YC Consumer Electronics startups
50 Y Combinator companies in Consumer Electronics, 8 of them from the last four batches. Its share of recent batches is 1%, up from 0.5% in the four batches before. About 30% are AI companies by YC’s tags.
- Signal
- Active
- Since 2025
- 12 vs 3 in 2023–24
- Acquired or public
- 39%
- Listed as inactive
- 42%
Share of each batch
Consumer Electronics companies as a share of each YC batch since 2015.
Newest entrants
Of 33 Consumer Electronics companies from batches up to 2021, YC lists 13 as acquired, 0 as public, 6 as active and 14 as inactive.
- antimattr F26 · voice-first hardware interface for human-agent interaction
- Cyclon F26 · a phone where AI is the interface
- The Subvocal Company F26 · Talk to your computer without talking
Building in Consumer Electronics?
Open problems and funding on Questd for world of atoms.
- Y Combinator · Requests for Startups
- Andreessen Horowitz · Big Ideas 2026
- Conviction · Plausible AI Schemes
- Bessemer Venture Partners · Roadmap Investment Thesis
Consumer Electronics companies, newest first
50 companies
- antimattrAI
voice-first hardware interface for human-agent interaction
Fall 2026Consumer Electronics2San Francisco, CA, USA - CyclonAI
a phone where AI is the interface
Fall 2026Consumer Electronics2San Francisco, CA, USA - The Subvocal Company
Talk to your computer without talking
Fall 2026Consumer Electronics3San Francisco, CA, USA - VexoAI
An AI bracelet that remembers your day and acts before you ask.
Fall 2026Consumer Electronics3San Francisco, CA, USA - ANORIA
The first wearable that reads your emotions to enhance your EQ.
Spring 2026Consumer Electronics5San Francisco, CA, USA - decuffAI
Uncensored AI models, served at scale with zero data retention.
Spring 2026Consumer Electronics1San Francisco, CA, USA - Fort
Strength Tracking Wearable
Winter 2026Consumer Electronics4San Francisco, CA, USA - Mirabelle
Your own chef at home
Winter 2026Consumer Electronics2Paris, Île-de-France, France - Tornyol
We build micro-drones that kill mosquitoes.
Fall 2025Consumer Electronics7Paris, Île-de-France, France - Vassar Robotics
Open-source semi-humanoid dev kit → home data → autonomy → 20h/wk
Spring 2025Consumer Electronics3Los Angeles, CA, USA - PickleAI
The personal AI agent for Korea.
Winter 2025Consumer Electronics6San Francisco, CA, USA - InnateAI
Personal AI Robots
Fall 2024Consumer Electronics7San Francisco, CA, USA - K-Scale LabsAI
Open-source humanoid robots
Winter 2024Consumer Electronics10San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - Tuesday LabsAI
Delightful robots
Winter 2024Consumer Electronics7New York City, NY, USA - AvairSenseAI
We go all out to Build the Smartest AI-Enabled Cameras!
Winter 2022Consumer Electronics14Bengaluru, KA, IndiaInactive - Circular
Subscription consumer electronics for Asia
Winter 2022Consumer Electronics25Singapore, Singapore - MindPortalAI
Thought-to-Language AI Models
Winter 2021Consumer Electronics10London, England, United KingdomInactive - QuellAI
Get fit fighting your way through a fantasy world.
Summer 2020Consumer Electronics40London, England, United KingdomAcquired - Visual OneAI
AI for security cameras
Winter 2020Consumer Electronics4San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - KubeSail
The Self-Hosting Company
Summer 2019Consumer Electronics2San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - Fat Llama
Fat Llama is the first fully insured peer-to-peer rental marketplace.…
Summer 2017Consumer Electronics41London, England, United KingdomAcquired - LitHit
Smart Target for Shooting Sports
Winter 2017Consumer Electronics2Inactive - Proxy
Smart ring digital wallet
Summer 2016Consumer Electronics20San Francisco, CA, USAAcquired - Upgraded
Upgraded helps retailers and carriers sell devices on subscription.
Summer 2016Consumer Electronics13San Francisco, CA, USA
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