Capacitive
YC X25San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 3 known investors
Capacitive provides a data access layer that connects AI agents to internal company information, offering role-based access controls and security monitoring across multiple platforms.
Also known as Capacitive (YC X25)
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X25)
Capacitive was founded in 2025 by Kevin Treehan and Rohan Radhakeesoon.
Investors · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Capacitive is a San Francisco-based software company that operates a data gateway layer between enterprise information systems and AI agents. Customers connect the platform once to the systems where their internal data lives — cited examples include Slack, Confluence, Google Drive, Notion, Jira, HubSpot and Salesforce — and then create secure data gateways that expose that context to agent-based tools such as Cursor and AgentKit, with granular cross-platform permissions, monitoring and security filtering.
Alongside the gateway, the product includes a built-in web chat interface through which knowledge workers can query organizational knowledge (for example ad hoc questions such as monthly burn) and execute actions across connected platforms, as well as build lightweight agents for repetitive tasks using natural-language instructions. The company describes granular tool filtering, role-based access controls and human-in-the-loop oversight as core features, positioning the platform for cases where LLMs are given both read and write access to enterprise systems.
Founding story
Co-founders Kevin Treehan (CEO) and Rohan Radhakeesoon (CFO/COO) had known each other for about five years, having attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then Yale together. Treehan studied computer science at Yale. Both left Yale to build the company in San Francisco.
Business model
Capacitive sells a web-based SaaS platform that integrates with a company's existing data and work platforms and serves as a permissioned access layer for AI agents and internal chat-based querying. Its public beta was made available free at launch.
Traction
At the time of the Y Combinator listing the team size was two; other listings report one to three employees and roughly 3,000 LinkedIn followers. The public beta opened on May 30, 2025.
Latest developments
Capacitive opened its public beta on May 30, 2025 and was covered in the press on June 2, 2025 as a new entrant in AI infrastructure. Its Y Combinator profile lists the company as active.
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Market position
Capacitive is an early-stage entrant in AI infrastructure and agent tooling, categorized as developer tools, SaaS and enterprise software, and described in one listing under the MCP gateway market. It positions itself as infrastructure bridging AI agent capabilities and fragmented enterprise data rather than a standalone productivity application.
Technology
The platform connects to upstream data and work platforms via integrations and exposes them as data gateways with cross-platform permissioning, security filtering, monitoring and authentication. It supports both read and write operations to connected enterprise platforms, supplies product- and team-level context to external agents, and offers natural-language agent creation within its own chat interface.
Go-to-market
The company launched publicly through a free public beta on its website and a Y Combinator launch post and video, supported by its founders' social posts and coverage in technology press.
Knowledge workers and enterprise teams whose information is spread across multiple SaaS platforms, including developer and product teams using agent tools, as well as companies seeking to govern AI access to sensitive internal data.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
History
The company was founded in 2025 by Kevin Treehan and Rohan Radhakeesoon, who left Yale University and relocated to San Francisco to work on it full time. It participated in Y Combinator's Spring 2025 (X25) batch, with Pete Koomen as primary partner, and launched its public beta on May 30, 2025.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Competitors · 1
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsCapacitive opened its web platform to the public in free beta, offering cross-platform data connections, chat-based querying of internal data and natural-language agent building.
Capacitive was part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch, with Pete Koomen as primary partner.
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In the news
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- Capacitive: The data gateway for agents. | Y Combinatorycombinator.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Capacitive do?
- Capacitive is a data gateway that connects AI agents and tools to a company's internal data across platforms.
- Who founded Capacitive?
- Capacitive was founded by Kevin Treehan, Rohan Radhakeesoon in 2025.
- Who are Capacitive's investors?
- Capacitive's investors include Multifaceted Capital, Y Combinator, Script Capital.
- Where is Capacitive headquartered?
- Capacitive is headquartered in San Francisco, US.