🚀 Y Combinator Startup Jobs & Talent Radar

Extract verified startup jobs, salary & equity ranges, founder contacts, and tech stacks from over 1,400+ funded Y Combinator startups on Work at a Startup.

Get real-time, high-intent B2B hiring signals without heavy browser overhead or expensive residential proxies.

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🎯 Why Use This Actor?

• ⚡ Blazing Fast: Powered by direct Algolia index querying and asynchronous Inertia.js JSON parsing. Scrapes 1,000+ enriched job listings in under 30 seconds.
• 💰 Ultra-Low Cost: Consumes minimal compute (< 256 MB RAM), saving your platform usage credits.
• 🔍 Deep Enrichment: Not just job titles—extracts exact salary ranges, equity percentages, founder names, team size, funding batch (e.g., W24, S23), and direct application URLs.
• 🛡️ Zero Anti-Bot Blocks: Standard public API endpoints ensure 99.9% uptime without CAPTCHAs or proxy failures.

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💼 Ideal Use Cases

1. Technical Recruiters & Headhunters: Find high-paying engineering, product, and AI roles at venture-backed startups with confirmed hiring budgets.
2. B2B SaaS Sales Teams (Trigger Events): Identify funded startups that are aggressively hiring engineers—an immediate trigger indicating budget for dev tools, cloud infrastructure, security, and enterprise software.
3. Job Seekers & Tech Talent: Export fresh YC listings directly to Google Sheets, Notion, or Airtable filtered by salary, tech stack, and remote policy.

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⚙️ Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	""	Search keywords across company name, descriptions, or tech stack (e.g., "AI", "Python", "Fintech").
roles	Array	[]	Filter by role category (Engineering, Product, Design, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Science). Leave empty for all.
batches	Array	[]	Filter by specific YC batches (e.g., ["W24", "S23"]).
locationFilter	String	""	Filter by location or set to "Remote" for remote-only positions.
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum number of job records to return.
enrichCompanyDetails	Boolean	true	Fetch founder names, company website, team size, and tech description.

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📊 Sample Output (JSON)

Each dataset item contains complete job specifications linked to founder and company intelligence:

{
  "jobId": 13302,
  "jobTitle": "Software Engineer - Backend",
  "roleType": "Backend",
  "jobType": "Fulltime",
  "location": "Seattle, WA",
  "isRemote": false,
  "salaryRange": "$80K - $140K",
  "equity": "0.1% - 0.5%",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.workatastartup.com/application?signup_job_id=13302",
  "company": {
    "name": "Mason",
    "slug": "mason",
    "batch": "W16",
    "website": "http://www.bymason.com",
    "teamSize": 75,
    "industry": "Developer Tools",
    "oneLiner": "Mason is the fastest way to take smart devices from idea to end user",
    "founders": [
      {
        "name": "Jim Xiao",
        "role": "Founder"
      }
    ]
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-14T15:45:00Z"
}

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🔗 Integrations & Automation (Clay, Make, Zapier, Python)

1. Clay.com (Automated Outbound & Enrichment)

Enrich your outbound campaigns with live YC hiring triggers:

1. In your Clay table, add an HTTP API integration or Apify Integration.
2. Select Run Actor and enter Actor ID: tapjaa/yc-talent-radar.
3. Pass your search criteria (e.g. {"searchQuery": "AI", "maxItems": 100}).
4. Map company.founders, salaryRange, and jobTitle directly into your Clay personalization columns to auto-draft outreach emails like:

   "Saw that [Company] is scaling its engineering team with a new [Job Title] role..."

2. Make.com & Zapier (Scheduled Webhooks & Slack Alerts)

Set up a weekly cron schedule inside Apify Console:

1. Under Integrations, add a Webhook to trigger your Make / Zapier webhook URL on ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED.
2. Stream fresh YC jobs directly into Airtable, Notion, or a dedicated #hiring-radar Slack channel every Monday morning.

3. Python API Integration

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

# Run the YC Talent Radar Actor
run = client.actor("tapjaa/yc-talent-radar").call(
    run_input={"searchQuery": "AI", "roles": ["Engineering"], "maxItems": 50}
)

# Fetch dataset items
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['companyName']}: {item['jobTitle']} ({item['salaryRange']})")

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📈 Real-Time Sample Data Preview

Company	Batch	Job Title	Role	Location	Remote	Founders
DoorDash	S13	Staff iOS Engineer	Engineering	San Francisco / Seattle	No	Andy Fang, Stanley Tang, Tony Xu
Instacart	S12	Senior Software Engineer	Engineering	San Francisco, CA	Yes	Brandon Leonardo, Apoorva Mehta
BillionToOne	S17	Senior AI Engineer	Engineering	Menlo Park, CA	No	Oguzhan Atay, David Tsao
EquipmentShare	W15	Engineering Manager	Engineering	Remote (US)	Yes	Jeff Lowe, William Schlacks
Amplitude	W12	Staff Software Engineer	Engineering	San Francisco, CA	Yes	Curtis Liu, Spenser Skates

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💬 Support & Custom Requests

Need custom filters, specialized data extraction, or dedicated webhooks for your recruitment agency? Reach out directly via Apify Console or open an issue!