Y Combinator W19

YC Winter 2019 developer tools companies

21 dev-tool and infrastructure startups from YC Winter 2019 (W19): 12 active, 1 open source, 1 on DevHunt. Top tags: Developer Tools, API, DevSecOps, AI. From YC's public directory, snapshot of 2026-10-20.
  • Alpacaw19Active

    API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform

    150 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Fintech, API, Investing · YC page

  • Superb AI provides end-to-end computer vision MLOps platform

    80 people · Seoul, Seoul, South Korea · AIOps, AI, ML · YC page

  • Glidew19Active

    Glide turns spreadsheets into beautiful, intelligent apps.

    46 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, No-code, Enterprise Software, AI · YC page

  • Mobotw19Active

    Mobot is a QA-as-a-service platform using actual mechanical robots

    40 people · New York City, NY, USA · Developer Tools, Hardware · YC page

  • Termius is an SSH client with team collaboration features

    35 people · Auckland, New Zealand · Developer Tools, DevSecOps, IoT Security · YC page

  • Oktetow19Active

    Cloud Development Environments with one click

    30 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Open Source, Kubernetes · YC page

  • Daggerw19Active

    Develop your CI/CD pipelines as code and run them anywhere

    22 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, DevSecOps · YC page

  • Design system platform joins developers and designers together

    20 people · Prague, Prague, Czechia · Developer Tools, Design Tools · YC page

  • Avow19Active

    Fixing data quality in product analytics.

    10 people · Reykjavík, Iceland · Developer Tools · YC page

  • Cosmicw19Active

    Cosmic is an AI-powered headless CMS

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

  • Dockupw19Active

    On demand ephemeral environments to run manual and automated tests.

    4 people · Bengaluru, KA, India · DevOps · YC page

  • Universal, Pure-GPU HTML Renderer

    1 person · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Hard Tech, Gaming, API · YC page

  • Memfaultw19Acquired

    First IoT reliability platform for debugging, monitoring, OTA updates

    80 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, IoT · YC page

  • Secure secrets. Prevent breaches. Keep teams moving.

    25 people · Austin, TX, USA · Developer Tools, DevSecOps, Security · YC page

  • Slapdashw19Acquired

    Work at the speed of thought

    6 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Developer Tools, Productivity · YC page

  • Vislyw19Acquired

    Build React components visually

    6 people · Remote · Developer Tools, Design Tools · YC page

  • Elphw19Acquired

    Acquired by Brex. Building digital payments infrastructure.

    5 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Payments, Infrastructure · YC page

  • Preflightw19Acquired

    No-code Web Apps testing for everyone

    5 people · Chicago, IL, USA · Developer Tools · YC page

  • Basilicaw19Inactive

    Basilica is an API that embeds high-dimensional data like images and…

    2 people · San Francisco, CA, USA · Machine Learning, API · YC page

  • DevFlightw19Inactive

    Managed equipment data pipelines for manufacturers

    2 people · Boston, MA, USA · Data Engineering · YC page

  • Datamodew19Inactive

    Datamode (datamode.com) is a tool for engineers to instantly diagnose…

    1 person · Seattle, WA, USA · Analytics, Data Engineering · YC page

FAQ

How many developer tools companies are in YC Winter 2019 (W19)?+

21 launched companies in YC Winter 2019 carry a developer-tools or infrastructure tag in YC's directory (snapshot of 2026-10-20); 12 are active. Companies that have not launched publicly on YC's site yet are not counted.

What are the top tags in YC W19 dev tools?+

Developer Tools (15), API (4), DevSecOps (3), AI (2), Data Engineering (2). 1 of 21 are tagged open source.

Which YC W19 dev-tool companies are the largest?+

By team size on YC's directory: Alpaca, Superb AI, Glide.

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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.