# Every company in the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch

**Use case:** 

Returns every company YC funded in the Winter 2026 batch — name, one-liner, long description, batch, team size, location, website, status, industries and tags — one row each, ordered by launch date, straight from YC’s own directory. Change the batch to any season back to 2005, or list several to compare cohorts. $0.50 per 1,000 companies.

## Input

```json
{
  "batches": [
    "Winter 2026"
  ],
  "topCompaniesOnly": false,
  "nonprofitOnly": false,
  "isHiring": "any",
  "sortBy": "launchDate",
  "queries": [],
  "industries": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "regions": [],
  "tags": [],
  "includeFounders": false,
  "founderRows": false,
  "maxCompanies": 300,
  "maxRunSecs": 240,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "position": {
    "label": "Position",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "batchShort": {
    "label": "Batch (short)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "oneLiner": {
    "label": "One-liner",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "industry": {
    "label": "Industry",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "teamSize": {
    "label": "Team size",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Website",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "YC page",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The Y Combinator Companies, Batches & Founders Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Every company in the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/yvbaGoGBoEMOYZCbI) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Every company in the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch" task

The Y Combinator Companies, Batches & Founders Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like batches, YC Top Companies only, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Every company in the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch" 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 position, name, batch (short), 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 "Every company in the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch" task via API](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/yc-companies-directory.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Y Combinator Companies, Batches & Founders](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/yc-companies-directory.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/yc-companies-directory.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/insight.solutions/yc-companies-directory.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`).