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Y Combinator Scraper: Startups, Founders & LinkedIn Leads

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🦊 Foxy the YC Scout! Extract Y Combinator startups, founder names, LinkedIn/X links, batches, and hiring flags with zero proxies.

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🦊 Y Combinator Scraper: 6,300+ Startups, Founders, LinkedIn & X Leads

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🚀 Why Choose This Y Combinator Scraper?

Stop paying $5–$10 per 1,000 rows for slow browser-based scrapers that burn your Apify Compute Units. 🦊 YC Founder Fox connects directly to Y Combinator's structured data endpoints to extract all 6,300+ YC companies AND deeply enriches every startup with individual Founder profiles (Full Name, Title, Bio, LinkedIn URL, X/Twitter URL) in seconds.

Feature	🦊 Our YC Scraper	❌ Typical Browser Scrapers
Founder LinkedIn & X/Twitter URLs	✅ Included automatically	❌ Often missing or extra cost
Company Socials (LinkedIn, X, GitHub, Crunchbase)	✅ Included	⚠️ Partial
Proxy Requirement	✅ None ($0 Proxy Cost)	❌ Requires Residential Proxies
RAM Usage	✅ 256 MB (16x cheaper compute)	❌ 4,096 MB (Headless Chrome)
Sorted by Newest Cohorts First (`W26`, `S25`, `W25`)	✅ Yes	❌ Random order

🎯 Top B2B Use Cases

B2B Sales & Outbound Agencies: Extract newly funded W26 / S25 AI & B2B startups and import their Founders' direct LinkedIn & X/Twitter URLs straight into Clay, Apollo, HeyReach, Instantly, or HubSpot.
VC & Angel Deal Flow: Track every new Y Combinator company by industry (AI, Fintech, Developer Tools, Healthcare, Crypto), team size, and location.
Recruiting & Headhunting: Toggle isHiringOnly = true to get an instant list of funded YC companies actively hiring engineers and GTM talent right now.

🛠️ Input Parameters Explained

Parameter	Type	Description
`batches`	`array`	Filter by YC batch codes (e.g. `["W26", "S25", "W25", "S24"]`). Leave empty for all batches (sorted newest first).
`industries`	`array`	Filter by industry/tag keywords (e.g. `["AI", "B2B", "SaaS", "Fintech"]`).
`status`	`string`	Filter by `Active`, `Public`, `Acquired`, or `All`.
`isHiringOnly`	`boolean`	Only extract startups that are actively hiring right now.
`deepEnrichFounders`	`boolean`	Fetches each startup's deep profile payload to extract founder LinkedIn, X/Twitter, titles, and bios.
`maxItems`	`integer`	Maximum number of startups to extract (up to `6,500`).

📦 Sample Output JSON

{
  "id": 30491,
  "slug": "stripe",
  "ycUrl": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stripe",
  "name": "Stripe",
  "batch": "S09",
  "status": "Active",
  "oneLiner": "Economic infrastructure for the internet.",
  "website": "https://stripe.com",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA, USA",
  "yearFounded": 2010,
  "teamSize": 7000,
  "isHiring": true,
  "companyLinkedIn": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe",
  "companyTwitter": "https://twitter.com/stripe",
  "companyGithub": "https://github.com/stripe",
  "companyCrunchbase": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stripe",
  "primaryGroupPartner": "Paul Buchheit",
  "founderNames": ["Patrick Collison", "John Collison"],
  "founderLinkedIns": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbcollison/"
  ],
  "founderTwitters": [
    "https://twitter.com/patrickc",
    "https://twitter.com/collision"
  ],
  "founders": [
    {
      "fullName": "Patrick Collison",
      "title": "Founder/CEO",
      "bio": "",
      "linkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison/",
      "twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/patrickc",
      "isActive": true
    }
  ],
  "industries": ["B2B", "Fintech", "Payments"]
}

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