Y Combinator

Inspector Cloud develops an AI-powered SaaS platform for automating retail audits. It uses image recognition technology to create digital models of stores, track stock levels in real-time, and provide insights to optimize merchandising. Established in 2016, the company serves global consumer goods brands.

CapWay, Inc. is a fintech company based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2016, that focuses on providing virtual banking products and services tailored for the financially underserved, including the unbanked and underbanked populations. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform that includes mobile banking, debit cards, savings accounts, bill payment services, and micro-lending options. In addition to these financial services, CapWay emphasizes financial literacy by providing educational resources to help customers improve their financial health. By leveraging technology, CapWay aims to create access to essential financial tools and opportunities, fostering a pathway toward financial stability and generational wealth for those often overlooked by traditional banking systems.

Speedscale provides a traffic-driven testing platform that emulates production conditions for software development and testing, with a focus on Kubernetes environments. The platform captures real user traffic, redacts sensitive information, auto-generates tests and mocks, supports service discovery, and scales sanitized traffic for load testing. It enables engineers to validate how code performs under production-like workloads by collecting and replaying API traffic, introducing controlled chaos, and measuring latency, throughput, saturation and errors before release. This approach accelerates development cycles, improves testing accuracy, and helps reduce production incidents by surfacing issues tied to real user behavior.

Dbrain LLC, established in 2017 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, operates a platform that facilitates collective creation of AI-based products. Its key offerings include 'Spock', which ensures the quality of data labeling, and 'Picard', which safeguards private data and future revenues for data owners. Dbrain's core business involves merging AI with human-in-the-loop for full-stack document data extraction, enabling clients to automate processes with super-human accuracy. This approach allows clients to redirect their in-house team's time towards customer loyalty and decision-making, leading to improved conversion rates, reduced errors and fraud, and enhanced compliance.

Veriff is an online identity verification company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. It provides a secure, automated platform designed to help businesses safeguard against online identity fraud. Utilizing advanced machine learning technologies alongside human oversight, Veriff enhances the verification process by quickly detecting fraudulent activity while also ensuring compliance with know your customer regulations. Its services encompass the verification of various identification documents such as driver’s licenses and passports across both web and mobile applications. By effectively connecting companies with trustworthy customers, Veriff contributes to stronger fraud prevention measures in the commercial sector.

Charityvest is a charitable giving platform founded in 2019 and based in Atlanta, Georgia. It offers individuals the opportunity to create a donor-advised fund, allowing them to donate to U.S. nonprofit organizations from a single tax-deductible account. The platform simplifies the charitable giving process by providing tools that enable businesses to automatically match employee donations while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Charityvest aims to enhance generosity by making charitable contributions more accessible and manageable for both individuals and companies.

AirBoard LLC, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Liepaja, Latvia, is focused on revolutionizing the agricultural technology sector through the development of advanced drones. The company is creating a powerful AgTech drone weighing 220 pounds, targeting the automated aerial pesticide spraying market, valued at $25.5 billion. AirBoard's team includes leading experts in drone racing, electric vehicle technology, and agriculture, who have collaboratively engineered a solution that reduces pesticide usage by 70%. The company has established agreements with clients to replace traditional helicopter spraying methods and is currently conducting pilot tests in vineyards across Europe.

SmartPath, LLC is a financial wellness company based in Dunwoody, Georgia, founded in 2010 to provide accessible and reliable financial education and coaching to individuals and families. The company offers a range of programs, including webinars, live seminars, and recorded lessons, covering diverse topics such as financial strategy, budgeting, investing, and wealth building. SmartPath aims to empower clients with knowledge on crucial financial matters like homeownership, student loans, credit management, and retirement planning. By combining empathetic coaching with user-friendly digital tools, SmartPath addresses the financial challenges faced by many, particularly in the wake of economic disparities exacerbated by recent events. The company is dedicated to helping clients achieve financial well-being and navigate their financial journeys with confidence.

SparkSwap is a cryptocurrency exchange established in 2017 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is notable for being the first exchange built on the Lightning Network, which enhances transaction efficiency and minimizes counterparty risk. The platform allows users, including cryptocurrency miners and traders, to exchange Bitcoin and Litecoin effectively. By integrating features of both centralized and decentralized exchanges, SparkSwap offers a unique trading experience that prioritizes security and speed in cryptocurrency transactions.

Veriff is an online identity verification company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. It provides a secure, automated platform designed to help businesses safeguard against online identity fraud. Utilizing advanced machine learning technologies alongside human oversight, Veriff enhances the verification process by quickly detecting fraudulent activity while also ensuring compliance with know your customer regulations. Its services encompass the verification of various identification documents such as driver’s licenses and passports across both web and mobile applications. By effectively connecting companies with trustworthy customers, Veriff contributes to stronger fraud prevention measures in the commercial sector.

Yoshi, Inc. is a company that specializes in on-demand gas delivery and automotive services. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Yoshi provides fuel delivery directly to parked vehicles, as well as scheduled refueling and concierge services. In addition to fuel, the company offers oil changes and car washes, ensuring that customers can maintain their vehicles without interrupting their daily routines. Yoshi also features an application that allows users to view local gas prices and access additional vehicle care details. The company primarily serves customers in the Greater Atlanta, Nashville, and San Francisco Bay areas, with a mission to keep vehicles moving efficiently and sustainably while delivering high-quality customer service.

SmartPath, LLC is a financial wellness company based in Dunwoody, Georgia, founded in 2010 to provide accessible and reliable financial education and coaching to individuals and families. The company offers a range of programs, including webinars, live seminars, and recorded lessons, covering diverse topics such as financial strategy, budgeting, investing, and wealth building. SmartPath aims to empower clients with knowledge on crucial financial matters like homeownership, student loans, credit management, and retirement planning. By combining empathetic coaching with user-friendly digital tools, SmartPath addresses the financial challenges faced by many, particularly in the wake of economic disparities exacerbated by recent events. The company is dedicated to helping clients achieve financial well-being and navigate their financial journeys with confidence.

LookLive is a fashion discovery and shopping platform founded in 2013 and based in Atlanta, Georgia. It allows users to explore the styles of celebrities and influencers, offering inspiration based on their looks. By monetizing products already featured in content, LookLive provides a seamless shopping experience that integrates fashion discovery with influencer-driven marketing. The platform facilitates various features, including email and content management, as well as live video streaming, enabling influencers to effectively reach their audiences at multiple touchpoints. Through its unique approach, LookLive empowers individuals to create content, sell merchandise, and engage with their followers directly.

Coub Ltd is an online platform and mobile application that allows users to create, edit, and share short looped videos, often enhanced with soundtracks. Founded in 2012 and based in Moscow, Russia, Coub facilitates the generation of viral content by enabling users to upload their own videos or extract clips from other sources, combining them into engaging loops. The platform has gained significant popularity, attracting over 11 million unique visitors per month. Coub operates as a subsidiary of Komitet and aims to build a community space for sharing and enjoying looped video content, while also offering users the opportunity to generate revenue based on the number of views their videos receive.

Yoshi, Inc. is a company that specializes in on-demand gas delivery and automotive services. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Yoshi provides fuel delivery directly to parked vehicles, as well as scheduled refueling and concierge services. In addition to fuel, the company offers oil changes and car washes, ensuring that customers can maintain their vehicles without interrupting their daily routines. Yoshi also features an application that allows users to view local gas prices and access additional vehicle care details. The company primarily serves customers in the Greater Atlanta, Nashville, and San Francisco Bay areas, with a mission to keep vehicles moving efficiently and sustainably while delivering high-quality customer service.

Wakie develops mobile applications that facilitate voice-based social interactions, including wake-up calls, by connecting users through a global community. The platform allows individuals to initiate conversations on various topics, customize profiles with nicknames, and engage in private voice chats with others, offering a pseudonymous and safe environment for companionship and support. Originally launched in 2011 in Russia with a Russian-language wake-up app, the service has expanded to an international user base and provides an alternative to traditional alarms by enabling human-powered wake-up calls through peer participation.

New Story is a non-profit organization established in 2014, based in Atlanta, Georgia, that focuses on innovative solutions to combat global homelessness. The organization aims to create a more inclusive housing market for low-income families by implementing three core interventions that ensure housing solutions are fair, affordable, and dignified. New Story engages in funding services that facilitate the construction of safe and sustainable homes, transforming tent slums into viable communities for families in precarious situations, particularly across Latin America. By collaborating with incentivized partners, New Story seeks to address the urgent need for housing and improve living conditions for vulnerable populations worldwide.

Convox, Inc. is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider founded in 2015 and based in Marietta, Georgia. The company offers an open-source application deployment platform that allows developers to build, deploy, and manage applications using Kubernetes within their own Amazon Web Services accounts. Designed by former Heroku engineers and backed by Y Combinator, Convox supports all major cloud environments, including AWS, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, and Azure. Its platform features automated workflows, role-based access control, and comprehensive visibility across clouds, enabling software organizations to simplify their infrastructure. Convox serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to multinational enterprises, providing a portable and adaptable solution that integrates seamlessly with various development frameworks and programming languages.

VetPronto, Inc. is a provider of on-demand veterinary house call services, founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. As the largest house call veterinary service in the United States, VetPronto has expanded its operations to major cities including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Jose, Tampa Bay, and Washington, D.C. The company focuses on delivering convenient veterinary care directly to pet owners' homes, addressing a range of health issues such as diarrhea, vomiting, urination problems, constipation, aggression, and anxiety. Additionally, VetPronto develops comprehensive prevention plans and facilitates access to medical records, ensuring that pet owners receive easily accessible and personalized veterinary care in a comfortable setting.

Move Loot Inc. is an online marketplace based in San Francisco that specializes in the buying and selling of new and used furniture across the United States. The company offers a wide range of items, including sofas, chairs, tables, and home office furniture, catering to diverse customer needs. Move Loot simplifies the selling process for individuals by allowing them to submit their furniture easily, after which the company curates, prices, and lists the items on its digital platform. In addition to facilitating sales, Move Loot manages logistics by arranging pick-up from sellers and delivery to buyers, enhancing the overall experience. The company primarily serves clients in North Carolina, Georgia, New York, and California and has been operational since its incorporation in 2013.

ViaCycle Inc. is an Atlanta-based company that specializes in designing and developing electronic locking systems and bicycle sharing technology. Founded in 2010, the company provides innovative solutions for automated bike rentals through a mobile application, enabling users to conveniently access bicycle fleets. ViaCycle's products include a comprehensive "bike share in a box" system, which features urban bicycles equipped with integrated electronic locks. This system manages administrative functions, such as tracking usage and location while also monitoring maintenance needs and potential unauthorized use. By offering simple and cost-effective bicycle sharing solutions, ViaCycle aims to promote affordable and sustainable transportation options in urban areas that require such services.

Volantio Inc. is a technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in software solutions aimed at enhancing customer engagement and revenue optimization for airlines. Founded in 2008, Volantio offers a suite of products, including the SmartAlerts platform, which allows travel suppliers to engage with potential customers who are browsing but not yet ready to book. The company also provides PriceStream for AdWords, which integrates dynamic pricing and availability into advertising campaigns, and PriceStream for retargeting, which utilizes customer browsing data to create targeted advertisements. Volantio's solutions focus on maximizing unit revenues, improving capacity utilization, and enhancing the overall travel experience by enabling airlines to dynamically re-accommodate passengers and providing them with greater predictability and control over their journeys. The company serves several major airlines worldwide, leveraging automated, mobile-based, and machine learning-driven technology to optimize operations and customer satisfaction.

Janrain, Inc. is a leading provider of customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions, renowned for developing the Janrain Identity Cloud, a comprehensive platform that enables real-time identity management, security, and customer activation for enterprises globally. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Janrain has established itself as a pioneer in the CIAM market, being the inventor of social login and a founding member of the OpenID Foundation. The company's technology allows organizations to streamline user login processes and gain insights into customer behavior by analyzing social and login data, thereby minimizing fraud. Janrain serves a diverse range of sectors, including consumer brands, financial services, healthcare, and retail, and has expanded its presence with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. As of early 2019, Janrain operates as a subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, further enhancing its capabilities in identity management.