Y Combinator (YC) Companies, Founders & Jobs Scraper

Export Y Combinator (YC) startups, founder profiles (names, titles, bios, personal LinkedIn & X/Twitter URLs), company social links (LinkedIn, X/Twitter, GitHub, Crunchbase), YC Group Partner, batch & team size, and open startup jobs (with salary and equity ranges) directly from official Y Combinator directory data.

Built for B2B outbound sales teams, SDRs, VC & angel investors, devtool/cloud vendors, and technical recruiters who want clean, structured YC cohort and founder leads in seconds — without paying extra per founder or per job.

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Why Use This YC Scraper?

• All-In-One Flat Price ($1.20 / 1,000 companies): Every company record includes all founders (with direct LinkedIn & X/Twitter URLs), company social links (LinkedIn, GitHub, Crunchbase, X), YC Group Partner, and all open startup job postings at $0 extra cost and $0 start fee.
• 2025–2026 Four-Season Batches Ready: Filter directly by the newest YC cohorts (F26 Fall 2026, S26 Summer 2026, X26 Spring 2026, W26 Winter 2026, F25, S25, X25, W25) or any historical batch (W24 back to S05).
• Rich Founder & Hiring Signals: Get founderNames, founderLinkedInUrls, founderTwitterUrls, founders array, companyLinkedInUrl, companyGithubUrl, crunchbaseUrl, groupPartnerName, and openJobs (role, location, salary range, equity range, visa policy, and apply link).
• Fast & Reliable ($0 Proxy Needed): Uses official Y Combinator endpoints with lightweight HTTP requests (~50 companies enriched with founders and jobs in ~10 seconds on 256 MB RAM).

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What Data Does It Extract?

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Company name (e.g., "Numeric", "Stripe", "Linear")
slug	string	YC directory slug
batch / batchName	string	Short batch code ("F26", "S26", "W26") and full batch name ("Fall 2026", "Summer 2026")
status	string	Operating status ("Active", "Public", "Acquired", "Inactive")
oneLiner	string	Short company pitch
longDescription	string	Full company description
website / ycUrl	string	Official company website and Y Combinator profile URL
yearFounded / teamSize	number	Year founded and current employee headcount
location / city / country	string	Headquarters location, city, and country
industries / tags	array	YC industry categories (B2B, Fintech, Healthcare) and tags (AI, Generative AI, SaaS, Developer Tools)
isHiring / isTopCompany	boolean	Hiring badge and YC Top Company badge
companyLinkedInUrl	string	Company LinkedIn page URL
companyTwitterUrl	string	Company X/Twitter profile URL
companyGithubUrl	string	Company GitHub organization URL
crunchbaseUrl	string	Company Crunchbase profile URL
groupPartnerName / groupPartnerUrl	string	Assigned YC Group Partner name and profile link
foundersCount / founderNames	number / string	Number of founders and comma-separated founder names
founderLinkedInUrls / founderTwitterUrls	array	Direct personal LinkedIn and X/Twitter URLs for the founders
founders	array	Full founder objects (fullName, title, linkedinUrl, twitterUrl, bio, isActive, avatarUrl)
openJobsCount / openJobTitles	number / array	Count and titles of active job openings on Work at a Startup
openJobs	array	Full job objects (id, title, role, prettyRole, location, type, salaryRange, equityRange, minExperience, visa, skills, jobUrl)
launchesCount / latestLaunchTitle	number / string	Launch YC posts count and latest launch headline
latestNewsTitle / latestNewsUrl	string	Most recent press/news mention headline and URL

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Input Examples

1. Scrape Newest 2026 YC Batches (F26, S26, X26, W26) with Founders & LinkedIn URLs

{
  "batches": ["F26", "S26", "X26", "W26"],
  "includeFoundersAndJobs": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

2. Find Actively Hiring AI & B2B YC Startups (with Open Jobs & Salaries)

{
  "batches": ["F26", "S26", "X26", "W26", "F25", "S25", "W25"],
  "industries": ["B2B"],
  "tags": ["AI"],
  "isHiringOnly": true,
  "includeFoundersAndJobs": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

3. Enrich Specific YC Companies by Slug or URL

{
  "companySlugsOrUrls": [
    "numeric",
    "stripe",
    "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbyte"
  ]
}

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Sample Output Item

{
  "companyId": 24432,
  "name": "Numeric",
  "slug": "numeric",
  "batch": "S21",
  "batchName": "Summer 2021",
  "status": "Active",
  "oneLiner": "Close your books faster and with greater accuracy",
  "website": "https://www.numeric.io/",
  "ycUrl": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/numeric",
  "yearFounded": 2020,
  "teamSize": 60,
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "country": "US",
  "industries": ["B2B", "Finance and Accounting"],
  "tags": ["Fintech", "SaaS", "B2B", "AI"],
  "isHiring": true,
  "companyLinkedInUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/numeric-io",
  "companyTwitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/numeric_io",
  "crunchbaseUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/numeric-df94",
  "groupPartnerName": "Harj Taggar",
  "foundersCount": 3,
  "founderNames": "Parker Gilbert, Anthony Alvernaz, Andrew Bihl",
  "founderLinkedInUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/parker-gilbert-62003963/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvernaz/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-bihl-271b95a0/"
  ],
  "founders": [
    {
      "fullName": "Parker Gilbert",
      "title": "Founder/CEO",
      "linkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/parker-gilbert-62003963/",
      "twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/parkerjgilbert",
      "isActive": true
    }
  ],
  "openJobsCount": 6,
  "openJobTitles": [
    "Senior Software Engineer",
    "Staff Software Engineer"
  ],
  "openJobs": [
    {
      "id": 65713,
      "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "prettyRole": "Software Engineer",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US",
      "type": "Full-time",
      "salaryRange": "$180K - $235K",
      "equityRange": "0.10% - 0.25%",
      "jobUrl": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/numeric/jobs/4xHdbU0-senior-software-engineer"
    }
  ]
}

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Pricing

• $1.20 per 1,000 companies ($0.0012 per company record)
• $0.00 start fee
• $0.00 extra charge for founder profiles, social URLs, or open job postings

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Copy-Paste Scheduled Automation (Python / n8n / cURL)

Automate daily or weekly data feeds into your CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, Clay, Google Sheets, or Slack) in under 60 seconds:

1. cURL (REST API — Instant JSON / CSV Export)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mystique-lab~yc-companies-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN&format=json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"batches": ["W26", "F25", "S25"], "status": "Active", "includeFoundersAndJobs": true, "maxItems": 200}'

(Tip: Change format=json to format=csv or format=xlsx to download a spreadsheet directly.)

2. Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("mystique-lab/yc-companies-scraper").call(
    run_input={"batches": ["W26", "F25", "S25"], "status": "Active", "includeFoundersAndJobs": true, "maxItems": 200}
)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

3. n8n / Make.com / Zapier (Daily Cron Webhook)

1. Add a Schedule Trigger node (e.g., every morning at 07:00 AM).
2. Add an HTTP Request node:
   • Method: POST
   • URL: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mystique-lab~yc-companies-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN
   • Body (JSON): {"batches": ["W26", "F25", "S25"], "status": "Active", "includeFoundersAndJobs": true, "maxItems": 200}
3. Pipe the returned JSON array directly into HubSpot, Clay, Instantly.ai, Smartlead, Airtable, or Google Sheets.

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