Idea check
Describe an idea in a few words. We search every tracked accelerator company - name, one-liner, description - and tell you how contested the space already is.
verdict
Active space
A real cohort is already building here. Validated demand, but differentiation matters from day one.
14
from the last 2 years
40
matches all-time
50
avg AI visibility score
97%
of checked sites still alive
Clusters: Developer tools (8) · Agent infrastructure (6) · B2B SaaS (5) · Horizontal AI assistants (4) · Consumer (4)
| Company | Program | Batch | What they do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | yc | S25 | Your phone finally has someone to run it. Plug in Blue, just ask. |
| PocketSuite | yc | W16 | All-In-One Business Operating System by PocketSuite |
| Egoist Machines | yc | S26 | Your personal context, securely portable across every AI app. |
| Fictional | speedrun | SR007 | Consumer app for living AI characters. >1.3M users, with average sessions lasting 1.4 hours. |
| Limrun | yc | X26 | Extend cloud sandboxes with iOS, Android and more |
| Tasklet | yc | X26 | Agents that own the work |
| ProjectX | yc | X26 | Agent native workspace for heavy parallel workflows on the web |
| Amika | yc | F25 | Infra to build your own software factory |
| Multifactor | yc | F25 | Zero-trust authentication, authorization, and auditing for AI agents |
| AirCaps | yc | F25 | The AI copilot for in-person conversations. |
| Modelence | yc | S25 | Production infrastructure on autopilot |
| Autosana | yc | S25 | AI agents for E2E testing across mobile & web |
| Risely AI | yc | S25 | AI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses. |
| Tinfoil | yc | X25 | Encrypted AI with verifiable privacy |
| Cheddr | speedrun | SR004 | Cheddr is a mass-market sports wagering platform legal in 46 states |
Keyword search over accelerator portfolios only - it will not see companies outside these programs, and phrasing matters. Treat "open" as a prompt to dig, not proof of a gap.