Y Combinator Companies Scraper

Scrape the Y Combinator startup directory (ycombinator.com/companies): every YC company with batch, status, industry, sub-industry, tags, team size, location, regions, one-liner, description, website and logo. Filter by batch (W24, S25, ...), industry, region, tag, status, hiring flag or a free-text search. Turn on Include company details to add founders (name, title, bio, LinkedIn and X links), open jobs with salary and equity ranges, latest news, Launch YC posts, social links and year founded.

Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull the dataset into Google Sheets, a CRM, or an LLM pipeline through the API. No login, no API key; you pay only per company returned.

What data does Y Combinator Companies Scraper extract?

Every item is one company. Fields marked details are only present when Include company details is on.

Field	Description
id	YC's numeric company id
slug / url	Company slug and its YC directory page, e.g. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb
name / formerNames	Company name and previous names
website	Company website
oneLiner / longDescription	Short tagline and the full description from the YC profile
batch / batchName	Short and long batch, e.g. W24 / Winter 2024
status	Active, Acquired, Public or Inactive
stage	YC growth stage (Early, Growth, ...) when set
industry / subindustry / industries	Primary industry, sub-industry, and the combined list YC uses for filtering
tags	Tags such as SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
teamSize	Number of employees reported to YC
location / regions	Location string (e.g. San Francisco, CA, USA) and region facets (United States of America, Europe, Remote, ...)
isHiring / isTopCompany / isNonprofit	Flags from the directory
hasDemoDayVideo / hasAppVideo	Whether the profile has a public Demo Day or application video
launchedAt	When the company launched on YC (ISO 8601)
smallLogoUrl	Logo thumbnail
founders	details - list of {name, title, bio, linkedinUrl, twitterUrl, isActive}
founderBios / activeFoundersCount	details - founder bios and how many founders are still active
jobsCount / jobs	details - open roles with title, url, location, type, role, salaryRange, equityRange, minExperience, visa, skills
latestNews	details - recent press {title, url, date}
launches	details - Launch YC posts {title, tagline, url, createdAt, voteCount}
socialLinks	details - {linkedin, twitter, facebook, crunchbase, github} company profiles
foundedYear / city / country / primaryPartner / logoUrl	details - extra profile fields
scrapedAt	Timestamp of the run (ISO 8601)

How to scrape Y Combinator companies by batch

1. Put one or more batches into Batches: W24, S25, X25 (Spring), F24 (Fall) or Winter 2024. Leave it empty to scrape the whole directory (about 6,200 companies).
2. Optionally narrow by Industries (B2B, Fintech, Healthcare, Developer Tools, ...), Regions (United States of America, Europe, India, Remote, ...), Tags, Status or Search query.
3. Set Max companies to cap the run and the cost, and click Start. Results appear in the Dataset tab.

The scraper enumerates the directory through the same public search index the YC website uses, so it is fast (a whole batch takes seconds) and returns exactly what the directory shows.

Input example

{
  "batches": ["W24", "S24"],
  "industries": ["Fintech"],
  "status": "Active",
  "isHiring": true,
  "maxItems": 200,
  "includeCompanyDetails": true
}

Output example

{
  "type": "company",
  "id": 271,
  "slug": "airbnb",
  "name": "Airbnb",
  "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb",
  "website": "http://airbnb.com",
  "oneLiner": "Book accommodations around the world.",
  "longDescription": "Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace ...",
  "batch": "W09",
  "batchName": "Winter 2009",
  "status": "Public",
  "stage": "Growth",
  "industry": "Consumer",
  "subindustry": "Travel, Leisure and Tourism",
  "industries": ["Consumer", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism"],
  "tags": ["Marketplace", "Travel"],
  "teamSize": 6132,
  "location": "San Francisco, CA, USA",
  "regions": ["United States of America", "America / Canada"],
  "isHiring": true,
  "isTopCompany": true,
  "isNonprofit": false,
  "launchedAt": "2009-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "smallLogoUrl": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/3e9a....png",
  "founders": [
    { "name": "Brian Chesky", "title": "Founder/CEO", "bio": "Brian Chesky is the co-founder ...", "linkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchesky/", "twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/bchesky", "isActive": true }
  ],
  "activeFoundersCount": 3,
  "foundedYear": 2008,
  "jobsCount": 0,
  "latestNews": [{ "title": "Airbnb launches Airbnb Rooms ...", "url": "https://www.usatoday.com/...", "date": "May 03, 2023" }],
  "socialLinks": { "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbnb/", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/Airbnb", "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/airbnb/", "crunchbase": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/airbnb", "github": null },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-07T22:40:00Z"
}

Can I get YC founders and their LinkedIn profiles?

Yes. Turn on Include company details and each company gets a founders list with name, title, bio and the LinkedIn / X links the founder chose to show on their YC profile. The scraper does not collect founder emails or any other contact details that are not on the public page.

How do I scrape all YC companies?

Leave Batches empty and set Max companies to 7000 (the directory had about 6,200 companies in September 2026). The search index caps any single query at 1,000 results, so the scraper automatically splits the directory by batch (the largest batch has about 400 companies) and walks them newest first. A full run without details takes about a minute.

How do I find YC startups that are hiring?

Set Hiring only to true, optionally with a batch or industry filter. With Include company details on, every company also gets its open jobs with title, location, salary range, equity range, experience level, visa requirement and skills, plus a jobsCount.

Does it work without login or proxies?

Yes. Everything comes from the public directory and public company pages. Apify Proxy is on by default for reliability on large runs, but the scraper works without it.

Pricing

Pay per company: a small price per company returned, plus a small extra charge per company page opened when Include company details is on. No subscription; the Apify free plan is enough to scrape several batches.

Integrations and API

Use the run in Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets, or call it from Python/Node with the Apify client. See the API tab for ready-made snippets.

Is it legal to scrape Y Combinator?

This Actor collects only publicly available business information from the YC directory and company profiles: company data, and founder names, titles and the public LinkedIn/X links shown on the YC page. It does not collect emails, phone numbers or any non-public data. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with YC's terms and applicable law (including GDPR/CCPA when processing founder names).

Support

Found a bug or need a field added? Open an issue in the Issues tab; it is usually answered within a day.