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YC Recruiting and Talent Companies
76 Y Combinator recruiting and talent 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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Saffron | X26 | Helping your company find 10x engineers. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Robert Chondro, Kazuma Choji, Jerry Yao | Reveal | |
Standout | X26 | Agentic hiring marketplace | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Alexis Aftalion, Witold de La Chapelle | Reveal | |
Perfectly | W26 | The AI-native Recruiting OS | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 4 | Victor Luo, Zhuang (Gary) Luo, Huimin Xie | Reveal | |
Contrario | W25 | AI hiring platform powered by expert recruiters | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 20 | Arya Marwaha, Aditya Sood | Reveal | |
Outship | W25 | Hire amazing engineers by seeing how they use AI | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Saner Cakir, Kayla Lee | Reveal | |
Ovlo | W25 | Founder led hiring for London startups | Active | Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2 | Andrew Malouf, Amer Eid | Reveal | |
Spott | W25 | AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting firms | Active | Leuven, Flanders, Belgium | 50 | Manu Vanderveeren, Lander Degreve, Samuel Smeys | Reveal | |
Tweeks.io | W25 | Lovable for Chrome Plugins | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Jason Madeano, Matt Stallone | Reveal | |
Alex | W24 | Your AI recruiter for interviewing and identifying the best talent | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 30 | Aaron Wang, John Rytel | Reveal | |
Airwork | W22 | On-demand labour that's actually good | Active | Toronto, ON, Canada | 4 | Gary Lin | Reveal | |
Airwork | W22 | On-demand labour that's actually good | Active | Toronto, ON, Canada | 4 | Gary Lin | Reveal | |
Dealls – Jobs & Mentoring | W22 | Indonesia's #1 ATS & Job Portal to match top talents & companies | Active | Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia | 127 | Andhika Sudarman | Reveal | |
Howdy.com | W21 | We help US tech companies hire and manage software engineers in LATAM | Active | Austin, TX, USA | 140 | Jacqueline Samira, Frank Licea | Reveal | |
Howdy.com | W21 | We help US tech companies hire and manage software engineers in LATAM | Active | Austin, TX, USA | 140 | Jacqueline Samira, Frank Licea | Reveal | |
Manara | W21 | Connecting top Middle East talent to global tech jobs | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Berkeley, CA, USA; Remote | 10 | Iliana Montauk, Laila Abudahi | Reveal | |
Manara | W21 | Connecting top Middle East talent to global tech jobs | Active | Berkeley, CA, USA | 10 | Iliana Montauk, Laila Abudahi | Reveal | |
ModernLoop | W21 | ModernLoop helps teams automate and streamline recruiting operations | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; San Mateo, CA, USA | 15 | Lydia Han, Christopher Triolo | Reveal | |
Pangea.app | W21 | Hire Fractional Marketing + Design Talent | Active | New York City, NY, USA; Providence, RI, USA; Remote | 3 | Adam Alpert, John Tambunting | Reveal | |
Pangea.app | W21 | Hire Fractional Marketing + Design Talent | Active | New York, NY, USA | 3 | Adam Alpert, John Tambunting | Reveal | |
Weekday | W21 | AI recruiter that runs outbound sourcing campaigns to find top talent | Active | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 38 | Amit Singh, Chetan Dalal, Anubhav Malik | Reveal | |
Weekday | W21 | AI recruiter that runs outbound sourcing campaigns to find top talent | Active | Bengaluru, KA, India; Remote | 38 | Amit Singh, Chetan Dalal, Anubhav Malik | Reveal | |
HireSweet | W20 | A talent acquisition software built for data-driven recruiting teams. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 27 | Paul Bachelier, Ismael Belghiti | Reveal | |
Humanly | W20 | We empower the world’s hiring teams to grow engaged, high-performing… | Active | Seattle, WA, USA | 30 | Andrew Gardner, Prem Kumar, Bryan Leptich | Reveal | |
Mini Exhibitions | W20 | Virtual events for remote teams | Inactive | New York, NY, USA | 2 | John Friel | Reveal | |
Syncro | W20 | Intelligence layer for internal communications and culture | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1 | Brian Chan | Reveal | |
Ashby | W19 | All-in-one recruiting platform that empowers hiring excellence in… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 110 | Benjamin Encz, Abhik Pramanik | Reveal | |
Ashby | W19 | All-in-one recruiting platform that empowers hiring excellence in… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 110 | Benjamin Encz, Abhik Pramanik | Reveal | |
Emi Labs | W19 | Helping great teams hire better frontline workers, faster. | Active | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 50 | Andres Arslanian, Mateo Cavasotto | Reveal | |
Emi Labs | W19 | Helping great teams hire better frontline workers, faster. | Active | Buenos Aires, CABA, Argentina; Remote | 50 | Andres Arslanian, Mateo Cavasotto | Reveal | |
Forage | W19 | Online job simulations for companies to train, and then hire, students | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 65 | Pasha Rayan, Thomas Brunskill | Reveal | |
Forage | W19 | Online job simulations for companies to train, and then hire, students | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 65 | Thomas Brunskill | Reveal | |
Landed | W19 | Generative AI for frontline worker hiring | Active | New York City, NY, USA | 50 | Vivian Wang | Reveal | |
Pyxai | W19 | An assessment tool that evaluates people to predict future success | Active | Boston, MA, USA | 5 | Angela Edwards | Reveal | |
Pyxai | W19 | An assessment tool that evaluates people to predict future success | Active | Port St. Lucie, FL, USA; Remote | 5 | Angela Edwards | Reveal | |
Searchlight | W19 | Talent AI improving quality of hire | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 20 | Anna Wang, Kerry Wang, Anna X. Wang | Reveal | |
Searchlight | W19 | Talent AI improving quality of hire | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 20 | Anna Wang, Kerry Wang | Reveal | |
Outrove | S25 | Ultra-realistic AI Recruiter | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Ahmed ElShireef, Saif Elhager | Reveal | |
Arcimus | S23 | A stream of engineering candidates who ship. | Active | New York City, NY, USA | 2 | Hussein Syed | Reveal | |
Arcimus | S23 | A stream of engineering candidates who ship. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Hussein Syed | Reveal | |
Serra | S23 | Your 24/7 AI Recruiter | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 8 | Alan Wang, Albert Stanley | Reveal | |
Serra | S23 | Your 24/7 AI Recruiter | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 8 | Alan Wang | Reveal | |
Juicebox | S22 | AI-powered talent sourcing for recruiters | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 65 | David Paffenholz, Ishan Gupta | Reveal | |
Taro | S22 | Help high-growth tech companies hire strong engineers | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Rahul Pandey, Alex Chiou | Reveal | |
Crew | S21 | Next Gen ATS/CRM for Modern Recruitment Agencies | Active | Paris, Île-de-France, France; Remote | 6 | Amine Skalli | Reveal | |
Talentdrop | S21 | Your personal hiring page. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Atherton, CA, USA; Remote | 3 | Maddy Nguyen, Janelle Tiulentino | Reveal | |
HENRY | S20 | We train AI engineers and connect them with companies. | Active | Buenos Aires, CABA, Argentina; Remote | 100 | Martin Borchardt, Manuel Barna Ferrés, Luz Borchardt, Leonardo Maglia | Reveal | |
HENRY | S20 | We train AI engineers and connect them with companies. | Active | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 100 | Martin Borchardt, Manuel Barna Ferrés, Luz Borchardt, Leonardo Maglia | Reveal | |
Pave | S20 | Plan, communicate, and benchmark your compensation in real-time. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 170 | Matt Schulman | Reveal | |
HireGlide | F25 | The AI-native job board | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Theo Kitsberg, Axel La Pira | Reveal | |
Lightscreen AI | F24 | Voice + video AI interviewer | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Gavin Saldanha | Reveal |
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About YC Recruiting and Talent Companies
Y Combinator has funded 76 recruiting and talent 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 recruiting and talent innovation globally.
58 of these companies are currently active. 11 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC recruiting and talent startup.
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