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Captain

YC W26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 4 known investors

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1,147 people in our graph share verified history with the Captain team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry Tanunlockedknows Edgar Babajanyan · together at Y Combinator (overlapped)
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Captain builds infrastructure that makes unstructured enterprise data searchable and accessible through an Agent Swarm approach, serving large organizations that need to query and explore data at scale.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSB2BAPIData EngineeringInfrastructureUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W26)

Captain was founded in 2025 by Lewis Polansky and Edgar Babajanyan.

LPLewis Polansky
Lewis Polanskyin𝕏CEO & Co-FounderLewis Polansky worked on community software projects and previously founded CyberSpace, a CTF hacking group. He studied at Purdue before leaving to lead Captain.
EBEdgar Babajanyan
Edgar Babajanyanin𝕏Co-founder · CTOHe has published research in AI and NLP, previously built OCR engines at Boar's Head, and spent four years developing high-performance RAG pipelines and cross-region datacenter infrastructure.

Investors · 4

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
AccelreportedPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M
Tiger Global ManagementreportedNew York · $1M – $100M
Z47reportedCoral Springs · $1.2M – $40M

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Competitors · 1

by search overlap
Seqera5 shared keywordsSeqera is a bioinformatics platform that centralizes scientific data, orchestrates pipelines, and provides governance, auditability, and reproducibility across on-premises and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure). Built by the team behind the Nextflow workflow engine, it serves bioinformaticians, lab scientists, and R&D teams working on genomics and AI-based drug discovery.

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In the news

Captain's Chair Knee Raise - Exercise Guide | Motramotra.com · Jul 2026{Funding Alert} Seafood Startup Captain Fresh Raises Rs 120 Cr Equity Round - Indian Retailerindianretailer.com · Mar 2026Yourstoryyourstory.com · Mar 2026Captain - The Reliable Alternative to RAGycombinator.com · Nov 2025Captain Fresh raises $25 Mn in ongoing funding roundentrackr.com · Feb 2024Captain Experiences Raises Additional $2Mfinsmes.com · Mar 2023

Frequently asked questions

What does Captain do?
Captain builds infrastructure that makes unstructured enterprise data searchable and accessible through an Agent Swarm approach, serving large organizations that need to query and explore data at scale.
Who founded Captain?
Captain was founded by Lewis Polansky, Edgar Babajanyan in 2025.
Who are Captain's investors?
Captain's investors include Y Combinator, Accel, Tiger Global Management, Z47.
Where is Captain headquartered?
Captain is headquartered in San Francisco, US.