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YC Content Companies
70 Y Combinator content startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
70
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12
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YC Company Directory
50 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mosaic | W25 | Agentic video editing | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Adish Jain, Kyle Wade | Reveal | |
Browser Buddy | W24 | A recommendation system for great Internet writing | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Jeremy Suh, Arnav Wadehra | Reveal | |
Focal | W24 | AI video creation tool for TV shows and movies | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Robert Cunningham, Felix Wang | Reveal | |
HeartByte | W24 | GenAI Interactive story. Creator write fictions 10x faster. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Rachel Wang, Xinyue Liang | Reveal | |
Magic Hour | W24 | Platform for AI video generation. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Runbo Li, David Hu | Reveal | |
Same | W24 | Build products without coding | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Aiden Bai, Nisarg Patel | Reveal | |
Sonauto | W24 | Create hit songs with AI | Active | — | 4 | Ryan Tremblay, Hayden Housen | Reveal | |
Soundry AI | W24 | Professional Quality AI Music Creation | Active | Seattle, WA, USA | 3 | Mark Buckler, Justin Parus, Diandre Ruiz | Reveal | |
Wuri | W24 | App to read fiction stories as visual novels with images, videos,… | Inactive | — | 7 | Akshay Megharaj, Pratik Gangwal | Reveal | |
Decohere | W23 | Real-time generative AI | Active | Seattle, WA, USA | 4 | Rishi Bhuta, Will Stith | Reveal | |
Rubbrband | W23 | The AI content studio | Active | — | 3 | Jeremy Lee, Abhinav Gopal, Darren Hsu | Reveal | |
Shortbread | W23 | Read romance comics. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | Fengjiao Peng | Reveal | |
Storyboarder | W23 | Tool and platform to create and sell webcomics | Active | New York, NY, USA | 2 | Charles Forman, Joe Watkins | Reveal | |
Andi | W22 | AI Search for the Next Generation | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Angela Hoover, Jed White | Reveal | |
Codec | W22 | Turn everyday videos into movies. | Active | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 2 | Merwane Drai | Reveal | |
Durioo | W22 | Streaming Platform for Muslim Children | Active | Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia | 50 | Sinan Ismail | Reveal | |
Omoi (formerly Azuki) | W22 | Japanese comic subscription service | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Abbas Jaffery, Adela Chang, Evan Minto, Krystyn Neisess, Ken Urata | Reveal | |
Supertone | W22 | Share sounds with other musicians online | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Jack Damon, Matt Cunningham, Oliver Hill | Reveal | |
T3 Chat | W22 | The best AI chat you've ever used | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Theo Browne, Mark Florkowski | Reveal | |
The Ankler | W22 | Subscription entertainment news | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2 | Janice Min, Richard Rushfield | Reveal | |
ClipDrop | W21 | Turn regular mobile photos into professional product visuals | Acquired | Paris, France | 5 | Cyril Diagne, Jonathan Blanchet, Damien Henry | Reveal | |
Lalabox | W21 | Live stream shopping for beauty products | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | kirill avery, Yurii Kyparus (Yatsenko) | Reveal | |
Playmaker | W21 | Community for fantasy sports players | Inactive | Copenhagen, Denmark | 5 | Neil Murray, Helder Almeida | Reveal | |
True3D Labs | W21 | AI models for 3D video creation and playback | Active | New York, NY, USA | 4 | Daniel Habib | Reveal | |
YourQuote | W21 | YourQuote is India's largest writing platform | Inactive | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 9 | Harsh Snehanshu, Ashish Singh | Reveal | |
NU Nugget | W20 | — | Inactive | — | 2 | — | Patrick Piemonte, Craig Cannon | Reveal |
Typedream | W20 | Build & launch your website in minutes with AI | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Kevin Chandra, Anthony Christian, Putri Karunia, Michelle Marcelline, Albert Purnama | Reveal | |
Buy Me a Coffee | W19 | Helping creators monetize | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 30 | Jijo Sunny, Joseph Sunny, Aleesha John | Reveal | |
rct AI | W19 | build AI NPCs | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 40 | Xiankun Wu | Reveal | |
The Juggernaut | W19 | The global community for the South Asia-curious | Active | New York, NY, USA | 5 | Snigdha Sur | Reveal | |
Wanderlog | W19 | Travel planner for researching, organizing, and mapping your trip | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Peter Xu, Harry Yu | Reveal | |
Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest AI) | W18 | Podcast App is for the curious. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 23 | Martin Siniawski, Juan Catalano | Reveal | |
Mojo | W18 | Mobile app for creating pro-quality social media videos | Acquired | Paris, France | 20 | Jean Patry, Francescu Santoni | Reveal | |
OpenSea | W18 | OpenSea is theOpenSea is the best place to trade everything onchain —… | Active | New York, NY, USA | 250 | Devin Finzer | Reveal | |
Tingles | W18 | Find content that helps you relax and fall asleep. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Miha Mlakar, Gasper Kolenc | Reveal | |
Universe | W18 | Design and build any kind of website. On your iPhone or iPad. | Active | New York, NY, USA | 25 | Joseph Cohen | Reveal | |
Loom | W12 | Cloud storage for photos and videos (acquired by Dropbox). | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Jan Senderek, Nicolas Bös, Daniel Wagner, Philipp Wein | Reveal | |
Socialcam | W12 | The easiest way to share videos with friends and family. | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 0 | Guillaume Luccisano, Ammon Bartram | Reveal | |
Twitch | W07 | A global community creating the future of live entertainment. | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2000 | Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Kyle Vogt | Reveal | |
Snipshot | W06 | We sold Snipshot to Ansa in 2013. | Inactive | — | 0 | Beau Hartshorne, Greg Dingle | Reveal | |
cocreate | S25 | AI-native video production software that automates post-production | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | Tamish Pulappadi, Archish Arun, Sid Yu | Reveal | |
Overlap | S24 | Multimodal AI agents for video | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Jonathan Baer, Casey Traina | Reveal | |
Palmier | S24 | From idea to cinematic videos in seconds | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Marcos Rico Peng, Harrison Tin | Reveal | |
Remade | S24 | AI-native canvas for creative workflows. | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | Alex Matthews, Christos Antonopoulos, Blendi Bylygbashi, Rehan Sheikh | Reveal | |
Sterling Labs, Inc | S24 | Currently in stealth - previously FocusBuddy | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Adnan Sherif, Yash Ramchandani | Reveal | |
Y/n | S23 | Interactive Stories | Active | — | 2 | Gabriel Birnbaum, Eric Meier | Reveal | |
Quest | S21 | Audio career advice | Inactive | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5 | Robert Gaal, Emiel van Liere | Reveal | |
Stipop | S21 | Monetization platform for character creators | Active | Santa Monica, CA, USA | 8 | Tony Park, Daniel Cho | Reveal | |
Artifact | S20 | Personal podcasts with the people in your life | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 10 | Ross Chanin, Moncef Biaz, Martin Gouy, George Quraishi | Reveal | |
Hellosaurus | S20 | Interactive video platform for kids | Acquired | New York, NY, USA | 25 | James Ruben | Reveal |
Status Breakdown
About YC Content Companies
Y Combinator has funded 70 content companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of content innovation globally.
43 of these companies are currently active. 12 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC content startup.
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