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85 Y Combinator content startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	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	Xinjie Ma, Cheng Lyu, Xiaolong Mu, Xiankun Wu, Chen Yuheng, Yan Zhang	Reveal
The Juggernaut	W19	The global community for the South Asia-curious	Active	New York, NY, USA	5	Snigdha Sur	Reveal
The Juggernaut	W19	The global community for the South Asia-curious	Active	New York City, NY, USA; 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	This isn't just a marketplace; we're shaping the future of digital…	Active	New York City, NY, USA; Remote	75	Devin Finzer, Alex Atallah	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 City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA; Remote	25	Joseph Cohen	Reveal
Beek	W17	Leading audio subscription platform for Spanish content and creators	Inactive	Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico	32	Pamela Valdes, Max Holzheu	Reveal
Tech in Asia	W15	Tech in Asia (YC W15) is the largest English-language technology…	Acquired	Singapore, Singapore	70	Willis Wee	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
Matter	S20	Building the future of reading	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote	7	Ben Springwater, Robert Mackenzie	Reveal
Photoroom	S20	Power commerce photography with generative AI	Active	Paris, Île-de-France, France	100	Matt Rouif, Eliot Andres	Reveal
Tappity	S20	World's largest library of interactive lessons for kids	Active	Palo Alto, CA, USA	4	Chad Swenson, Lawrence Tran	Reveal
Khabri	S19	India's Largest Podcast Platform	Inactive	New Delhi, Delhi, India	11	Pulkit Sharma, Aankit Roy, Sandeep	Reveal
Lokal	S19	Local news, information and classifieds for India's small town users	Active	Bengaluru, KA, India	24	Vipul Chaudhary, Jani pasha	Reveal
Lokal	S19	Local news, information and classifieds for India's small town users	Active	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India	24	Vipul Chaudhary, Jani pasha	Reveal
Odin	S19	Save, organize and showcase your mental dump	Inactive	Mountain View, CA, USA	4	Cristina Bunea, Radu Mazilu, Maria Nicolae	Reveal
Pillar	S19	All-In-One Creator Store	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	5	Faisal Younus	Reveal
Pillar	S19	All-In-One Creator Store	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	5	Faisal Younus	Reveal
Audm	S17	Audm is a subscription service providing mini-audiobooks —…	Acquired	New York, NY, USA	10	Christian Brink, Ryan Wegner	Reveal
OMG Digital	S16	Content discovery platform for Africa	Active	Accra, Ghana	2	Jesse Ahin	Reveal
The Athletic	S16	Subscription sports media.	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	600	Alex Mather, Adam Hansmann	Reveal
Afrostream	S15	AFROSTREAM is Netflix for African-American and African content…	Inactive	Paris, France	11	Tonjé Bakang Tonje, Ludovic Bostral	Reveal
Shred Video	S15	Shred Video builds automated video & photo systems that allow…	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Mike Allen, Mark Godfrey	Reveal
Bop.fm	S13	Canonical permalinks for songs.	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Shehzad Daredia, Stefan Gomez	Reveal
Streem	S12	Acquired by Box in June 2014. We built: (1) a native win/mac…	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Ritik Malhotra, Tanooj Luthra, Samvit Ramadurgam	Reveal
OhLife	S08	OhLife is a personal journal that you'll actually keep. Every day we send you an email asking "How'd your day go?" You type as much as you want and hit reply. We accumulate your entire journal through these daily email replies.	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Shawn Gupta	Reveal
Slinkset	S08	Votable lists	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Brett Gibson, John Baunach	Reveal
Jamglue	S06	—	Inactive	Seattle, WA, USA	2	Gautam Jayaraman, Divya Bhat, Matt Rubens	Reveal

Batch Distribution

XX261 WW251 WW2410 WW234 WW2210 WW214

Status Breakdown

Active50 Inactive19 Acquired16

Top Locations

San Francisco49 New York City4 Paris4 Los Angeles3 Seattle3 Bengaluru3

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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