Y Combinator Summer 2016 (S16) Companies
101 companies from the Y Combinator Summer 2016 batch, with their investors and founders.
Threshold Network is a decentralized protocol that enables Bitcoin to be used across multiple blockchain networks and financial markets through its tBTC token, facilitating lending, staking, trading, and yield-generation activities.
5 investors
An educational resource platform that teaches users how to craft effective prompts for AI image generation tools like Midjourney, DALL·E, and Stable Diffusion. The site provides guides, templates, examples, and tutorials for artists, designers, and creators seeking to improve their AI art outputs.
1 investor
OneChronos develops execution platforms for electronic trading using machine learning and mechanism design, serving institutional investors and traders.
6 investors
Opsolutely provides automated deployment tools that help engineering teams release software more safely and efficiently, with a focus on making the process accessible to all team members.
1 investor
PatientBank provides a platform for patients to collect and distribute their medical records from multiple healthcare providers in one place.
1 investor
People.ai builds AI-powered insights for revenue teams to analyze deal pipelines and provide actionable answers about sales performance based on a company's own deal history. The product automatically captures sales activity without requiring teams to change their workflows.
7 investors
Polymail is an email inbox application for operators and deal-makers, offering features like read receipts, message scheduling, and collaborative thread management. The product targets entrepreneurs and high-volume email users seeking efficiency and clarity in business communications.
1 investor
Prime Lightworks produces electric propulsion systems for satellites in orbit. The company aims to lower manufacturing costs and waste in space propulsion technology.
1 investor
Proxy develops a digital wallet application for mobile devices and wearable rings that handles payments, identity verification, and authentication.
2 investors
Revlo provides tools for video game streamers to interact with and monetize their audience through fan engagement features like rewards and recognition systems.
1 investor
Quero Bolsa is a Brazilian online marketplace that connects students with universities and colleges offering scholarships and discounts on tuition. The platform lets users compare courses and institutions by price, and provides information on course duration, career areas, job market, cutoff scores, and average salaries.
4 investors
Raptor Maps provides AI-powered analytics and automation software for solar plant operations, helping owners, operators, and engineers reduce costs and losses through visual data analysis and autonomous drone inspections. The platform uses machine learning to analyze site images, detect equipment defects, and enable remote monitoring across distributed solar assets.
10 investors
Ready Education provides a campus experience platform for higher education institutions that integrates academic and co-curricular learning experiences to enhance student community and retention.
5 investors
Reebeez manufactures thermal and photovoltaic microengines for small unmanned aircraft that convert combustible fuel into electricity to power flight, offering longer endurance and higher payload capacity than battery systems.
1 investor
RigPlenish provides software that reduces post-ambulance documentation burdens and enables real-time secure communication between ambulance crews and hospitals.
1 investor
Robby Technologies develops autonomous robots designed to deliver food, groceries, and packages to customers' doorsteps. The company partners with delivery operators to conduct pilot operations in urban areas.
1 investor
RocketLit develops an adaptive reading platform that adjusts text complexity for individual students and a science assessment tool that provides practice problems and performance analytics for teachers and administrators.
2 investors
Rose Rocket provides software that enables transportation and trucking companies to conduct logistics operations through digital tools rather than traditional phone and email communication.
4 investors
RunKit provides an interactive sandbox environment for testing server-side JavaScript code, allowing developers to experiment with different Node.js versions and npm packages without installation overhead.
1 investor
Sage Care connects families with local caregiving professionals who provide in-home support for aging parents.
2 investors
An AI sales assistant that automates lead qualification through email conversations, captures prospect contact information, and routes qualified leads to sales teams while handling CRM data entry and lead assignment.
3 investors
Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications. The company supplies data annotation, RLHF, benchmarking, and red-teaming services for machine learning models.
20 investors
Fellow is a social community app that facilitates online and in-person connections among users.
1 investor
Seerslab develops augmented reality technology and digital content for smartphone manufacturers, telecommunications companies, and app developers to integrate into their products and services.
1 investor