Y Combinator S25
YC Summer 2025 developer tools companies
Crazy fast, open source infra for AI agents to use the Internet
22 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, AI · YC page
Email Inboxes for AI Agents
10 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, API, Email · YC page
Automation Foundation Models For Tiny Devices
8 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Hard Tech, Open Source, AI · YC page
Persistent computers for AI agents
8 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, DevOps, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure · YC page
Give engineering, product, and design teams insight into unseen issues
8 people · New York City, NY, USA · Developer Tools, Design, AI · YC page
Making AI run fast on any hardware.
7 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · AIOps, Developer Tools, Cloud Computing, AI · YC page
Hardware-Aware AI for Embedded Software
6 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Hardware, AI · YC page
AI agents for E2E testing across mobile & web
5 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, AI · YC page
The E2E testing layer for AI-driven development
5 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, DevOps, Automation, AI · YC page
Cloud infrastructure for MCP servers and Claude / ChatGPT plugins.
5 people · ZH, Switzerland · Developer Tools, Open Source, Infrastructure, AI · YC page
Browser infra for AI agents: sessions, auth, proxies, payments
5 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, API, Automation, AI · YC page
The app platform inside Claude and ChatGPT.
4 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · No-code, Web Development, AI · YC page
The Open-Source Alternative to Claude Managed Agents
4 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, AI, AI Assistant · YC page
Open Source AI Agent Improvement Platform
4 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Open Source, Infrastructure, AI · YC page
Production infrastructure on autopilot
3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Open Source, Infrastructure · YC page
Continual Learning for Agents
3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Reinforcement Learning, Infrastructure, AI · YC page
product lab. focused on personal ai and context.
3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Consumer, AI · YC page
Open networking and security for your workforce, AI agents, and infra
3 people · New York City, NY, USA · Security, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Networks · YC page
The makers of Klex Bots, your own team of digital coworkers.
3 people · Developer Tools, Open Source, AI · YC page
AI content manager that grows your company's online presence
3 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Consumer, AI · YC page
Privileged Access Management for AI Agents
2 people · New York City, NY, USA · AIOps, Developer Tools, DevSecOps, Security · YC page
A better GItHub
2 people · New York City, NY, USA · Developer Tools · YC page
Self learning computer use agent for developers
2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Robotic Process Automation, Workflow Automation, Enterprise Software · YC page
Independent AI evaluations lab
2 people · New York City, NY, USA · Infrastructure, AI · YC page
AI for quantitative trading
2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Data Science, Data Visualization, AI · YC page
Run open models as fast as your hardware allows
2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Open Source, Infrastructure, AI · YC page
Turns products into CLIs and agents into customers
2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, AI · YC page
Do your life's work with agents
San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, AI · YC page
FAQ
How many developer tools companies are in YC Summer 2025 (S25)?+
28 launched companies in YC Summer 2025 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 S25 dev tools?+
AI (24), Developer Tools (24), Infrastructure (8), Open Source (7), Cloud Computing (3). 7 of 28 are tagged open source.
Which YC S25 dev-tool companies are the largest?+
By team size on YC's directory: KERNEL, AgentMail, Cactus Compute.
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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.