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HyperGlue
AcquiredYC W21San Francisco, US · Founded 2020 · 5 employees · 9 known investors
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HyperGlue provides machine learning analysis of large text datasets, allowing product teams and operators to identify patterns in customer feedback and other text-based data without requiring in-house AI engineering expertise.
Also known as Gemini AI · Hyperglue
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)
HyperGlue was founded in 2020 by Samuel Oluwalana and Stanley Fich.
Investors · 9
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026HyperGlue is a San Francisco-based software company founded in 2020 that applies natural language processing and machine learning to large bodies of unstructured text. Its stated premise is that organizations generate more text than any individual or team can read, so a single product team cannot manually sift thousands of feedback responses to separate signal from noise.
The product is positioned as a way for operators, product managers and analysts to access machine intelligence on large text datasets without the engineering work or additional headcount normally required to deploy natural language AI inside a business. The company describes its category as "business intelligence on text," extracting insights from volumes of content that would otherwise require large teams to read.
Founding story
HyperGlue was founded in 2020 by Samuel Oluwalana and Stanley Fich, both 2012 Stanford University graduates. Oluwalana describes a decade in the technology industry and an interest in building scalable platforms that apply machine learning to pressing problems. Fich is a co-founder of JadeIQ and a former Division I athlete in baseball and football, originally from the Bronx, New York.
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Market position
HyperGlue is categorized under machine learning, NLP and B2B software, and was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch.
Technology
HyperGlue applies machine learning and natural language processing to large text datasets, packaging natural language AI capabilities so that customers can use them without building or maintaining the underlying engineering infrastructure.
Go-to-market
The company addresses business users rather than machine learning specialists, naming operators, product managers and analysts as its users, with product teams handling large volumes of customer feedback cited as a representative case. It is categorized as a B2B company.
Geography
The company is based in San Francisco, California.
History
Founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, HyperGlue joined Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch with a team of five. Y Combinator's directory subsequently listed the company's status as acquired.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsY Combinator's company directory lists HyperGlue's status as acquired; the acquirer and terms are not stated.
HyperGlue was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch.
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Legal entities · 1
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primary sources listed
- HyperGlue: Business intelligence on text | Y Combinatorycombinator.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does HyperGlue do?
- HyperGlue is a San Francisco company applying machine learning to large text datasets for business intelligence.
- Who founded HyperGlue?
- HyperGlue was founded by Samuel Oluwalana, Stanley Fich in 2020.
- Who are HyperGlue's investors?
- HyperGlue's investors include Open Opportunity Fund, Y Combinator, Amplify Partners, Andros15 Ventures, Fundamental Ventures, Harvard Management Company, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Renegade Partners and 1 more.
- Where is HyperGlue headquartered?
- HyperGlue is headquartered in San Francisco, US.