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Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.\",\n \"minimum\": 0,\n \"maximum\": 100000,\n \"editor\": \"number\"\n },\n \"maxTeamSize\": {\n \"title\": \"Maximum Team Size\",\n \"type\": \"integer\",\n \"description\": \"Drop companies with more employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.\",\n \"minimum\": 1,\n \"maximum\": 100000,\n \"editor\": \"number\"\n },\n \"sortBy\": {\n \"title\": \"Sort By\",\n \"type\": \"string\",\n \"description\": \"Directory order follows YC relevance; launchDate puts the newest directory launches first.\",\n \"editor\": \"select\",\n \"enum\": [\n \"default\",\n \"launchDate\"\n ],\n \"enumTitles\": [\n \"Directory order\",\n \"Newest launch first\"\n ],\n \"default\": \"default\",\n \"prefill\": \"default\"\n },\n \"companyUrls\": {\n \"title\": \"Company URLs or Slugs\",\n \"type\": \"array\",\n \"description\": \"Companies to fetch (mode=byCompany). Accepts full ycombinator.com/companies URLs, /companies/ paths or bare slugs.\",\n \"editor\": \"stringList\",\n \"default\": [],\n \"prefill\": []\n },\n \"scrapeFounders\": {\n \"title\": \"Include Founders\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Add each company's founders with title, bio, LinkedIn, X and profile link. Uses the company page already fetched for the record.\",\n \"default\": true,\n \"prefill\": true,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": {\n \"title\": \"Include Open Jobs\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Add current job postings with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and remote signal.\",\n \"default\": true,\n \"prefill\": false,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"includeJobDescriptions\": {\n \"title\": \"Include Job Descriptions\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Fetch one extra page per job for its full description, interview process and hiring manager.\",\n \"default\": false,\n \"prefill\": false,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"includeLaunches\": {\n \"title\": \"Include Launch YC Posts\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Add Launch YC post metadata (title, tagline, date, votes, link).\",\n \"default\": true,\n \"prefill\": false,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"includeLaunchBodies\": {\n \"title\": \"Include Launch Bodies\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Add the full text of each Launch YC post. Makes records much larger.\",\n \"default\": false,\n \"prefill\": false,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"includeNews\": {\n \"title\": \"Include News\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Add news items linked from the company page.\",\n \"default\": false,\n \"prefill\": false,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"includeFounderProfiles\": {\n \"title\": \"Include Founder Profiles\",\n \"type\": \"boolean\",\n \"description\": \"Fetch one extra page per founder for previous roles, schools and current title.\",\n \"default\": false,\n \"prefill\": false,\n \"editor\": \"checkbox\"\n },\n \"maxItems\": {\n \"title\": \"Maximum Companies\",\n \"type\": \"integer\",\n \"description\": \"Stop after this many companies. Applied after filters and before detail pages.\",\n \"default\": 50,\n \"prefill\": 3,\n \"minimum\": 1,\n \"maximum\": 7000,\n \"editor\": \"number\"\n }\n },\n \"required\": [\n \"mode\"\n ]\n}", "readme": "# Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs\n\nScrape **Y Combinator's startup directory** — all 6,337 companies across every batch since 2005 — with founders, open jobs, Launch YC posts, news and company media. Search by keyword, batch, industry, region, status or tag, or fetch specific companies by URL or slug. No login, no API key, no proxy.\n\n## What this actor does\n\n- **Two modes:** `search` for the full directory or filtered slices, and `byCompany` for a list of companies you already know.\n- **Complete coverage:** all 50 YC batches and 6,337 companies, with no silent 1,000-row ceiling.\n- **Company-first records:** batch, stage, status, industries, tags, badges, descriptions, locations, logo, socials, partner, photos, Launch YC posts, news and application answers.\n- **Founders and jobs:** founder name, title, bio, LinkedIn, X, avatar and contactability flag; open jobs with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and optional full descriptions.\n- **Empty fields are omitted** — no `null`, empty strings or placeholder values anywhere in a record.\n\n## Output per company\n\n- `type` — always `yc_company`\n- `id`, `slug`, `url`, `name` — identity and YC profile link\n- `companyId` — YC's numeric company ID\n- `batch`, `batchName` — short code (e.g. `S24`) and full name (e.g. `Summer 2024`)\n- `status` — `Active`, `Inactive`, `Acquired`, `Public` or `Not YC`\n- `stage` — `Early` or `Growth`, when YC publishes it\n- `industry`, `subIndustry`, `industries[]`, `tags[]`, `badges[]`\n- `topCompany`, `isHiring`, `nonprofit` — present when YC flags the company\n- `highlightBlackFounders`, `highlightWomenFounders`, `highlightHispanicFounders` — present when YC flags the company\n- `shortDescription`, `longDescription`, `pitch`\n- `website`, `logo`, `logoThumb`\n- `foundingYear`, `launchedAt` (Unix timestamp), `formerNames[]`\n- `teamSize` — omitted when YC reports 0 (unknown)\n- `location`, `allLocations[]`, `city`, `country`, `regions[]`\n- `linkedin`, `twitter`, `facebook`, `crunchbase`, `github`, `wellfound`\n- `primaryPartner` — `{name, url, avatar}`\n- `ycdcUrl`\n- `photos[]` — public company photo URLs\n- `videos[]` — `{title, videoUrl, libraryUrl, date}`\n- `news[]` — `{title, url, date}`\n- `launches[]` — `{id, title, tagline, url, createdAt, votes}` plus `body` when launch bodies are enabled\n- `questionsAndAnswers[]` — `{question, answer}`\n- `founders[]` — `{id, name, title, bio, avatar, linkedin, twitter, hasEmail, email, isActive, profileUrl}`; with founder profiles enabled, also `currentTitle`, `batches`, `previousRoles`, `schools` and extra social links\n- `founderCount`\n- `openJobs[]` — `{id, title, url, applyUrl, location, remote, type, role, roleSpecificType, prettyRole, minExperience, salaryRange, salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency, equityRange, equity, skills, visa, askUs, postedAgo}`; with job descriptions enabled, also `description`, `interviewProcess` and `hiringManager`\n- `jobCount`\n- `demoDayVideo`, `demoDayVideoUrl`, `applicationVideo`, `applicationVideoUrl`\n- `kind`, `isCompanyHiring`, `topCompanyBadge`, `ycdcBadgeName`, `teamHighlights` — retained legacy fields, only when the source still supplies them\n- `scrapedAt` — UTC timestamp of the scrape\n\n## Input\n\n| Field | Type | Default | Description |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `mode` | string | `search` | `search` filters the directory; `byCompany` fetches `companyUrls` |\n| `searchQuery` | string | – | Free-text relevance search (mode=search) |\n| `batch` | string | `any` | `any` or a YC batch code such as `S24`, `P25` or `F26` |\n| `industry` | string | `any` | Exact YC industry facet |\n| `region` | string | `any` | Exact YC region facet, including `Remote` variants |\n| `status` | string | `any` | `any`, `Active`, `Inactive`, `Acquired` or `Public` |\n| `tags` | array | `[]` | Exact YC tags; any one match is enough |\n| `isHiring` | boolean | `false` | Only companies with YC's Is Hiring badge |\n| `topCompany` | boolean | `false` | Only companies with YC's Top Company badge |\n| `nonprofit` | boolean | `false` | Only companies with YC's Nonprofit badge |\n| `highlightBlackFounders` | boolean | `false` | Only companies YC flags as having Black founders |\n| `highlightWomenFounders` | boolean | `false` | Only companies YC flags as having women founders |\n| `highlightHispanicFounders` | boolean | `false` | Only companies YC flags as having Hispanic or Latino founders |\n| `minTeamSize` | integer | – | Drop companies below this employee count |\n| `maxTeamSize` | integer | – | Drop companies above this employee count |\n| `sortBy` | string | `default` | `default` directory order or `launchDate` (newest first) |\n| `companyUrls` | array | `[]` | Full YC URLs, `/companies/` paths or bare slugs (mode=byCompany) |\n| `scrapeFounders` | boolean | `true` | Add founders from the company page |\n| `scrapeOpenJobs` | boolean | `true` | Add open jobs from the company page |\n| `includeJobDescriptions` | boolean | `false` | Add full job descriptions, interview process and hiring manager |\n| `includeLaunches` | boolean | `true` | Add Launch YC post metadata |\n| `includeLaunchBodies` | boolean | `false` | Add the full text of each Launch YC post |\n| `includeNews` | boolean | `false` | Add news items linked from the company page |\n| `includeFounderProfiles` | boolean | `false` | Add previous roles, schools and current title per founder |\n| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Stop after this many companies (1–7,000), applied after filters |\n\n### Example: a batch's fintech companies with founders and job details\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"search\",\n \"batch\": \"S24\",\n \"industry\": \"Fintech\",\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": true,\n \"includeJobDescriptions\": true,\n \"maxItems\": 100\n}\n```\n\n### Example: export the complete directory\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"search\",\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": false,\n \"includeLaunches\": true,\n \"maxItems\": 7000\n}\n```\n\n### Example: look up specific companies\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"byCompany\",\n \"companyUrls\": [\n \"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb\",\n \"/companies/stripe\",\n \"doordash\"\n ],\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": true,\n \"includeLaunchBodies\": true\n}\n```\n\n### Example: top hiring companies in Europe, newest launches first\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"search\",\n \"region\": \"Europe\",\n \"topCompany\": true,\n \"isHiring\": true,\n \"minTeamSize\": 50,\n \"sortBy\": \"launchDate\",\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"maxItems\": 200\n}\n```\n\n## Use cases\n\n- **Lead generation** — build batch, industry or region lists with founder names, titles and LinkedIn profiles.\n- **Recruiting** — pull open YC roles with salary ranges, equity, experience requirements and full descriptions.\n- **Market mapping** — compare companies across batches, industries, regions, team sizes and stage.\n- **Competitive research** — track launches, news and product positioning from the directory.\n- **Diversity sourcing** — use the founder highlight badges YC itself publishes.\n- **Data enrichment** — fetch known companies by URL or slug and append founders, jobs and media.\n\n## FAQ\n\n**Do I need a login or API key?**\nNo. The directory, company pages, founder profiles and job pages are public.\n\n**How many companies are in the directory?**\nAbout 6,337 companies across 50 batches, growing with each new batch. A single run can export up to 7,000 companies.\n\n**Why is there no revenue, ARR or funding data?**\nY Combinator does not publish revenue, valuation or funding amounts in the directory, company pages or job pages. The actor does not infer or fabricate them.\n\n**Why are there no founder email addresses?**\nYC publishes only a contactability flag, surfaced as `hasEmail`. The actor does not guess or verify email addresses.\n\n**Why are some founders, jobs, launches or news items missing?**\nThose sections are published per company. When a company has none, the field is omitted rather than filled with an empty value. Companies with a hiring badge can still have no public job postings.\n\n**Where do `stage`, `launchedAt` and `formerNames` come from?**\nFrom YC's own directory metadata. When that metadata is unavailable for a run, those fields are omitted and the run continues.\n\n**Why is `teamSize` missing for some companies?**\nSome companies report 0 employees, which means unknown. 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No login or proxy required.", "version": "1.0", "buildTag": "latest", "defaultMemoryMbytes": 1024, "meta": { "templateId": "python-start" }, "input": { "title": "Y Combinator Companies & Founders Input", "description": "Choose search to filter the full YC directory, or byCompany to fetch specific companies. Founders, jobs, launches and news are optional extras. No login, API key or proxy required.", "type": "object", "schemaVersion": 1, "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "type": "string", "description": "search filters the directory; byCompany fetches the exact companies in companyUrls.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "search", "byCompany" ], "enumTitles": [ "Search the YC directory", "Fetch specific companies" ], "default": "search", "prefill": "search" }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Free-text relevance search across company names, descriptions and tags (mode=search).", "editor": "textfield" }, "batch": { "title": "Batch", "type": "string", "description": "YC batch. P = Spring, S = Summer, W = Winter, F = Fall. 'any' includes every batch.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "S05", "W06", "S06", "W07", "S07", "W08", "S08", "W09", "S09", "W10", "S10", "W11", "S11", "W12", "S12", "W13", "S13", "W14", "S14", "W15", "S15", "W16", "S16", "W17", "S17", "W18", "S18", "W19", "S19", "W20", "S20", "W21", "S21", "W22", "S22", "W23", "S23", "W24", "S24", "F24", "W25", "P25", "S25", "F25", "W26", "P26", "S26", "F26", "W27", "S27" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any batch", "Summer 2005", "Winter 2006", "Summer 2006", "Winter 2007", "Summer 2007", "Winter 2008", "Summer 2008", "Winter 2009", "Summer 2009", "Winter 2010", "Summer 2010", "Winter 2011", "Summer 2011", "Winter 2012", "Summer 2012", "Winter 2013", "Summer 2013", "Winter 2014", "Summer 2014", "Winter 2015", "Summer 2015", "Winter 2016", "Summer 2016", "Winter 2017", "Summer 2017", "Winter 2018", "Summer 2018", "Winter 2019", "Summer 2019", "Winter 2020", "Summer 2020", "Winter 2021", "Summer 2021", "Winter 2022", "Summer 2022", "Winter 2023", "Summer 2023", "Winter 2024", "Summer 2024", "Fall 2024", "Winter 2025", "Spring 2025", "Summer 2025", "Fall 2025", "Winter 2026", "Spring 2026", "Summer 2026", "Fall 2026", "Winter 2027", "Summer 2027" ], "default": "any", "prefill": "S24" }, "industry": { "title": "Industry", "type": "string", "description": "Exact YC industry facet. 'any' includes every industry.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "Agriculture", "Analytics", "Apparel and Cosmetics", "Asset Management", "Automotive", "Aviation and Space", "B2B", "Banking and Exchange", "Climate", "Construction", "Consumer", "Consumer Electronics", "Consumer Finance", "Consumer Health and Wellness", "Content", "Credit and Lending", "Defense", "Diagnostics", "Drones", "Drug Discovery and Delivery", "Education", "Energy", "Engineering, Product and Design", "Finance and Accounting", "Fintech", "Food and Beverage", "Gaming", "Government", "Healthcare", "Healthcare IT", "Healthcare Services", "Home and Personal", "Housing and Real Estate", "Human Resources", "Industrial Bio", "Industrials", "Infrastructure", "Insurance", "Job and Career Services", "Legal", "Manufacturing and Robotics", "Marketing", "Medical Devices", "Office Management", "Operations", "Payments", "Productivity", "Real Estate and Construction", "Recruiting and Talent", "Retail", "Sales", "Security", "Social", "Supply Chain and Logistics", "Therapeutics", "Transportation Services", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism", "Virtual and Augmented Reality" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any industry", "Agriculture", "Analytics", "Apparel and Cosmetics", "Asset Management", "Automotive", "Aviation and Space", "B2B", "Banking and Exchange", "Climate", "Construction", "Consumer", "Consumer Electronics", "Consumer Finance", "Consumer Health and Wellness", "Content", "Credit and Lending", "Defense", "Diagnostics", "Drones", "Drug Discovery and Delivery", "Education", "Energy", "Engineering, Product and Design", "Finance and Accounting", "Fintech", "Food and Beverage", "Gaming", "Government", "Healthcare", "Healthcare IT", "Healthcare Services", "Home and Personal", "Housing and Real Estate", "Human Resources", "Industrial Bio", "Industrials", "Infrastructure", "Insurance", "Job and Career Services", "Legal", "Manufacturing and Robotics", "Marketing", "Medical Devices", "Office Management", "Operations", "Payments", "Productivity", "Real Estate and Construction", "Recruiting and Talent", "Retail", "Sales", "Security", "Social", "Supply Chain and Logistics", "Therapeutics", "Transportation Services", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism", "Virtual and Augmented Reality" ], "default": "any" }, "region": { "title": "Region", "type": "string", "description": "Exact YC region facet. 'any' includes every region.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "Africa", "Algeria", "America / Canada", "Argentina", "Asia", "Australia", "Austria", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Brazil", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Cayman Islands", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cyprus", "Czechia", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Denmark", "East Asia", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Europe", "Finland", "France", "Fully Remote", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Ivory Coast", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kenya", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latin America", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Malaysia", "Mexico", "Middle East and North Africa", "Morocco", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Oceania", "Pakistan", "Panama", "Partly Remote", "Peru", "Philippines", "Poland", "Portugal", "Puerto Rico", "Remote", "Romania", "Russia", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "South Asia", "South Korea", "Southeast Asia", "Spain", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Taiwan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Turkey", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States of America", "Uruguay", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Zambia" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any region", "Africa", "Algeria", "America / Canada", "Argentina", "Asia", "Australia", "Austria", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Brazil", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Cayman Islands", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cyprus", "Czechia", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Denmark", "East Asia", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Europe", "Finland", "France", "Fully Remote", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Ivory Coast", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kenya", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latin America", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Malaysia", "Mexico", "Middle East and North Africa", "Morocco", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Oceania", "Pakistan", "Panama", "Partly Remote", "Peru", "Philippines", "Poland", "Portugal", "Puerto Rico", "Remote", "Romania", "Russia", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "South Asia", "South Korea", "Southeast Asia", "Spain", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Taiwan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Turkey", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States of America", "Uruguay", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Zambia" ], "default": "any" }, "status": { "title": "Status", "type": "string", "description": "Company operating status. 'any' includes every status.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "Active", "Inactive", "Acquired", "Public" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any status", "Active", "Inactive", "Acquired", "Public" ], "default": "any" }, "tags": { "title": "Tags", "type": "array", "description": "Exact YC tags; any one match is enough. Common tags: AI, B2B, SaaS, Fintech, Developer Tools, Marketplace, Generative AI, Consumer, Machine Learning, E-commerce, Healthcare, Analytics, Hardware, Open Source, Health Tech, Productivity, Education, AI Assistant, Robotics, Infrastructure.", "editor": "stringList", "default": [], "prefill": [] }, "isHiring": { "title": "Hiring Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only companies carrying YC's Is Hiring badge.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "topCompany": { "title": "Top Companies Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only companies carrying YC's Top Company badge.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "nonprofit": { "title": "Nonprofits Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only companies carrying YC's Nonprofit badge.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "highlightBlackFounders": { "title": "Black Founders", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only companies YC flags as having Black founders.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "highlightWomenFounders": { "title": "Women Founders", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only companies YC flags as having women founders.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "highlightHispanicFounders": { "title": "Hispanic / Latino Founders", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only companies YC flags as having Hispanic or Latino founders.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "minTeamSize": { "title": "Minimum Team Size", "type": "integer", "description": "Drop companies with fewer employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100000, "editor": "number" }, "maxTeamSize": { "title": "Maximum Team Size", "type": "integer", "description": "Drop companies with more employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100000, "editor": "number" }, "sortBy": { "title": "Sort By", "type": "string", "description": "Directory order follows YC relevance; launchDate puts the newest directory launches first.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "default", "launchDate" ], "enumTitles": [ "Directory order", "Newest launch first" ], "default": "default", "prefill": "default" }, "companyUrls": { "title": "Company URLs or Slugs", "type": "array", "description": "Companies to fetch (mode=byCompany). Accepts full ycombinator.com/companies URLs, /companies/ paths or bare slugs.", "editor": "stringList", "default": [], "prefill": [] }, "scrapeFounders": { "title": "Include Founders", "type": "boolean", "description": "Add each company's founders with title, bio, LinkedIn, X and profile link. Uses the company page already fetched for the record.", "default": true, "prefill": true, "editor": "checkbox" }, "scrapeOpenJobs": { "title": "Include Open Jobs", "type": "boolean", "description": "Add current job postings with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and remote signal.", "default": true, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "includeJobDescriptions": { "title": "Include Job Descriptions", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch one extra page per job for its full description, interview process and hiring manager.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "includeLaunches": { "title": "Include Launch YC Posts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Add Launch YC post metadata (title, tagline, date, votes, link).", "default": true, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "includeLaunchBodies": { "title": "Include Launch Bodies", "type": "boolean", "description": "Add the full text of each Launch YC post. Makes records much larger.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "includeNews": { "title": "Include News", "type": "boolean", "description": "Add news items linked from the company page.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "includeFounderProfiles": { "title": "Include Founder Profiles", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch one extra page per founder for previous roles, schools and current title.", "default": false, "prefill": false, "editor": "checkbox" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum Companies", "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after this many companies. Applied after filters and before detail pages.", "default": 50, "prefill": 3, "minimum": 1, "maximum": 7000, "editor": "number" } }, "required": [ "mode" ] }, "output": { "actorOutputSchemaVersion": 1, "title": "Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs Output", "description": "One record per Y Combinator company, with batch, stage, industry, status, founders, open jobs, Launch YC posts, news and media.", "properties": { "companies": { "type": "string", "title": "Y Combinator companies", "description": "Dataset containing all scraped Y Combinator company records.", "template": "{{links.apiDefaultDatasetUrl}}/items" } } }, "storages": { "dataset": { "actorSpecification": 1, "views": { "overview": { "title": "YC companies", "transformation": { "fields": [ "name", "batch", "status", "stage", "teamSize", "isHiring", "founderCount", "jobCount", "url" ] }, "display": { "component": "table", "properties": {} } } } } }, "dockerfile": "../Dockerfile", "readme": "# Y Combinator Startup Directory with Founders & Jobs\n\nScrape **Y Combinator's startup directory** — all 6,337 companies across every batch since 2005 — with founders, open jobs, Launch YC posts, news and company media. Search by keyword, batch, industry, region, status or tag, or fetch specific companies by URL or slug. No login, no API key, no proxy.\n\n## What this actor does\n\n- **Two modes:** `search` for the full directory or filtered slices, and `byCompany` for a list of companies you already know.\n- **Complete coverage:** all 50 YC batches and 6,337 companies, with no silent 1,000-row ceiling.\n- **Company-first records:** batch, stage, status, industries, tags, badges, descriptions, locations, logo, socials, partner, photos, Launch YC posts, news and application answers.\n- **Founders and jobs:** founder name, title, bio, LinkedIn, X, avatar and contactability flag; open jobs with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and optional full descriptions.\n- **Empty fields are omitted** — no `null`, empty strings or placeholder values anywhere in a record.\n\n## Output per company\n\n- `type` — always `yc_company`\n- `id`, `slug`, `url`, `name` — identity and YC profile link\n- `companyId` — YC's numeric company ID\n- `batch`, `batchName` — short code (e.g. `S24`) and full name (e.g. `Summer 2024`)\n- `status` — `Active`, `Inactive`, `Acquired`, `Public` or `Not YC`\n- `stage` — `Early` or `Growth`, when YC publishes it\n- `industry`, `subIndustry`, `industries[]`, `tags[]`, `badges[]`\n- `topCompany`, `isHiring`, `nonprofit` — present when YC flags the company\n- `highlightBlackFounders`, `highlightWomenFounders`, `highlightHispanicFounders` — present when YC flags the company\n- `shortDescription`, `longDescription`, `pitch`\n- `website`, `logo`, `logoThumb`\n- `foundingYear`, `launchedAt` (Unix timestamp), `formerNames[]`\n- `teamSize` — omitted when YC reports 0 (unknown)\n- `location`, `allLocations[]`, `city`, `country`, `regions[]`\n- `linkedin`, `twitter`, `facebook`, `crunchbase`, `github`, `wellfound`\n- `primaryPartner` — `{name, url, avatar}`\n- `ycdcUrl`\n- `photos[]` — public company photo URLs\n- `videos[]` — `{title, videoUrl, libraryUrl, date}`\n- `news[]` — `{title, url, date}`\n- `launches[]` — `{id, title, tagline, url, createdAt, votes}` plus `body` when launch bodies are enabled\n- `questionsAndAnswers[]` — `{question, answer}`\n- `founders[]` — `{id, name, title, bio, avatar, linkedin, twitter, hasEmail, email, isActive, profileUrl}`; with founder profiles enabled, also `currentTitle`, `batches`, `previousRoles`, `schools` and extra social links\n- `founderCount`\n- `openJobs[]` — `{id, title, url, applyUrl, location, remote, type, role, roleSpecificType, prettyRole, minExperience, salaryRange, salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency, equityRange, equity, skills, visa, askUs, postedAgo}`; with job descriptions enabled, also `description`, `interviewProcess` and `hiringManager`\n- `jobCount`\n- `demoDayVideo`, `demoDayVideoUrl`, `applicationVideo`, `applicationVideoUrl`\n- `kind`, `isCompanyHiring`, `topCompanyBadge`, `ycdcBadgeName`, `teamHighlights` — retained legacy fields, only when the source still supplies them\n- `scrapedAt` — UTC timestamp of the scrape\n\n## Input\n\n| Field | Type | Default | Description |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `mode` | string | `search` | `search` filters the directory; `byCompany` fetches `companyUrls` |\n| `searchQuery` | string | – | Free-text relevance search (mode=search) |\n| `batch` | string | `any` | `any` or a YC batch code such as `S24`, `P25` or `F26` |\n| `industry` | string | `any` | Exact YC industry facet |\n| `region` | string | `any` | Exact YC region facet, including `Remote` variants |\n| `status` | string | `any` | `any`, `Active`, `Inactive`, `Acquired` or `Public` |\n| `tags` | array | `[]` | Exact YC tags; any one match is enough |\n| `isHiring` | boolean | `false` | Only companies with YC's Is Hiring badge |\n| `topCompany` | boolean | `false` | Only companies with YC's Top Company badge |\n| `nonprofit` | boolean | `false` | Only companies with YC's Nonprofit badge |\n| `highlightBlackFounders` | boolean | `false` | Only companies YC flags as having Black founders |\n| `highlightWomenFounders` | boolean | `false` | Only companies YC flags as having women founders |\n| `highlightHispanicFounders` | boolean | `false` | Only companies YC flags as having Hispanic or Latino founders |\n| `minTeamSize` | integer | – | Drop companies below this employee count |\n| `maxTeamSize` | integer | – | Drop companies above this employee count |\n| `sortBy` | string | `default` | `default` directory order or `launchDate` (newest first) |\n| `companyUrls` | array | `[]` | Full YC URLs, `/companies/` paths or bare slugs (mode=byCompany) |\n| `scrapeFounders` | boolean | `true` | Add founders from the company page |\n| `scrapeOpenJobs` | boolean | `true` | Add open jobs from the company page |\n| `includeJobDescriptions` | boolean | `false` | Add full job descriptions, interview process and hiring manager |\n| `includeLaunches` | boolean | `true` | Add Launch YC post metadata |\n| `includeLaunchBodies` | boolean | `false` | Add the full text of each Launch YC post |\n| `includeNews` | boolean | `false` | Add news items linked from the company page |\n| `includeFounderProfiles` | boolean | `false` | Add previous roles, schools and current title per founder |\n| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Stop after this many companies (1–7,000), applied after filters |\n\n### Example: a batch's fintech companies with founders and job details\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"search\",\n \"batch\": \"S24\",\n \"industry\": \"Fintech\",\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": true,\n \"includeJobDescriptions\": true,\n \"maxItems\": 100\n}\n```\n\n### Example: export the complete directory\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"search\",\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": false,\n \"includeLaunches\": true,\n \"maxItems\": 7000\n}\n```\n\n### Example: look up specific companies\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"byCompany\",\n \"companyUrls\": [\n \"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb\",\n \"/companies/stripe\",\n \"doordash\"\n ],\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"scrapeOpenJobs\": true,\n \"includeLaunchBodies\": true\n}\n```\n\n### Example: top hiring companies in Europe, newest launches first\n\n```json\n{\n \"mode\": \"search\",\n \"region\": \"Europe\",\n \"topCompany\": true,\n \"isHiring\": true,\n \"minTeamSize\": 50,\n \"sortBy\": \"launchDate\",\n \"scrapeFounders\": true,\n \"maxItems\": 200\n}\n```\n\n## Use cases\n\n- **Lead generation** — build batch, industry or region lists with founder names, titles and LinkedIn profiles.\n- **Recruiting** — pull open YC roles with salary ranges, equity, experience requirements and full descriptions.\n- **Market mapping** — compare companies across batches, industries, regions, team sizes and stage.\n- **Competitive research** — track launches, news and product positioning from the directory.\n- **Diversity sourcing** — use the founder highlight badges YC itself publishes.\n- **Data enrichment** — fetch known companies by URL or slug and append founders, jobs and media.\n\n## FAQ\n\n**Do I need a login or API key?**\nNo. The directory, company pages, founder profiles and job pages are public.\n\n**How many companies are in the directory?**\nAbout 6,337 companies across 50 batches, growing with each new batch. A single run can export up to 7,000 companies.\n\n**Why is there no revenue, ARR or funding data?**\nY Combinator does not publish revenue, valuation or funding amounts in the directory, company pages or job pages. The actor does not infer or fabricate them.\n\n**Why are there no founder email addresses?**\nYC publishes only a contactability flag, surfaced as `hasEmail`. The actor does not guess or verify email addresses.\n\n**Why are some founders, jobs, launches or news items missing?**\nThose sections are published per company. When a company has none, the field is omitted rather than filled with an empty value. Companies with a hiring badge can still have no public job postings.\n\n**Where do `stage`, `launchedAt` and `formerNames` come from?**\nFrom YC's own directory metadata. When that metadata is unavailable for a run, those fields are omitted and the run continues.\n\n**Why is `teamSize` missing for some companies?**\nSome companies report 0 employees, which means unknown. A zero is not a real team size, so it is omitted and size filters exclude it.\n\n**Do I need a proxy?**\nNo. The actor reads public pages directly without a proxy or browser.\n\n**Is this affiliated with Y Combinator?**\nNo. This is an independent, third-party actor that reads Y Combinator's public directory and is not operated by or affiliated with Y Combinator.\n" }, "buildNumber": "1.0.3", "imageDigest": "a52284d85e400cfdbd5853c12b757ce1e29f923ca4a723964c7e7b481963ad38", "actVersion": { "sourceType": "SOURCE_FILES", "buildTag": "latest", "versionNumber": "1.0" }, "usage": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": 0.01233 } } }