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YC Winter 2016 AI Companies

Every AI company in Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch — 11 startups, 8 still active, 3 acquired. Team sizes, verticals, and locations.

Companies
11
Active
8
Acquired
3
Headcount
1,826
Dossiers
5
Verticals in this batch 23 tracked
saas2 b2b2 fintech1 enterprise1 biotech1 big data1 energy1 robotics1
All 11 companies largest first
Podium
Get more leads. Make more money.
W2016 Est. 2014 1000 people Lehi DOSSIER
Sendbird
The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights.
W2016 Est. 2013 300 people San Mateo DOSSIER
Gecko Robotics
AI + Robotics for the Built World
W2016 Est. 2016 230 people Pittsburgh DOSSIER
Daily
Conversational Voice and Multimodal AI built with Open Source
W2016 Est. 2016 126 people San Francisco DOSSIER
Deepgram
Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding.
W2016 Est. 2015 115 people San Francisco DOSSIER
Caper
Plug-and-play cashier-less retail powered by computer vision and AI
W2016 15 people ACQUIRED
Pulpix
Binge-watching technology for video platforms.
W2016 Est. 2015 15 people New York ACQUIRED
Nova
Nova puts the power of AI to work for you, enabling a more continuous…
W2016 11 people San Francisco ACQUIRED
iSono Health
AI-powered platform for Accessible and Personalized Breast Health…
W2016 Est. 2016 9 people San Francisco
Netomi
Self-Driving Customer Care
W2016 Est. 2015 3 people San Mateo
HistoWiz
Accelerating Histopathology for Cancer Research
W2016 2 people Brooklyn
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