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YC Gaming Companies
46 Y Combinator gaming startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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6
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YC Company Directory
46 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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Playabl.ai | X26 | TikTok for User-generated Games | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 10 | Hamza Al-Ali, Omar Jarrah, Sanad Kiswani, Hamza Ali | Reveal | |
Pops | X26 | Create & play AI games with friends | Active | New York City, NY, USA | 1 | Alon Zuman | Reveal | |
CatchBack Cards | W26 | The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 7 | Joseph Zhang, Sophia Kim | Reveal | |
CodeWisp | W26 | Anyone can create real games with AI | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Elvin Fu | Reveal | |
Pax Historia | W26 | The first AI-powered grand strategy platform | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Eli Bullock-Papa, Ryan Zhang | Reveal | |
Pax Historia | W26 | The first AI-powered worldbuilding and gameplay platform | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Eli Bullock-Papa, Ryan Zhang, Eli Bulllock | Reveal | |
Nitrode | W25 | AI game development engine & platform | Active | — | 4 | Ben Kim, Sejoon Chang, Brian La | Reveal | |
Arcane | W24 | AI powered games | Acquired | New York, NY, USA | 2 | Rohan Mehta, Lucas Switzer | Reveal | |
nunu.ai | W23 | Building the first multimodal agents to play and test games. | Active | ZH, Switzerland | 5 | Jan Schnyder, Kyrill Hux, Nicolas Muntwyler | Reveal | |
Better Opinions | W22 | Prediction market of India | Active | Gurugram, Haryana, India | 12 | SAMAY JAIN | Reveal | |
WorldQL | W22 | Multiplayer engine for building games and RL environments | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Jackson Roberts | Reveal | |
DreamWorld | W21 | DreamWorld is a next-gen Minecraft with generative AI building | Active | Redwood City, CA, USA | 30 | Garrison Bellack, Zachary Kaplan | Reveal | |
Eternal | W20 | Own the best moments in streaming | Acquired | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 15 | Jeffrey Tong | Reveal | |
Legionfarm | W20 | AI workspace for professional gamers | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 7 | Aleksei Beliankin-Bauer, Alex Beliankin | Reveal | |
Multiverse | W20 | Multiverse is a web-based game creation system inspired by Dungeons &… | Inactive | Boston, MA, USA | 9 | Sara Alfageeh, Hisham Bedri, Thariq Shihipar | Reveal | |
Rune | W19 | Talk & play multiplayer games with your friends! | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Sanjay Guruprasad | Reveal | |
Vectordash | W19 | Play high-end PC games on your laptop by streaming them. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Abhishek Bhargava | Reveal | |
Windwalk | W19 | Windwalk is the industry leader in building, growing, and operating… | Active | Austin, TX, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 25 | Cris Feo, Samuel Leonard, Colin Feo | Reveal | |
Players' Lounge | W18 | Win money betting on yourself playing AAA video games | Active | New York City, NY, USA; Brooklyn, NY, USA | 13 | Dan Delaney, Zach Dixon, Austin Woolridge | Reveal | |
Spellbrush | W18 | Making Anime Real | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 30 | Cory Li, Ruwen Liu, Haitao Mao | Reveal | |
Volley | W18 | Voice AI games on smart speakers, TVs, and mobile | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 80 | Max Child, James Wilsterman | Reveal | |
Weekend (fmr. Volley) | W18 | AI games and entertainment on TV | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 80 | Max Child, James Wilsterman | Reveal | |
FightCamp | W16 | Home boxing gym with motion trackers that compute punches and reps. | Active | Newport Beach, CA, USA | 64 | Khalil Zahar, Patrick Chandler, Alexandre Marcotte | Reveal | |
Unnyhog | W16 | Video game development company.We are creating unique and… | Inactive | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1 | Margarita Belorukova | Reveal | |
Newcope | W10 | Virtual goods commerce | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA | 2 | Coen Stevens | Reveal | |
BeeBettor | S24 | Robinhood for sports prediction markets | Active | — | 2 | Jordan Murphy, Matthew Wolfe | Reveal | |
CreativeMode | S24 | Lovable for Minecraft mods | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Wilson Spearman, Coleman Smith, Jeffrey Tsaw | Reveal | |
Novig | S22 | America's #1 Sports Prediction Market | Active | New York, NY, USA | 30 | Jacob Fortinsky, Kelechi Ukah | Reveal | |
RO Roforco | S22 | Creating viral AI consumer apps and games | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | — | Brain Xiang | Reveal |
Star | S22 | Make games with AI - no coding required | Active | Springfield, MO, USA; Remote | 1 | Ryan Endacott | Reveal | |
Vinci Games | S22 | Creating genre-defining multiplayer VR games. | Active | Berkeley, CA, USA | 7 | Nathaniel Ventura, Maciej Szcześnik | Reveal | |
GamerPay | S21 | We are the marketplace for trading gaming skins & assets without scams | Acquired | Copenhagen, Denmark | 6 | Martin Lykke Suhr, Morten Byskov, Peter Haldbæk, Mathias Hermansen, Martin Lykke Suhr | Reveal | |
LootRush | S21 | A safe and friendly way to play crypto games. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | — | Anderson Ferminiano | Reveal | |
SenpAI.GG | S21 | Personal gaming coach for PC gamers globally | Inactive | Boston, MA, USA | 12 | Olcay Yilmazcoban, Berk Ozer | Reveal | |
Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker) | S20 | Jam.gg, play couch games online with friends | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | — | Benjamin Devienne, Jules Testard | Reveal | |
Ramen VR | S19 | Ramen VR is transforming game development with advanced XR + AI tools. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; El Cerrito, CA, USA | 15 | Andy Tsen | Reveal | |
DreamCraft Entertainment, Inc. | S18 | Platform that allows anyone to create and monetize video games. | Active | Redwood City, CA, USA | 23 | Tianyin Zhang, Veronica Yao | Reveal | |
DreamCraft Entertainment, Inc. | S18 | Platform that allows anyone to create and monetize video games. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Redwood City, CA, USA | 23 | Tianyin Zhang, Veronica Yao | Reveal | |
Pursuit | S16 | Revlo helps broadcasters on Twitch engage and monetize their fan… | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Adam Hueniken | Reveal | |
Heroic Labs | S15 | Social Infrastructure for Games; Makers of Nakama game server, Satori… | Active | London, UK | 21 | Chris Molozian, Mo Firouz, Andrei Mihu | Reveal | |
Hyperpad | S14 | Create, Share, Play Mobile Games on the iPad. | Active | London, ON, Canada | 4 | Murtaza Saadat, Hamed Saadat | Reveal | |
Hyperpad | S14 | Create, Share, Play Mobile Games on the iPad. | Active | London, ON, Canada | 4 | Murtaza Saadat, Hamed Saadat | Reveal | |
Launchpad Toys | S11 | Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015. | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Thushan Amarasiriwardena, Andy Russell | Reveal | |
OMGPop | S06 | An independent flash game studio. | Acquired | New York, NY, USA | 11 | Charles Forman | Reveal | |
Fifth Door | F25 | Create and play games with AI | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Amir Ghazvinian, Daniel Kan | Reveal | |
Miniswap | F25 | The Marketplace for Complex Hobbies | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Zak Singh, Will Hanna | Reveal |
About YC Gaming Companies
Y Combinator has funded 46 gaming 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 gaming innovation globally.
34 of these companies are currently active. 6 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC gaming startup.
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