Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs

Scrape Y Combinator's startup directory — all 6,337 companies across every batch since 2005 — with founders, open jobs, Launch YC posts, news and company media. Search by keyword, batch, industry, region, status or tag, or fetch specific companies by URL or slug. No login, no API key, no proxy.

What this actor does

• Two modes: search for the full directory or filtered slices, and byCompany for a list of companies you already know.
• Complete coverage: all 50 YC batches and 6,337 companies, with no silent 1,000-row ceiling.
• Company-first records: batch, stage, status, industries, tags, badges, descriptions, locations, logo, socials, partner, photos, Launch YC posts, news and application answers.
• Founders and jobs: founder name, title, bio, LinkedIn, X, avatar and contactability flag; open jobs with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and optional full descriptions.
• Empty fields are omitted — no null, empty strings or placeholder values anywhere in a record.

Output per company

• type — always yc_company
• id, slug, url, name — identity and YC profile link
• companyId — YC's numeric company ID
• batch, batchName — short code (e.g. S24) and full name (e.g. Summer 2024)
• status — Active, Inactive, Acquired, Public or Not YC
• stage — Early or Growth, when YC publishes it
• industry, subIndustry, industries[], tags[], badges[]
• topCompany, isHiring, nonprofit — present when YC flags the company
• highlightBlackFounders, highlightWomenFounders, highlightHispanicFounders — present when YC flags the company
• shortDescription, longDescription, pitch
• website, logo, logoThumb
• foundingYear, launchedAt (Unix timestamp), formerNames[]
• teamSize — omitted when YC reports 0 (unknown)
• location, allLocations[], city, country, regions[]
• linkedin, twitter, facebook, crunchbase, github, wellfound
• primaryPartner — {name, url, avatar}
• ycdcUrl
• photos[] — public company photo URLs
• videos[] — {title, videoUrl, libraryUrl, date}
• news[] — {title, url, date}
• launches[] — {id, title, tagline, url, createdAt, votes} plus body when launch bodies are enabled
• questionsAndAnswers[] — {question, answer}
• founders[] — {id, name, title, bio, avatar, linkedin, twitter, hasEmail, email, isActive, profileUrl}; with founder profiles enabled, also currentTitle, batches, previousRoles, schools and extra social links
• founderCount
• openJobs[] — {id, title, url, applyUrl, location, remote, type, role, roleSpecificType, prettyRole, minExperience, salaryRange, salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency, equityRange, equity, skills, visa, askUs, postedAgo}; with job descriptions enabled, also description, interviewProcess and hiringManager
• jobCount
• demoDayVideo, demoDayVideoUrl, applicationVideo, applicationVideoUrl
• kind, isCompanyHiring, topCompanyBadge, ycdcBadgeName, teamHighlights — retained legacy fields, only when the source still supplies them
• scrapedAt — UTC timestamp of the scrape

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search filters the directory; byCompany fetches companyUrls
searchQuery	string	–	Free-text relevance search (mode=search)
batch	string	any	any or a YC batch code such as S24, P25 or F26
industry	string	any	Exact YC industry facet
region	string	any	Exact YC region facet, including Remote variants
status	string	any	any, Active, Inactive, Acquired or Public
tags	array	[]	Exact YC tags; any one match is enough
isHiring	boolean	false	Only companies with YC's Is Hiring badge
topCompany	boolean	false	Only companies with YC's Top Company badge
nonprofit	boolean	false	Only companies with YC's Nonprofit badge
highlightBlackFounders	boolean	false	Only companies YC flags as having Black founders
highlightWomenFounders	boolean	false	Only companies YC flags as having women founders
highlightHispanicFounders	boolean	false	Only companies YC flags as having Hispanic or Latino founders
minTeamSize	integer	–	Drop companies below this employee count
maxTeamSize	integer	–	Drop companies above this employee count
sortBy	string	default	default directory order or launchDate (newest first)
companyUrls	array	[]	Full YC URLs, /companies/<slug> paths or bare slugs (mode=byCompany)
scrapeFounders	boolean	true	Add founders from the company page
scrapeOpenJobs	boolean	true	Add open jobs from the company page
includeJobDescriptions	boolean	false	Add full job descriptions, interview process and hiring manager
includeLaunches	boolean	true	Add Launch YC post metadata
includeLaunchBodies	boolean	false	Add the full text of each Launch YC post
includeNews	boolean	false	Add news items linked from the company page
includeFounderProfiles	boolean	false	Add previous roles, schools and current title per founder
maxItems	integer	50	Stop after this many companies (1–7,000), applied after filters

Example: a batch's fintech companies with founders and job details

{
  "mode": "search",
  "batch": "S24",
  "industry": "Fintech",
  "scrapeFounders": true,
  "scrapeOpenJobs": true,
  "includeJobDescriptions": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: export the complete directory

{
  "mode": "search",
  "scrapeFounders": true,
  "scrapeOpenJobs": false,
  "includeLaunches": true,
  "maxItems": 7000
}

Example: look up specific companies

{
  "mode": "byCompany",
  "companyUrls": [
    "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb",
    "/companies/stripe",
    "doordash"
  ],
  "scrapeFounders": true,
  "scrapeOpenJobs": true,
  "includeLaunchBodies": true
}

Example: top hiring companies in Europe, newest launches first

{
  "mode": "search",
  "region": "Europe",
  "topCompany": true,
  "isHiring": true,
  "minTeamSize": 50,
  "sortBy": "launchDate",
  "scrapeFounders": true,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Use cases

• Lead generation — build batch, industry or region lists with founder names, titles and LinkedIn profiles.
• Recruiting — pull open YC roles with salary ranges, equity, experience requirements and full descriptions.
• Market mapping — compare companies across batches, industries, regions, team sizes and stage.
• Competitive research — track launches, news and product positioning from the directory.
• Diversity sourcing — use the founder highlight badges YC itself publishes.
• Data enrichment — fetch known companies by URL or slug and append founders, jobs and media.

FAQ

Do I need a login or API key? No. The directory, company pages, founder profiles and job pages are public.

How many companies are in the directory? About 6,337 companies across 50 batches, growing with each new batch. A single run can export up to 7,000 companies.

Why is there no revenue, ARR or funding data? Y Combinator does not publish revenue, valuation or funding amounts in the directory, company pages or job pages. The actor does not infer or fabricate them.

Why are there no founder email addresses? YC publishes only a contactability flag, surfaced as hasEmail. The actor does not guess or verify email addresses.

Why are some founders, jobs, launches or news items missing? Those sections are published per company. When a company has none, the field is omitted rather than filled with an empty value. Companies with a hiring badge can still have no public job postings.

Where do stage, launchedAt and formerNames come from? From YC's own directory metadata. When that metadata is unavailable for a run, those fields are omitted and the run continues.

Why is teamSize missing for some companies? Some companies report 0 employees, which means unknown. A zero is not a real team size, so it is omitted and size filters exclude it.

Do I need a proxy? No. The actor reads public pages directly without a proxy or browser.

Is this affiliated with Y Combinator? No. This is an independent, third-party actor that reads Y Combinator's public directory and is not operated by or affiliated with Y Combinator.