Y Combinator S25

YC Summer 2025 developer tools companies

28 dev-tool and infrastructure startups from YC Summer 2025 (S25): 28 active, 7 open source, 3 on DevHunt. Top tags: AI, Developer Tools, Infrastructure, Open Source. From YC's public directory, snapshot of 2026-10-20.
  • KERNELs25Active

    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

  • Larks25Active

    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

  • Nottes25Active

    Browser infra for AI agents: sessions, auth, proxies, payments

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

  • Floots25Active

    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

  • Montes25Active

    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

  • Alters25Active

    Privileged Access Management for AI Agents

    2 people · New York City, NY, USA · AIOps, Developer Tools, DevSecOps, Security · YC page

  • argss25Active

    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

  • Lotass25Active

    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

  • Okibis25Active

    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.