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    What Companies Were in Y Combinator W25?

    The Y Combinator Winter 2025 (W25) batch included 144 startups building across AI, developer tools, healthcare, fintech, robotics, enterprise software, biotech, and construction technology — including BlindPay, Gale, Mentra, Mastra, Leaping AI, Browser Use, Red Barn Robotics, AfterQuery, HealthKey, General Trajectory, Cedar, Careforce, Infinite, Tejas AI, and Handoff.

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    Y Combinator W25 at a Glance

    AcceleratorY Combinator
    BatchWinter 2025 (W25)
    Year2025
    Companies covered144
    Industries representedAI, developer tools, healthcare, fintech, robotics, biotech, enterprise software, construction technology and more
    Signals trackedAccelerator participation, funding, hiring, launches, partnerships, usage and growth
    Primary useStartup discovery and lead generation

    What companies were in the Y Combinator W25 batch?

    This page covers 144 companies from Y Combinator Winter 2025, spanning AI infrastructure, developer tools, healthcare, fintech, robotics, biotech, construction technology, enterprise software, cybersecurity, consumer technology, aerospace, semiconductors, and other categories.

    #CompanyIndustry / Category
    1BlindPayFinancial Technology / Payments
    2GaleLegal Tech / HR Tech
    3MentraAugmented Reality / Wearables
    4MastraDeveloper Tools / AI SDK
    5Leaping AIConversational AI
    6SpottHR Tech / B2B SaaS
    7WildcardE-commerce / AI
    8QualGentDeveloper Tools / QA
    9PickleConsumer AI / Hardware
    10AbundantAI Infrastructure
    11Browser UseAI Agents
    12GradeWizEdTech / AI
    13MisprintNot specified
    14NextbyteNot specified
    15ReboltNot specified
    16Red Barn RoboticsRobotics / Agriculture
    17RetrofitNot specified
    18SplashNot specified
    19ExlaAI Infrastructure
    20ReJotDeveloper Tools
    21superglueDeveloper Tools / Data
    22PromptlessB2B SaaS
    23Sennu AIB2B SaaS / Sales
    24WOZCODEDeveloper Tools
    25Oki HomeConsumer Hardware / AI
    26VoraHealthTech / Consumer
    27Adam3D Printing / Developer Tools
    28FuseAIAI
    29AfterQueryAI Infrastructure / Data
    30CasefloodLegal Tech / AI
    31careCycleHealthTech / AI
    32Calltree AIB2B SaaS
    33TallyFinTech / Accounting
    34BluebookFinTech
    35Toothy AIHealthTech / B2B SaaS
    36Agentin AIEnterprise Software / AI
    37SammyDeveloper Tools / QA
    38MercuraB2B SaaS / Manufacturing
    39SolidroadHR Tech / B2B SaaS
    40OpineSocial Media / AI
    41Exin TherapeuticsBioTech
    42HealthKeyHealthTech
    43OverstandB2B SaaS / Analytics
    44General TrajectoryRobotics / AI
    45Uncommon TherapeuticsBioTech
    46YouShiftHealthTech / HR
    47OvloE-commerce / AI
    48HUDDeveloper Tools / AI
    49RocketableB2B Software
    50CedarB2B Software
    51OnlookDeveloper Tools
    52ThirdLayerB2B Software
    53VantelB2B Software
    54ArtifactAI / Software
    55AxalAI / Software
    56DexteritySoftware
    57GulpSoftware
    58TrainLoopSoftware / AI
    59TamLabsSoftware
    60ErgoSoftware
    61CopyCatAI / Software
    62PigSoftware
    63TensorPoolAI Infrastructure
    64DalusSoftware
    65RoarkSoftware
    66Mecha HealthHealthTech
    67HarperSoftware
    68Bild AIAI
    69CentralComsB2B Software
    70AquaShieldSoftware
    71RudusSoftware
    72VestrisSoftware
    73FlowManualB2B Software
    74GLNKSoftware
    75ZeroEntropyAI Infrastructure
    76OsmosisSoftware / AI
    77A1BaseAI
    78RevnuB2B Software
    79MindFortAI / Software
    80Mundo AIAI
    81WorkWeaveB2B Software
    82CuckooSoftware
    83SalesPatriotSales / B2B Software
    84assistant-uiDeveloper Tools / AI
    85VortexifyAI / Software
    86FiraSoftware
    87AsteroidSoftware
    88ArchonAI / Software
    89InfiniteHQSoftware
    90CandorSoftware
    91Confident AIAI Infrastructure
    92CenoteHealthcare AI
    93QuantstructDeveloper Tools
    94StampB2B SaaS
    95LucidicAI Infrastructure
    96A0.devDeveloper Tools
    97BindwellBiotech AI
    9810x DentalHealthcare AI
    99AeonSoftware / AI
    100CareforceHealthcare AI
    101InfiniteFintech
    102SAMMY LabsLegal Tech / AI
    103MacadamiaAEC / AI
    104PinchVideo / AI
    105Rev1Engineering Software / AI
    106RumaHealthcare / Automation
    107CareSwiftHealthcare / AI
    108Tejas AIFintech / AI
    109MeshB2B SaaS / Fintech
    110EdexiaEdTech
    111Alice.techEdTech
    112GlassSoftware / AI
    113KarmenConstruction Tech
    114FrescoConstruction Tech
    115HandoffConstruction Tech
    116MaiveVertical AI / Aerospace
    117HarberaHealthcare AI
    118RadaHealthcare AI
    119AugentoAI Infrastructure
    120Amby HealthHealthcare AI
    121VetnioVeterinary AI
    122KarsaFintech
    123Societies.ioMarketing AI
    124MosaicVideo AI
    125SubImageCybersecurity
    126Optifye.aiManufacturing AI
    127OpusenseConstruction AI
    128PermitifyGovTech
    129CaiProductivity Software
    130HaleumCybersecurity
    131Peppr-aiAI
    132SubtraceDeveloper Tools
    133ShortkitDeveloper Tools
    134SparklesDeveloper Tools
    135InstinctNot specified
    136Pave RoboticsRobotics
    137Inversion SemiconductorSemiconductors
    138NitrodeGaming AI
    139MiyagiEdTech AI
    140TweeksConsumer Software
    141DollyglotConsumer AI
    142Maritime FusionDeep Tech / Marine
    143Orbital OperationsSpace Tech
    144Enhanced RadarAviation Software

    Y Combinator W25 company profiles

    BlindPay

    Fintech / Payments · Dover, Delaware · Y Combinator W25

    BlindPay builds infrastructure for international payments. Following W25, the company raised a $3.3 million seed round in August 2025, led by 468 Capital and Circle Ventures. BlindPay also processed more than $125 million in transfers during 2025.

    Post-batch signal: Funding + transaction growth

    Gale

    Legal Tech / HR Tech · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    Gale builds technology around immigration and visa workflows. Following W25, Gale raised a $2.7 million seed round in May 2025. Its team also grew from nine to 12 employees by January 2026.

    Post-batch signal: Funding + hiring

    Mentra

    Augmented Reality / Wearables · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    Mentra develops smart-glasses technology. The company raised an $8 million seed round in July 2025 from investors including Toyota Ventures, Amazon, and Y Combinator, and scheduled delivery of its first smart-glasses batch for December 2025.

    Post-batch signal: Funding + product launch

    Mastra

    Developer Tools / AI · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    Mastra develops tools for building AI-powered applications and agents. Following W25, Mastra closed a $13 million seed round in October 2025, backed by investors including Y Combinator, Paul Graham, and Gradient Ventures. The platform also reached 150,000 weekly downloads within its first year.

    Post-batch signal: Funding + developer adoption

    Leaping AI

    Conversational AI · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    Leaping AI develops conversational AI technology. Following W25, the company raised additional seed financing, including a $4.7 million round in August 2025 led by Nexus Venture Partners.

    Post-batch signal: Funding

    Spott

    HR Tech / B2B SaaS · Y Combinator W25

    Spott builds technology for HR and workplace workflows. Following W25, the company raised a $3.2 million seed round in May 2025, led by Base10 Partners with participation from Y Combinator.

    Post-batch signal: Funding

    QualGent

    Developer Tools / QA · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    QualGent develops autonomous AI agents for mobile-app quality assurance. Following W25, the company raised seed funding and continued developing its autonomous AI QA platform.

    Post-batch signal: Funding + product development

    Browser Use

    AI Agents · Y Combinator W25

    Browser Use develops technology that enables AI agents to interact with and navigate web browsers. Its W25 participation reflects one of the batch's major themes: infrastructure that enables autonomous AI agents to interact with software and the web.

    Red Barn Robotics

    Robotics / Agriculture · Y Combinator W25

    Red Barn Robotics develops autonomous intra-row weeding robots for agriculture. The company represents the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and agricultural automation within W25.

    AfterQuery

    AI Infrastructure / Data · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    AfterQuery builds AI and data infrastructure. Following W25, the company expanded its team and advertised multiple roles.

    Post-batch signal: Hiring

    General Trajectory

    Robotics / AI · Y Combinator W25

    General Trajectory develops vision-language-action models for physical-world tasks, including palletization and sorting. The company represents the physical-AI and robotics segment of W25.

    Infinite

    Fintech · Y Combinator W25

    Infinite develops stablecoin payment infrastructure for international transactions. Its product sits within the fintech and cross-border payments segment of W25.

    Tejas AI

    Fintech / AI · San Francisco, California · Y Combinator W25

    Tejas AI develops AI-powered risk decisioning technology for banks. The company sits at the intersection of financial infrastructure and vertical AI.

    Handoff

    Construction Tech / AI · Y Combinator W25

    Handoff applies generative AI to construction estimating. It is part of a broader group of W25 companies applying AI to construction and AEC workflows.

    What industries were most common in Y Combinator W25?

    Artificial intelligence was one of the defining themes of Y Combinator W25, appearing across developer tools, healthcare, fintech, legal technology, construction, robotics, manufacturing, education, and consumer applications.

    CategoryExample W25 companies
    AI & AI infrastructureBrowser Use, Abundant, Leaping AI, AfterQuery, Confident AI, Lucidic
    Developer toolsMastra, QualGent, ReJot, superglue, A0.dev, Subtrace
    Healthcare AIcareCycle, HealthKey, Cenote, Careforce, Ruma, CareSwift, Harbera
    FintechBlindPay, Tally, Bluebook, Infinite, Tejas AI, Karsa
    Robotics & physical AIRed Barn Robotics, General Trajectory, Pave Robotics
    Construction & AECMacadamia, Karmen, Fresco, Handoff, Opusense
    Enterprise & B2B softwareAgentin AI, Promptless, Sennu AI, Overstand, Rocketable
    BiotechExin Therapeutics, Uncommon Therapeutics, Bindwell
    Consumer AIPickle, Ovlo, Dollyglot
    CybersecuritySubImage, Haleum

    The batch shows how AI was increasingly being applied to specific industries and workflows, rather than appearing only as a standalone software category.

    Which Y Combinator W25 companies raised funding after the batch?

    Mastra, Mentra, BlindPay, Gale, Spott, Leaping AI, QualGent, and other W25 companies showed funding activity after joining Y Combinator.

    Mastra raised a $13 million seed round in October 2025. Mentra raised $8 million in July 2025. BlindPay raised $3.3 million in August 2025. Spott raised $3.2 million in May 2025, while Gale raised $2.7 million. Leaping AI also raised additional seed financing during 2025.

    For GTM teams, post-batch funding can provide useful timing context because new capital may coincide with hiring, infrastructure spending, product development, and commercial expansion.

    Which YC W25 companies are building AI developer tools?

    Mastra, QualGent, Browser Use, ReJot, superglue, Sammy, HUD, Confident AI, Quantstruct, Lucidic, A0.dev, Subtrace, and Sparkles are among the W25 companies building developer tools or infrastructure around AI and software development.

    Their products span AI-agent frameworks, browser automation, QA, LLM evaluation, data transformation, network tracing, development environments, and application generation. The category shows that W25's AI activity extended beyond end-user applications into the infrastructure developers use to build, evaluate, and operate AI systems.

    Which YC W25 companies are building healthcare AI?

    careCycle, Toothy AI, HealthKey, Cenote, 10x Dental, Careforce, Ruma, CareSwift, Harbera, Rada, Amby Health, and Vetnio are among the W25 companies applying AI and automation to healthcare.

    Their products address workflows including patient scheduling, dental operations, clinical-trial prescreening, prior authorization, physician credentialing, insurance calls, EMS documentation, and veterinary administration. Healthcare AI represents one of the clearest vertical-AI themes within W25.

    Which YC W25 companies are building fintech products?

    BlindPay, Tally, Bluebook, Infinite, Tejas AI, Karsa, Mesh, and other W25 companies are building products for financial services and financial infrastructure.

    Their products span cross-border payments, stablecoins, accounting automation, banking risk decisioning, tax and audit workflows, and business financial technology. The category combines traditional fintech infrastructure with newer applications of AI to accounting, banking, and risk.

    Which YC W25 companies are building robotics or physical AI?

    Red Barn Robotics, General Trajectory, Pave Robotics, Maritime Fusion, Orbital Operations, and Enhanced Radar are among the W25 companies building technologies that interact with the physical world.

    Their products span agricultural robotics, vision-language-action models, road-maintenance automation, marine technology, orbital vehicles, and aviation safety software. The category shows that W25's technology activity extended beyond software-only products.

    Which Y Combinator W25 companies show strong post-batch signals?

    Several Y Combinator W25 companies showed meaningful activity after the batch through funding, hiring, product development, usage growth, and other expansion signals.

    BlindPay combined new funding with more than $125 million in transfers during 2025. Mastra raised $13 million and reached 150,000 weekly downloads. Mentra raised $8 million and moved toward shipping its smart glasses. Gale raised funding and expanded its team. AfterQuery showed post-batch hiring activity.

    These events provide additional context on which W25 companies continued to raise capital, expand teams, launch products, and gain adoption after participating in Y Combinator.

    Why does the Y Combinator W25 batch matter?

    The Y Combinator W25 batch provides a snapshot of where early-stage founders and investors were concentrating attention in early 2025, particularly across AI and industry-specific software.

    AI appears throughout the batch, with companies applying it to specific workflows including healthcare administration, accounting, legal work, construction, manufacturing, sales, software testing, education, and financial services. W25 also includes companies building infrastructure beneath those applications, including AI-agent frameworks, browser automation, model evaluation, developer tooling, robotics, and data infrastructure.

    For GTM teams, accelerator participation combined with subsequent signals such as funding, hiring, product launches, partnerships, and adoption can provide useful context around emerging companies entering new stages of growth.

    How was this Y Combinator W25 companies list built?

    This list was built using Agent Jesse, which helps GTM teams discover companies from live market activity across the web. For this page, relevant company signals include Y Combinator W25 participation, funding, hiring, product launches, partnerships, team growth, and product adoption.

    Connecting accelerator participation with subsequent company activity provides additional context around which startups are raising capital, expanding teams, launching products, and gaining traction.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Y Combinator W25

    What does YC W25 mean?

    YC W25 means Y Combinator Winter 2025, the Y Combinator batch associated with the winter 2025 accelerator cycle. The W stands for Winter and 25 refers to 2025.

    When was Y Combinator W25 Demo Day?

    Y Combinator W25 Demo Day took place in March 2025. W25 companies presented their products as part of Y Combinator's Demo Day process.

    How many companies are covered in this Y Combinator W25 list?

    This page covers 144 Y Combinator W25 companies across AI, developer tools, healthcare, fintech, robotics, biotech, enterprise software, construction technology, and other categories.

    Where are Y Combinator W25 companies based?

    Y Combinator W25 companies are based across multiple locations, with San Francisco and the broader Bay Area strongly represented alongside startups from other parts of the United States and international markets. The batch reflects a geographically diverse founder base rather than a single startup ecosystem.

    What types of AI companies were in YC W25?

    YC W25 included AI companies building developer tools, AI agents, healthcare automation, fintech products, legal technology, robotics, construction software, manufacturing technology, education tools, sales software, and consumer applications. Examples include Mastra, Browser Use, QualGent, General Trajectory, Careforce, Handoff, Tejas AI, Confident AI, and Lucidic.

    Which YC W25 companies are hiring?

    Post-batch hiring activity includes companies such as AfterQuery, Gale, Wildcard, 10x Dental, Optifye.ai, and others. Hiring activity provides additional context around companies expanding their teams after participating in Y Combinator.

    What happened to YC W25 companies after Demo Day?

    Several W25 companies went on to raise funding, hire employees, launch or expand products, and increase adoption after the batch. Examples include Mastra's $13 million seed round, Mentra's $8 million round, BlindPay's $3.3 million seed financing, and Gale's $2.7 million round, alongside additional activity across other W25 companies.

    Why are YC accelerator signals useful for lead generation?

    YC participation can identify startups at an important stage of company development, while subsequent funding, hiring, product launches, partnerships, and growth provide additional timing context. For GTM teams, combining company fit with accelerator and post-batch activity can help identify emerging accounts entering periods of investment or expansion.

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