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YC Defense Companies
7 Y Combinator defense startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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7 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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DAIVIN! | W26 | Tankless Dive Gear - Breath Autonomy at Sea, Land & Space | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1 | Leo Kankkunen | Reveal | |
Seeing Systems | W26 | AI Drone Systems for Defence | Active | — | 2 | Alexander Le Maitre, Matthew Le Maitre | Reveal | |
Conntour | W25 | AI to monitor thousands of security cameras. | Active | — | 6 | Matan Goldner, Tomer Kulla | Reveal | |
Deepnight | W24 | Building The Next Generation of Night Vision Devices | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 12 | Lucas Young | Reveal | |
Hermes Robotics | W21 | Autonomous street sweeping as a service by retro-fitting vehicles | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Guilhem Herail | Reveal | |
Perseus Defense | S25 | America's Golden Dome for Drones | Active | — | 3 | Jason Cornelius, Steve Messinger | Reveal | |
Icarus | F25 | Stratospheric birds for defense | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 16 | Henry Kwan | Reveal |
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About YC Defense Companies
Y Combinator has funded 7 defense 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 defense innovation globally.
7 of these companies are currently active. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC defense startup.
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