# YC climate startups free preview — 10 companies, $0

**Use case:** 

Search “climate” for up to 10 basic YC company rows. Uses one of 20 lifetime preview attempts per account; reserved failed attempts count. No result-event charge and no automatic paid fallback. Optional enrichment is off. The matching live input returned 10 rows in about 5 seconds on 15 October 2026; timing varies.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "climate",
  "status": "",
  "isHiring": false,
  "topCompaniesOnly": false,
  "sortNewest": false,
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeFounders": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  },
  "preview": true
}
```

## 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 climate startups free preview — 10 companies, $0". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/j7nYFOK43ZfdJp6Qv) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "YC climate startups free preview — 10 companies, $0" 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 climate startups free preview — 10 companies, $0" 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 climate startups free preview — 10 companies, $0" 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`).