Y Combinator S23

YC Summer 2023 developer tools companies

42 dev-tool and infrastructure startups from YC Summer 2023 (S23): 28 active, 9 open source, 5 on DevHunt. Top tags: Developer Tools, AI, Infrastructure, Open Source. From YC's public directory, snapshot of 2026-10-20.
  • Arties23Active

    Software that streams data from databases to warehouses in real-time

    20 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Data Engineering, Enterprise Software · YC page

  • Tiptaps23Active

    The open-source document editor for humans and AI agents.

    20 people · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · Developer Tools, Open Source, AI · YC page

  • Plaid for Telematics Data in Commercial Trucking

    17 people · Toronto, ON, Canada · Developer Tools, Logistics, API, Supply Chain · YC page

  • You should just use Postgres.

    11 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Analytics, Open Source, Infrastructure · YC page

  • Open Source AI Agent to automate browser workflows via an API

    11 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Robotic Process Automation, Workflow Automation, Open Source, API · YC page

  • refines23Active

    Open-source Retool for enterprise

    10 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Open Source, Web Development · YC page

  • Fast, efficient agents for chip design and debug

    8 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, AI · YC page

  • Tempos23Active

    Visual Editor for React, powered by AI

    8 people · Toronto, ON, Canada · Developer Tools, Design Tools, AI · YC page

  • SIDs23Active

    AI research center for retrieval

    7 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Infrastructure, AI · YC page

  • Corgeas23Active

    Corgea finds, and fixes insecure code and packages autonomously.

    6 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Security, Cybersecurity, AI · YC page

  • Cedanas23Active

    Fast, reliable, reproducible AI with GPU live migration

    5 people · New York City, NY, USA · Deep Learning, Developer Tools, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure · YC page

  • Firmware cybersecurity

    4 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · DevSecOps, Hardware, GovTech, Cybersecurity · YC page

  • Sweeps23Active

    The best AI coding assistant for JetBrains

    4 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, AI, AI Assistant · YC page

  • Infuse knowledge into language models with just 10 samples

    3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · AIOps, Deep Learning, Developer Tools, Infrastructure · YC page

  • COREs23Active

    Your AI butler that understands you really well and proactively acts…

    3 people · Bengaluru, KA, India · Developer Tools, Generative AI, AI · YC page

  • All-in-one platform to create AI agents with your private knowledge

    3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Infrastructure, AI, Databases · YC page

  • Morphs23Active

    Fast Models Optimized for Coding Agents

    3 people · Columbus, OH, USA · Developer Tools, Generative AI, API, AI · YC page

  • AI-powered Infrastructure as Code PR reviews

    3 people · Las Vegas, NV, USA · Developer Tools, DevOps, Infrastructure, AI · YC page

  • Trainys23Active

    Infrastructure for managing GPU clusters for training/serving.

    3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Machine Learning, Infrastructure · YC page

  • Observability and evaluation platform for LLM apps.

    2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · AIOps, Developer Tools, AI · YC page

  • Hiros23Active

    Agents that handle security work

    2 people · New York City, NY, USA · Developer Tools, Infrastructure · YC page

  • Build chat-with-data agents for customer-facing applications

    2 people · Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland · Developer Tools, Analytics, API, AI · YC page

  • Pareas23Active

    Test, evaluate & observe your LLM applications

    2 people · New York City, NY, USA · Developer Tools, Generative AI, DevOps, Monitoring · YC page

  • The open source Postman alternative.

    2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Open Source, API · YC page

  • Build a website by chatting with AI

    2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Chatbot, Design, Web Development, AI · YC page

  • orchestrate your coding agents with sudocode

    2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Generative AI, AI · YC page

  • The Approval Layer for AI Agents

    2 people · London, England, United Kingdom · Open Source · YC page

  • Embed charts, dashboards and exports in your app

    1 person · Austin, TX, USA · Analytics, Data Engineering, Databases · YC page

  • Metadata for GenAI workflows

    8 people · New York City, NY, USA · Data Labeling, Big Data, AI, AI Assistant · YC page

  • Build and publish web apps in minutes. No coding required.

    7 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · No-code, Web Development, AI · YC page

  • FlowiseAIs23Acquired

    Open source GenAI development platform

    5 people · Remote · Developer Tools, Generative AI, Open Source, AI · YC page

  • Glides23Acquired

    Crypto Deposits, Wallet Funding, and Pay-with-crypto Infra

    4 people · New York City, NY, USA · Developer Tools, Crypto / Web3, API, Infrastructure · YC page

  • Chatters23Acquired

    Dead simple LLM testing and iteration

    2 people · Philadelphia, PA, USA · AIOps, Developer Tools, Generative AI · YC page

  • OpenPipes23Acquired

    Turn expensive prompts into cheap fine-tuned models

    2 people · Seattle, WA, USA · AIOps, Open Source, AI · YC page

  • PeerDBs23Acquired

    Fast, native ETL for Postgres 🐘 🚀

    2 people · Developer Tools, Open Source, Data Engineering, Enterprise Software · YC page

  • Tremors23Acquired

    The UI toolkit for Dashboards

    2 people · Zug, ZG, Switzerland · Data Visualization, Web Development · YC page

  • Pioneering open-source coding agent

    San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, AI · YC page

  • Atlas23Inactive

    The improvement engine for AI agents

    10 people · London, England, United Kingdom · AIOps, Developer Tools, Analytics, AI · YC page

  • The publishing layer for the agentic internet

    5 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Search, AI · YC page

  • CodeStorys23Inactive

    Aide is an AI-native , privacy-first IDE built on top of VSCode

    4 people · London, England, United Kingdom · Developer Tools, AI · YC page

  • Briefers23Inactive

    The collaborative data platform.

    2 people · São Paulo, SP, Brazil · Developer Tools, Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Visualization · YC page

  • Vango AIs23Inactive

    Development platform that makes it 10x easier to improve visual models

    2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Generative AI, Design, Gaming · YC page

FAQ

How many developer tools companies are in YC Summer 2023 (S23)?+

42 launched companies in YC Summer 2023 carry a developer-tools or infrastructure tag in YC's directory (snapshot of 2026-10-20); 28 are active. Companies that have not launched publicly on YC's site yet are not counted.

What are the top tags in YC S23 dev tools?+

Developer Tools (31), AI (26), Infrastructure (9), Open Source (9), Generative AI (7). 9 of 42 are tagged open source.

Which YC S23 dev-tool companies are the largest?+

By team size on YC's directory: Artie, Tiptap, Terminal.

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Source: Y Combinator's public company directory via the unofficial mirror yc-oss/api. DevHunt is not affiliated with Y Combinator.