Variance
Builds AI investigative agents for risk and compliance
$21.5MSeries A
Role not disclosedYC
Y Combinator (YC)
Activity from announced rounds
Activity in this selectionMar 31, 2026 · Mar 1, 2026
Y Combinator funds early-stage startups through a three-month accelerator in San Francisco, with four batches a year and a standard $500,000 investment for accepted companies.
The investment consists of $125,000 for 7% of the company and $375,000 on an uncapped SAFE with a most-favoured-nation provision. The second SAFE adds to YC’s ownership when it converts, so the full $500,000 is not exchanged for a fixed 7% stake.
During the batch, founders work with YC partners in individual and group office hours, build toward Demo Day and use the alumni community for feedback, hiring and introductions. Companies can apply before launch; YC also accepts businesses that already have users and revenue.
- Rounds participated in
- 19
- Confirmed lead rounds
- — 19 roles undisclosed
- New companies
- 19 First participation on record · 0 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $1.7B 19 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share
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19 in this selectionStarcloud
Builds orbital data centers running AI GPU compute in space
$170MSeries A
Role not disclosedConntour
Provides AI-powered video surveillance platform for security personnel
$7MSeed
Role not disclosedGlimpse
Provides AI-powered platform to automate financial deduction processes for retailers
$35MSeries A
Role not disclosedLucid Bots
Lucid Bots develops autonomous exterior-cleaning robots and software for professional cleaning businesses.
$20MSeries B
Role not disclosedMandel AI
Develops AI supply chain coordinator to automate supplier communication and procurement
$3.9MSeed
Role not disclosedConduit
Provides AI-powered dock and yard management systems to automate warehouse shipping and receiving
$6MSeed
Role not disclosedSpade
Data and AI platform transforming how financial institutions use transaction data
$40MSeries B
Role not disclosedParallel
Develops AI agents to automate hospital administrative workflows
$20MSeries A
Role not disclosedLaminar
Open-source observability platform for tracing and debugging long-running AI agents
$3MSeed
Role not disclosedUnderstood Care
Combines human advocates and AI-powered automation to deliver personalized patient advocacy at scale
$8.4MPre-Seed+Seed
Role not disclosedGumloop
Provides AI-powered automation tools for non-technical employees to build and deploy autonomous agents
$50MSeries B
Role not disclosedReplit
Provides AI-powered development platform for software creation and deployment
$400MSeries D
Role not disclosedJuicebox
Develops AI recruiting software for finding and contacting candidates before they apply.
$80MSeries B
Role not disclosedEscape
Develops AI agents to automate security testing and remediation across the development lifecycle
$18MSeries A
Role not disclosedLegora
Legora develops AI software for law firms and in-house legal teams.
$550MSeries D
Role not disclosedScience Corporation
Develops brain-computer interface retinal implants to restore vision in patients with retinal diseases
$230MSeries C
Role not disclosedLio
Provides a virtual, agentic procurement department for enterprise companies
$30MSeries A
Role not disclosed14.ai
14.ai built a managed AI customer-service business; its founding team now operates GloGlo, focused on type 1 diabetes.
$3MSeed
Role not disclosed