Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs

Search Y Combinator's company directory by batch, industry, status, or keyword, and get each company's profile, founders, and open job postings. No login required.

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Short answer

Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs is an Apify Store Actor for Y Combinator data that returns 9 published output fields, including name, batch, status, stage. It lists $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan (pay per event), $0.49 on the Business plan. It takes 25 input settings; one is required (mode). It covers 5 of the 6 core Y Combinator fields this site tracks. Last updated Oct 24, 2026.

From the public Store listing and published build schema, synced 2026-11-12.
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What it returns

9 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.

  • name
  • batch
  • status
  • stage
  • teamSize
  • isHiring
  • founderCount
  • jobCount
  • url

Not in the schema among the core Y Combinator fields: team. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.

Input

SettingTypeRequiredDefaultWhat it does
mode string Yes search search filters the directory; byCompany fetches the exact companies in companyUrls.
searchQuery string No – Free-text relevance search across company names, descriptions and tags (mode=search).
batch string No any YC batch. P = Spring, S = Summer, W = Winter, F = Fall. 'any' includes every batch.
industry string No any Exact YC industry facet. 'any' includes every industry.
region string No any Exact YC region facet. 'any' includes every region.
status string No any Company operating status. 'any' includes every status.
tags array No [] Exact YC tags; any one match is enough. Common tags: AI, B2B, SaaS, Fintech, Developer Tools, Marketplace, Generative AI, Consumer, Machine Learning, E-commerce, Healthcare, Analytics, Hardware, Open Source, Health Tech, Productivity, Education, AI Assistant, Robotics, Infrastructure.
isHiring boolean No false Only companies carrying YC's Is Hiring badge.
topCompany boolean No false Only companies carrying YC's Top Company badge.
nonprofit boolean No false Only companies carrying YC's Nonprofit badge.
Show the other 15 settings
SettingTypeRequiredDefaultWhat it does
highlightBlackFounders boolean No false Only companies YC flags as having Black founders.
highlightWomenFounders boolean No false Only companies YC flags as having women founders.
highlightHispanicFounders boolean No false Only companies YC flags as having Hispanic or Latino founders.
minTeamSize integer No – Drop companies with fewer employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.
maxTeamSize integer No – Drop companies with more employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.
sortBy string No default Directory order follows YC relevance; launchDate puts the newest directory launches first.
companyUrls array No [] Companies to fetch (mode=byCompany). Accepts full ycombinator.com/companies URLs, /companies/<slug> paths or bare slugs.
scrapeFounders boolean No true Add each company's founders with title, bio, LinkedIn, X and profile link. Uses the company page already fetched for the record.
scrapeOpenJobs boolean No true Add current job postings with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and remote signal.
includeJobDescriptions boolean No false Fetch one extra page per job for its full description, interview process and hiring manager.
includeLaunches boolean No true Add Launch YC post metadata (title, tagline, date, votes, link).
includeLaunchBodies boolean No false Add the full text of each Launch YC post. Makes records much larger.
includeNews boolean No false Add news items linked from the company page.
includeFounderProfiles boolean No false Fetch one extra page per founder for previous roles, schools and current title.
maxItems integer No 50 Stop after this many companies. Applied after filters and before detail pages.

Example input

Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "batch": "S24",
  "industry": "any",
  "region": "any",
  "status": "any",
  "tags": [],
  "isHiring": false,
  "topCompany": false,
  "nonprofit": false,
  "highlightBlackFounders": false,
  "highlightWomenFounders": false,
  "highlightHispanicFounders": false,
  "sortBy": "default",
  "companyUrls": [],
  "scrapeFounders": true,
  "scrapeOpenJobs": false,
  "includeJobDescriptions": false,
  "includeLaunches": false,
  "includeLaunchBodies": false,
  "includeNews": false,
  "includeFounderProfiles": false,
  "maxItems": 3
}

Run it from code or an AI agent

The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "batch": "S24",
    "industry": "any",
    "region": "any",
    "status": "any",
    "tags": [],
    "isHiring": False,
    "topCompany": False,
    "nonprofit": False,
    "highlightBlackFounders": False,
    "highlightWomenFounders": False,
    "highlightHispanicFounders": False,
    "sortBy": "default",
    "companyUrls": [],
    "scrapeFounders": True,
    "scrapeOpenJobs": False,
    "includeJobDescriptions": False,
    "includeLaunches": False,
    "includeLaunchBodies": False,
    "includeNews": False,
    "includeFounderProfiles": False,
    "maxItems": 3
}

run = client.actor("dataspryva/y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

pip install apify-client

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "batch": "S24",
    "industry": "any",
    "region": "any",
    "status": "any",
    "tags": [],
    "isHiring": false,
    "topCompany": false,
    "nonprofit": false,
    "highlightBlackFounders": false,
    "highlightWomenFounders": false,
    "highlightHispanicFounders": false,
    "sortBy": "default",
    "companyUrls": [],
    "scrapeFounders": true,
    "scrapeOpenJobs": false,
    "includeJobDescriptions": false,
    "includeLaunches": false,
    "includeLaunchBodies": false,
    "includeNews": false,
    "includeFounderProfiles": false,
    "maxItems": 3
};

const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

npm install apify-client

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"mode":"search","batch":"S24","industry":"any","region":"any","status":"any","tags":[],"isHiring":false,"topCompany":false,"nonprofit":false,"highlightBlackFounders":false,"highlightWomenFounders":false,"highlightHispanicFounders":false,"sortBy":"default","companyUrls":[],"scrapeFounders":true,"scrapeOpenJobs":false,"includeJobDescriptions":false,"includeLaunches":false,"includeLaunchBodies":false,"includeNews":false,"includeFounderProfiles":false,"maxItems":3}'

Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).

MCP (AI agents)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.

What a run costs

The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.

Apify planPer 1,00010,000 results100,000 results
Free plan$0.99$9.90$99
Starter plan$0.82$8.20$82
Scale plan$0.66$6.60$66
Business plan$0.49$4.90$49
  • Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
  • The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
  • Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
  • Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.

Where it fits among Y Combinator routes

It ranks 1 of 1 catalogue Actors for Y Combinator on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.

Route diagram for Y Combinator dataY Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs: stops at 5 of the 10 fields shown; Other Store tools (7): stops at 9 of the 10 fields shown; No documented YC directory API: none, field coverage not compared.Y CombinatornamebatchstatusstageteamurlcompanyNameindustrywebsitefounders1+API

Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.

Official route: No documented YC directory API

No open API. Y Combinator publishes its company directory as web pages and does not document a public API for it. An undocumented JSON endpoint (api.ycombinator.com/v0.1/companies) answered on 2026-11-11, but no documentation or terms for it are published.

No public self-serve API or price is published.

Official documentation

Other Store tools for Y Combinator

Reference only, from their public listings.

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Y Combinator Scraper39$3.50
YCombinator Companies Scraper12$2.50
Y Combinator Scraper22$4.00
Y Combinator Jobs Scraper23$30
Y Combinator Jobs Scraper14$1.99

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Questions people ask

How much does Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs cost?

The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.

What data does Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs return?

Its published output schema lists 9 fields: name, batch, status, stage, teamSize, isHiring, founderCount, jobCount, url. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.

What input does Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs need?

Required: mode. Optional settings include searchQuery, batch, industry, region, status, tags.

How do I run Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs from Python or the API?

Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("dataspryva/y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("dataspryva/y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.

Sources

Actor updated 2026-10-24 Data synced 2026-11-12
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Scraper Finder. "Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/y-combinator-startup-directory-with-founders/ (data checked 2026-11-12).

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