Pollen was founded by Noah Yin, Aldrin Ong, Jeffrey Yum in 2025.

Who are Pollen's investors?

Pollen's investors include Y Combinator, Backed, Blast.Club, Bynd Venture Capital, Insignia Ventures Partners, Metsu Capital, Mustard Seed Maze, Northzone and 6 more.

Where is Pollen headquartered?

Pollen is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Pollen

YC W26

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

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Pollen builds custom document processing workflows that use AI to extract information from client documents and automatically populate forms for professional firms. The platform maintains human oversight throughout, requiring team review before finalizing any form submissions.

Also known as Daymi

AI & Machine Learning Enterprise Software SaaSUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W26)

Pollen was founded in 2025 by Noah Yin, Aldrin Ong, and Jeffrey Yum.

Noah Yin Co-Founder & CEONoah Yin graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in computer science and worked on machine learning applications at Amazon Maps. He has also conducted machine learning research on COVID-19 classification at Columbia and co-published several applications.

Aldrin Ong Co-founder · BuildingAldrin Ong is a software engineer at Pollen pursuing a degree in computer science from UC Berkeley. He previously worked at AWS, where he built AI context retrieval systems and search infrastructure. He has been developing mobile applications since age 15 and has published multiple apps to the App Store.

Jeffrey Yum Co-Founder & COOJeffrey Yum studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley. He previously worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on data archival systems, and is now co-founder and COO of Pollen, where he develops AI agents for customer success automation.

David NgFounder

Hillary BushFounder

Liyana SulaimanFounder

Investors · 14

Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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BackedreportedLondon · $500K – $5M

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Blast.Clubreported$5.5M

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Bynd Venture CapitalreportedLisbon

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Insignia Ventures PartnersreportedSingapore · $100K – $5M

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Mustard Seed MazereportedLisbon

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NorthzonereportedLondon · $1M – $50M

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RobinhoodreportedMenlo Park

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Script CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $500K

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SeedcampreportedLondon · $378K – $1.1M

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Team IgnitereportedFolsom · $15M

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TechstarsreportedBoulder · $220K

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XYZ Venture CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $10K – $5M

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In the news

Pollen: AI agents for customer successycombinator.com · Feb 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Pollen do?: Pollen builds custom document processing workflows that use AI to extract information from client documents and automatically populate forms for professional firms. The platform maintains human oversight throughout, requiring team review before finalizing any form submissions.
Who founded Pollen?: Pollen was founded by Noah Yin, Aldrin Ong, Jeffrey Yum in 2025.
Who are Pollen's investors?: Pollen's investors include Y Combinator, Backed, Blast.Club, Bynd Venture Capital, Insignia Ventures Partners, Metsu Capital, Mustard Seed Maze, Northzone and 6 more.
Where is Pollen headquartered?: Pollen is headquartered in San Francisco, US.