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YC Summer 2023 (S23)

220 companies Y Combinator lists for Summer 2023, with what each one builds. 74.3% of the tagged companies are AI, up from 59.8% in W23.

Companies
220
AI share
74.3%
Top sector
Engineering, Product and Design
32 companies
Second
Infrastructure
11 companies

What’s in Summer 2023

Summer 2023 lists 220 companies so far (W23 had 274). The biggest themes by YC's tags are Developer Tools (32), Fintech (22), Healthcare (20), AI Assistant (13) and Open Source (13). The largest sectors are Engineering, Product and Design, Infrastructure, Sales and Productivity. 20.6% are based outside the US.

  • Developer Tools · 32
  • Fintech · 22
  • Healthcare · 20
  • AI Assistant · 13
  • Open Source · 13

See what YC asked founders to build · Breakout themes across batches

All Summer 2023 companies

220 companies

  • Accend

    AI agents for commercial underwriting at banks and fintechs

    AI
    Fintech18
  • Affinity

    A compliance training platform built for regulated industries.

    B2B2New York City, NY, USA
  • AgentCollect

    B2B debt collection powered by AI agents

    AI
    Fintech42San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Aglide

    Connect every disconnected app to your SSO.

    B2B6London, England, United Kingdom
  • Airgoods

    The modern distributor for grocers.

    Retail10New York City, NY, USA
  • AiSDR

    AI that finds the right buyers and books sales meetings

    AI
    Sales34San Francisco, CA, USA
  • AIVideo.com

    Superhuman video production as a service

    B2B12San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Alguna

    AI-Native CPQ & Billing for Modern Pricing Models

    AI
    Finance and Accounting10London, England, United Kingdom
  • Andromeda Surgical

    Autonomous surgical robots

    AI
    Medical Devices12San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Apoxy

    Simpler and cheaper multi-cloud and cross-platform deployments.

    Infrastructure2San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Arcimus

    A stream of engineering candidates who ship.

    AI
    Recruiting and Talent2New York City, NY, USA
  • Artie

    Software that streams data from databases to warehouses in real-time

    Infrastructure20San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Atla

    The improvement engine for AI agents

    AI
    B2B10London, England, United KingdomInactive
  • Automorphic

    Infuse knowledge into language models with just 10 samples

    AI
    B2B3San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Autotab

    AI agents reliable enough to do real work

    AI
    Productivity2San Francisco, CA, USAAcquired
  • Baserun

    Observability and evaluation platform for LLM apps.

    AI
    Engineering, Product and Design2San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Bland AI

    The enterprise platform for AI phone calls

    Infrastructure65San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Bolto

    AI Powered All-In-One Payroll, HR + Recruiting

    AI
    Human Resources20San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Branch AI

    AI Overview Search, as a Service

    AI
    Retail3Singapore, SingaporeInactive
  • Bretton AI

    AI-native operations for the banks

    AI
    Fintech34San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Briefer

    The collaborative data platform.

    Engineering, Product and Design2São Paulo, SP, BrazilInactive
  • Bronco AI

    AI for ASIC Design Verification

    AI
    Engineering, Product and Design5San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Cair Health

    AI Agents for Healthcare RCM

    AI
    Healthcare IT6San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Campfire

    The AI Native ERP for the fastest growing companies.

    AI
    Finance and Accounting105San Francisco, CA, USA

Source: Y Combinator’s public company directory. Each company links to its YC profile. See how we count and what YC asked founders to build.

Frequently asked questions

How many companies are in YC Summer 2023?

Y Combinator's public directory lists 220 companies for Summer 2023 (S23), compared with 274 in Winter 2023. YC adds companies as they launch, so a recent batch can still grow.

What kind of startups are in YC Summer 2023?

The most common themes by YC's own tags are Developer Tools (32), Fintech (22), Healthcare (20), AI Assistant (13) and Open Source (13). The largest sectors are Engineering, Product and Design, Infrastructure, Sales and Productivity. 74.3% of the companies YC has tagged are AI.

Where are YC Summer 2023 companies based?

20.6% of Summer 2023 companies with a listed location are based outside the US.