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YC Content Companies
85 Y Combinator content startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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50 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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YouArt | X26 | Patreon for AI Originals | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Harry Zheng, Edward Ma, Keith Zhang | 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 | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Jeremy Suh, Arnav Wadehra | 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 | |
HeartByte | W24 | GenAI Interactive story. Creator write fictions 10x faster. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Rachel Wang | 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 | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | Ryan Tremblay, Hayden Housen | Reveal | |
Soundry AI | W24 | Remix any song into any style | Acquired | Seattle, WA, USA | 2 | 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 | A new kind of creative company. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 10 | 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 City, NY, USA; Remote | 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 | |
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 | |
Omoi (formerly Azuki) | W22 | Japanese comic subscription service | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 3 | 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 | |
Supertone | W22 | Share sounds with other musicians online | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 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; Remote | 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 | |
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 | |
cocreate | S25 | video production software | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 10 | Tamish Pulappadi, Archish Arun | Reveal | |
Overlap | S24 | Multimodal AI agents for video | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Jonathan Baer, Casey Traina | 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 | |
Palmier | S24 | Video editor built for AI | 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 | |
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; Remote | 10 | Ross Chanin, Moncef Biaz, Martin Gouy, George Quraishi | 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 | |
Flick | F25 | We Handle AI. You Direct Films. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Ray Wang, Zoey Zhang | Reveal | |
Koyal | F25 | Agentic AI Filmmaking Platform | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Gauri Agarwal, Mehul Agarwal | Reveal | |
Pixley AI | F25 | The first platform where families can create AI cartoons in minutes | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2 | Krish Iyengar, Pranit Agrawal | Reveal | |
Diffusion Studio | F24 | Turn your agent into a professional video editor | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 2 | Konstantin Paulus | Reveal |
Status Breakdown
About YC Content Companies
Y Combinator has funded 85 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.
50 of these companies are currently active. 16 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC content startup.
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