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Ploy

YC X26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 14 employees · Hiring · 3 known investors

Find your way into Ploy

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

Birgitteunlockedknows Bryant Chou · together at UC San Diego (overlapped)
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Ploy builds account plans for sales and marketing teams targeting high-intent accounts through coordinated multi-contact email outreach. The platform identifies and verifies contact rosters, generates role-aware Gmail drafts, and provides paced send schedules for coordinated account-based outreach.

Also known as [Placeholder] Bryant Chou NewCo

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X26)

Ploy was founded in 2025 by Bryant Chou.

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Bryant Chouin𝕏Founder · Chief PloyeeBryant Chou co-founded and served as CTO at Vungle from 2011 to 2013, and most recently co-founded and held the CTO role at Webflow from 2013 to 2025.

Investors · 3

Hyphen CapitalSan Francisco
Streamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Ploy went on to found or lead other companies.

Danny WenSeed InvestorFounded Crowdmade +1Bryant ChouFounderFounded Webflow

Competitors · 2

by search overlap
Polly7 shared keywordsPolly provides icebreaker tools including trivia games, debate prompts, and conversation starters for team meetings and events. The platform helps teams build engagement and camaraderie at the start of calls and gatherings.
Poly7 shared keywordsPolyAI builds an agentic dialog platform that enables enterprises to deploy voice AI agents for handling complex customer service conversations at scale. The platform combines machine learning with enterprise-grade controls for contact centers and customer-facing operations across multiple languages.

Companies competing with Ploy for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

The 11 standout startups from YC's Demo Day, according to VCstechcrunch.com · Jun 2026Ploy turns your website into your company's growth engine.ycombinator.com · Jun 2026Diggdigg.com · Jun 2026For Google, a Risky Ploy by Turning Its Back on Chinanytimes.com · Mar 2010

Frequently asked questions

What does Ploy do?
Ploy builds account plans for sales and marketing teams targeting high-intent accounts through coordinated multi-contact email outreach. The platform identifies and verifies contact rosters, generates role-aware Gmail drafts, and provides paced send schedules for coordinated account-based outreach.
Who founded Ploy?
Ploy was founded by Bryant Chou in 2025.
Who are Ploy's investors?
Ploy's investors include Hyphen Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Y Combinator.
Where is Ploy headquartered?
Ploy is headquartered in San Francisco, US.