YC Gaming startups
71 Y Combinator companies in Gaming, 7 of them from the last four batches. Its share of recent batches is 0.9%, up from 0.5% in the four batches before. About 24% are AI companies by YC’s tags.
- Signal
- Active
- Since 2025
- 10 vs 3 in 2023–24
- Acquired or public
- 25%
- Listed as inactive
- 43%
Share of each batch
Gaming companies as a share of each YC batch since 2015.
Newest entrants
Of 53 Gaming companies from batches up to 2021, YC lists 13 as acquired, 0 as public, 17 as active and 23 as inactive.
- Melty F26 · Mashup any game
- General Context Labs S26 · Building Products and Datasets for Frontier Models
- PokerClubHub S26 · Host a Poker Club and Make Money
Building in Gaming?
Open problems and funding on Questd for creator economy.
- Andreessen Horowitz · Big Ideas 2026
- Greylock Partners · AI-First Investment Thesis
- Y Combinator · $500K ($125K for 7% + $375K uncapped MFN SAFE)
- Techstars · $220K ($20K for 5% + $200K uncapped MFN SAFE)
Gaming companies, newest first
71 companies
- MeltyAI
Mashup any game
Fall 2026GamingSan Francisco, CA, USA - General Context LabsAI
Building Products and Datasets for Frontier Models
Summer 2026Gaming4San Francisco, CA, USA - PokerClubHub
Host a Poker Club and Make Money
Summer 2026GamingJaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica - PopsAI
Create & play AI games with friends
Spring 2026Gaming1New York City, NY, USA - CatchBack Cards
The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs
Winter 2026Gaming7San Francisco, CA, USA - CodeWisp
Anyone can create real games with AI
Winter 2026Gaming3San Francisco, CA, USA - Pax Historia
The first AI-powered worldbuilding and gameplay platform
Winter 2026Gaming6San Francisco, CA, USA - Fifth DoorAI
Create and play games with AI
Fall 2025Gaming3San Francisco, CA, USA - Miniswap
The Marketplace for Complex Hobbies
Fall 2025Gaming2San Francisco, CA, USA - WavedashAI
Play the latest games in your browser with no downloads
Spring 2025Gaming3Los Angeles, CA, USA - BeeBettor
Robinhood for sports prediction markets
Summer 2024Gaming2 - CreativeModeAI
Lovable for Minecraft mods
Summer 2024Gaming5San Francisco, CA, USA - nunu.ai
Building the first multimodal agents to play and test games.
Winter 2023Gaming5ZH, Switzerland - Novig
America's #1 Sports Trading App
Summer 2022Gaming55New York City, NY, USA - Roforco
Creating viral AI consumer apps and games
Summer 2022Gaming4Kristiansand, Agder, Norway - StarAI
Make games with AI - no coding required
Summer 2022Gaming1Springfield, MO, USA - Vinci Games
Creating genre-defining multiplayer VR games.
Summer 2022Gaming7San Francisco, CA, USA - Better Opinions
Prediction market of India
Winter 2022Gaming12Bengaluru, KA, India - GamerPay
We are the marketplace for trading gaming skins & assets without scams
Summer 2021Gaming6Copenhagen, DenmarkAcquired - SenpAI.GGAI
Personal gaming coach for PC gamers globally
Summer 2021Gaming12Boston, MA, USAInactive - DreamWorld
DreamWorld is a next-gen Minecraft with generative AI building
Winter 2021Gaming30San Francisco, CA, USA - Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker)
Jam.gg, play couch games online with friends
Summer 2020GamingSan Francisco, CA, USAInactive - Eternal
Own the best moments in streaming
Winter 2020Gaming15Los Angeles, CA, USAAcquired - LFcarryAI
Marketplace for game boosting, carries and coaching
Winter 2020Gaming3Los Angeles, CA, USA
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