Y Combinator W26: The Full Batch

Meet Y Combinator's latest batch of startups: Discover the trends and categories shaping the future of tech.

Mar 05, 2026

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Y Combinator’s Winter ‘26 Demo Day is under three weeks away. We’re back with a full overview of the latest startups in the batch — what they’re building, which categories they’re focused on, and which partners coached them. We’ll also highlight the most exciting startups to watch and take a closer look at the teams behind them.

So what have we learned about this batch so far?

64% of the batch are B2B startups, with many building products across productivity, the stack for engineers and infrastructure tools.
The consumer category is barely represented in this batch, with only about 5% of startups building within the category.
Healthcare is gaining momentum, making up nearly 10% of the batch. Notable areas include wearable technologies and drug discovery.
The legal tech category is also heating up. This may be driven by the rapid success of platforms like Legora (a YC company) and Harvey, both of which reached unicorn status shortly after founding. It’s therefore not surprising that around 4% of this batch is building in the legal category.

Let’s explore the latest trends shaping this batch in full.

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The History of YC

In under three weeks, over 180 startups from the latest Y Combinator batch will present to investors at the Winter ‘26 Demo Day, and this may be the strongest batch yet. After meeting several founders in recent weeks, one trend is very clear: the founders are doubling down on AI, focusing on B2B.

Ask any founder or investor, and they have undoubtedly heard of Y Combinator — one of the world’s most renowned startup accelerators, with a mighty track record. Founders who raise from them are 45% more likely to raise a Series A and the accelerator turned 20 years old last year. Throughout that time, they have achieved some incredible stats, including:

$800B+ in combined market value has been created.
6.5% of YC startups become unicorns.
A quarter of all YC-backed unicorns achieve a valuation of over $10 billion.

All within just 20 years. So with the latest batch wrapping up, many of these startups are poised to rise — let’s meet them!

Meet the W26 Batch

With a lot of eyes on YC companies, we wanted to showcase them through a wider infographic to help you navigate the areas that most interest you.

So, let’s dive in!

Meet the 180+ startups from YC’s latest batch who are building across the following categories:

B2B

General B2B Software, Engineering, Infrastructure, Retail, Security, Sales, Supply Chain & Logistics, Legal, Productivity, HR, Operations, Marketing, Analytics, and Finance/Accounting.

FinTech

General FinTech, Payments, Credit & Lending, Insurance, and Banking/Exchange.

Consumer

General Consumer, Gaming, Electronics, and Finance.

Healthcare

A number of categories that founders are building across.

Industrials

General Industrials, Aviation & Space, Climate, Drones, Manufacturing, Energy, Real Estate, Defense, and Agriculture.

Discover the latest startups ahead of YC’s W26 Demo Day.

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Meet the YC Partners

Much of the attention goes on the startups throughout YC batches but let’s not forget the coaches (Partners) who are supporting each startup as well. We’ve outlined below each YC Partner, and which startups they have coached throughout this batch.

Throughout this batch, the YC Partners include:
Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Aaron Epstein, Harshita Arora, Jon Xu, Tyler Bosmeny, Ankit Gupta, Diana Hu, Brad Flora, Jared Friedman, and Gustaf Alstromer.

Garry Tan

Co-founder of Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and Initialized Capital. Early engineer at Palantir, designed company logo.

Harj Taggar

Co-founder and CEO of Triplebyte (acquired by Karat) and Auctomatic (acquired by Live Current Media). Graduated from Oxford.

Aaron Epstein

Co-founder of Creative Market, generating over $100M in sales for independent creators worldwide.

Harshita Arora

Visiting Partner at YC. Co-founder of AtoB.

Jon Xu

Co-founder and CTO of FutureAdvisor (acquired by BlackRock). Built robo-advisor platform for financial institutions. MIT EECS grad.

Tyler Bosmeny

Co-founder and CEO of Clever (acquired for $500M). Used by 60% of US students.

Ankit Gupta

Co-founder and CTO of Reverie Labs (acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks). Deep learning researcher in language, vision, and biology.

Diana Hu

Co-founder and CTO of Escher Reality (acquired by Niantic). Shipped AR tech for Pokémon GO to 100M+ users and grew up in Chile.

Brad Flora

Co-founder and CEO of Perfect Audience (acquired by Marin Software). Active angel investor and Slate contributor.

Jared Friedman

Co-founder of Scribd, one of the top 100 sites on the web. Harvard CS dropout.

Gustaf Alstromer

Led Growth at Airbnb for 4.5 years. Co-founder of Heysan. Previously Head of Growth at Voxer.

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