform that can predict the likelihood of you turning into a customer by looking at your behavior on other sites.

A new way to do accounting that doesn’t require a bookkeeper, a spreadsheet, or a bank account.

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent fraud in payments. It’s an API for banks and merchants to check if accounts are being used fraudulently.

A way to help companies and organizations track their incoming donations and track expenses. It’s like a spreadsheet of donations and expenses, with a built-in way to track budgets.

The company was founded by Ramy El Bannaoui and Chris Curtis, who had previously founded the company in 2007 and sold it in 2011.

This company is trying to bring the power of machine learning to stock markets. It’s working to create a way to use machine learning to find correlations between stock prices and macroeconomic data, to identify bubbles and create predictive models.

The startup aims to help people who suffer from depression and anxiety by

A chat therapy app for depression and anxiety.

A startup that’s building a crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs. The company is working with the Stars Foundation, which helps invest in startups in developing countries, to create an online platform to help entrepreneurs raise funds.

A startup that helps brands develop an online presence in the Indian market by connecting them with the right media partners to place ads, run sponsored posts, and more.

A “global prescription drug purchasing company”, with offices in New York, LA, and London.

A women’s networking app that connects women interested in entrepreneurship and investing to other like-minded women.

A startup that makes it easier for people to find a place to stay while traveling. They currently focus on hostels and hotels, but also offer a “home stay” option for people who prefer a less-traditional roof over their head.

A tool for social entrepreneurs, allowing them to pitch investors on their ideas.

Social network for entrepreneurs, allowing them to share ideas and get feedback for their business ideas. The startup is free for businesses with fewer than 5 employees.

A digital marketing platform for B2B companies, which allows them to predict and optimize customer acquisition, then promotes the right content to the right audience at the right time.

This startup will help prevent people from losing their data due to hardware failure.

A tool for developers that helps them create and manage their own website, on top of WordPress or another CMS.

A startup that aims to help people with severe anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues find the resources they need to get better

Combining data science and machine learning with social media sentiment analysis to predict the likelihood that a new product will be a hit.

The company is building a platform that will allow people to land on a page with a listing of homes for sale, to create a profile, and then receive a personalized email to show homes that match their preferences.

A tool to help local governments prepare for hurricanes and other natural disasters, from looting to gas shortages

A startup that wants to help companies get a head start on building a social media presence before they launch.

An AI-powered solution for the construction industry. It’s a predictive maintenance platform that helps maintenance staff fix machines before they break down.

An AI for fraud prevention for banks.

A “Facebook for Real Estate” that combines a platform for real estate agents and sellers to find buyers and sellers with a native advertising platform (similar to Rent.com) that lets companies manage their presence on the site.

A solution for female entrepreneurs to generate revenue online without having to deal with the day-to-day work of running a business.

Startup that wants to use AI and big data to help predict and prevent home fires.

A dating app that matches people based on similar musical preferences.

A dating app for people who want to have casual sex, focused on avoiding pressure from other users. The app is meant to be a safe place for people who want to do something that’s not going to last.

A "smart home monitoring" startup focused on energy efficiency. It's currently in a pre-launch stage, with a device that allows users to remotely turn off lights and lock doors with a smartphone, and the company says it has acquired $2.4 million in seed funding

This startup uses voice recognition and artificial intelligence to understand the emotions that are being expressed by voice (like “I’m angry”) and determine if this voice is coming from a human or machine.

A software platform that aims to facilitate the development of a “predictive model” for the Indian auto industry.

A tool to help entrepreneurs build a custom branded social network.

A team on a mission to build better and more accurate algorithms to predict the future of the US presidency.

This startup wants to build a new type of credit card for the underbanked, especially in developing countries. It takes the form of a prepaid card and is available in any currency. Given the lack of banking options in many such countries, the startup sees a lot of potential for growth.

This startup helps users of their service keep track of their prescriptions and keep track of their pill tracking. The startup currently has a 10% retention rate, and one customer from Taiwan is paying them $6,500 per month.

A software development company that tries to reduce the number of bugs in a product by having customers pretend to be nonspeaking computers.

A startup that wants to help employers prevent employee fraud by allowing them to manage their work-from-home policy and budget via a mobile app.

A startup building a secure network for physical and digital authentication. The startup wants to help banks and other financial institutions identify and authenticate their customers via their physical presence at a branch or ATM.

This healthcare startup is creating a web-based platform to help people with chronic pain connect with medical professionals who can prescribe pain medication.

This is “a healthcare startup for the world’s largest democracy” – India. It aims to help patients get their prescriptions filled at the lowest prices possible, and is already working with several pharmaceutical companies in India for a $3 million revenue run rate.

A platform for online retailers to sell products, primarily on Amazon, Shopify, and AliExpress. The startup wants to provide more of a full platform for e-commerce companies, allowing them to accept payments, manage inventory and payment processing, and integrate with Stripe to get paid.

A brand management platform for service providers, allowing them to manage their digital presence across channels.

A mobile app that helps businesses track sales to prevent fraud.

A company that wants to build a system that predicts the future of cities as they grow and change.

A tool for identifying and preventing fraudulent donations to political campaigns.

A startup that helps entrepreneurs in San Francisco to get paid faster, and in the process, cuts down on fraud and lost payments.

This startup is building a smart home device that automatically detects and prevents fires. The company is looking to raise $100,000.

A startup that helps people who are preparing for retirement: for example, figuring out how much they need to save, etc

A startup that allows users to build their own websites, without it being done through WordPress

A startup that sells a tool for determining if someone is lying or not (voice recognition, eye movement, micro-expressions)

Provides employees with a way to share their workplace preferences with their team so they can maximize their efficiency.

A company that builds software to measure and predict the performance of brands

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

This is an automated system that helps airlines manage their fleet. It uses AI to handle the data and predict how much to order based on current demand.

A platform to help companies control and manage their entire supply chain. The company wants to aggregate data on every step in the supply chain, create a comprehensive map of it and manage it all from a single dashboard.

A tool for editing photos and videos in the cloud, meant both for professionals and for anyone looking to preserve their work.

A company that makes a comprehensive, searchable database of the world’s universities.

A startup that aims to help people save money by helping them understand the costs of their life insurance policies. The startup hopes that, by helping customers understand what their policies are really costing them, they can lower the premiums.

A small business loan for entrepreneurs, with a focus on women

A tool that predicts the future of hiring using artificial intelligence.

An AI that predicts if a person is likely to have a heart attack or stroke.

A third-party insurance company that offers $0 monthly premiums to customers who pay in full every month.

A program that trains and supports people to become entrepreneurs. The startup has raised $1.35 million.

A search engine for ideas and ideas. The startup’s premise is to make sure you find the best ideas, and do it all for free.

An accounting app that helps small businesses prepare and file their own taxes. The startup is focused on people who have never had to file taxes before.

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict where a person will get dengue fever within 72 hours and suggests a preventive treatment to them.