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Public YC startup directory: browse or search companies by batch and filters (directory and industry URLs route here), list batches, read one or up to 25 company profiles with founders and stage, read a company's advertised jobs, search jobs across all YC companies, and list Launch YC posts.

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Find the first page of active YC companies tagged Developer Tools that are currently marked as hiring, with company names, descriptions and profile links.

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "ycombinator-com",
    capability: "companies/batches",
    options: {},
  },
});
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source_url
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies
total_companies
6222
batchcompanies
Summer 20271
Winter 20271
Fall 202658
Summer 2026233
Spring 2026194
Winter 2026199
Fall 2025146
Summer 2025166
Spring 2025143
Winter 2025165
Fall 202494
Summer 2024248
Winter 2024248
Summer 2023220
Winter 2023274
Summer 2022233
Winter 2022398
Summer 2021391
Winter 2021336
Summer 2020209
Winter 2020228
Summer 2019176
Winter 2019194
Summer 2018131
Winter 2018146
Summer 2017125
Winter 2017116
Summer 2016102
Winter 2016122
Summer 2015104
Winter 2015110
Summer 201478
Winter 201474
Summer 201352
Winter 201346
Summer 201283
Winter 201266
Summer 201160
Winter 201145
Summer 201036
Winter 201027
Summer 200926
Winter 200916
Summer 200822
Winter 200821
Summer 200719
Winter 200713
Summer 200610
Winter 20067
Summer 20059
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Use cases

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Built-in skills that call Y Combinator.

Uses Y Combinator, FullEnrichYC batch founder outreachUse when a company sells to startups and wants a contact list for a Y Combinator batch, industry or hiring cohort: each company with its founders' verified work emails.4 capabilitiesUse
Uses Fireround, Y Combinator, Greenhouse job boards, ApolloFreshly funded hiring shortlistUse when a recruiter, agency or job seeker wants companies that just raised money but have not yet posted most of their roles. Pulls recent rounds, checks how many jobs each company already advertises against the size of the raise, and finds the founders, producing a shortlist ranked by hiring gap.6 capabilitiesUse
Uses Fireround, Y Combinator, Built In, Greenhouse job boards, Apollo+1New-grad employer outreach listUse when a university career services director or employer relations manager wants new employers to bring to campus. Finds recently funded startups and accelerator companies posting entry-level and intern roles, checks their hiring volume and location, producing an outreach list of employers likely to recruit graduates this cycle.7 capabilitiesUse
Uses Fireround, FullEnrich, Similarweb, Y Combinator, Greenhouse job boards+1Startup offer runway checkUse when a candidate, or a recruiter trying to close one, needs to judge the real risk in a startup job offer. Reads the funding history and last valuation, whether the lead investor follows on, headcount and traffic momentum, and whether the company is still hiring, producing a plain-language risk read and the questions to ask before signing.6 capabilitiesUse

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