# YC founders and open jobs — 2 companies, up to $0.012

**Use case:** 

Search “climate” for up to 2 companies with founder profiles, social links and open jobs. Paid example: up to $0.012 for two enriched rows ($0.006 each), with platform usage included. If enrichment is unavailable, a returned basic row costs $0.002 instead. Optional fields may be empty. The matching live input returned 2 enriched rows in about 4 seconds on 15 October 2026; timing varies.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "climate",
  "status": "",
  "isHiring": false,
  "topCompaniesOnly": false,
  "sortNewest": false,
  "maxItems": 2,
  "includeFounders": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  },
  "preview": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "oneLiner": {
    "label": "One-liner",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "batch": {
    "label": "Batch",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "industry": {
    "label": "Industry",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "allLocations": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "teamSize": {
    "label": "Team",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Website",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "founderNames": {
    "label": "Founders",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "jobCount": {
    "label": "Open jobs",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "isHiring": {
    "label": "Hiring",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "topCompany": {
    "label": "Top company",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "YC page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "detailStatus": {
    "label": "Detail status",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Y Combinator Scraper — Companies, Founders, Jobs Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "YC founders and open jobs — 2 companies, up to $0.012". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/Qi5XWenoR72fYLrfZ) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "YC founders and open jobs — 2 companies, up to $0.012" task

The Y Combinator Scraper — Companies, Founders, Jobs Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like search text, currently hiring only, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "YC founders and open jobs — 2 companies, up to $0.012" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company, one-liner, batch, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "YC founders and open jobs — 2 companies, up to $0.012" task via API](https://apify.com/architekture/yc-companies-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Y Combinator Scraper — Companies, Founders, Jobs](https://apify.com/architekture/yc-companies-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/architekture/yc-companies-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/architekture/yc-companies-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).