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.
10
from the last 2 years
34
matches all-time
45
avg AI visibility score
82%
of checked sites still alive
Clusters: Vertical AI agents (13) · Horizontal AI assistants (4) · Consumer (4) · Commerce and marketplaces (4) · Healthcare and bio (2)
| Company | Program | Batch | What they do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidekick | yc | S26 | AI agent that handles frontline operations over text |
| Marble | yc | S26 | The autonomous back-of-house for restaurants. |
| AirCaps | yc | F25 | The AI copilot for in-person conversations. |
| Flai | yc | S25 | We Bring Customers to Your Dealership |
| Blue | yc | S25 | Your phone finally has someone to run it. Plug in Blue, just ask. |
| Wayline | yc | S25 | AI voice for property managers |
| Certus AI | yc | S25 | Replacing the restaurant phone line with Voice AI |
| Opusense AI | yc | X25 | AI for Field Inspection Reports |
| Cekura | yc | F24 | Voice AI and Chat AI agents: Testing and Observability |
| FutureClinic | yc | F24 | Personal doctors through chat |
| Coval | yc | S24 | Simulation & Evaluation that scales voice and chat AI agents |
| Lilac Labs | yc | S24 | We automate the person taking orders at drive-thrus with a voice AI |
| Roxels | yc | S22 | Founder-level assistance whenever customers need it, at scale |
| SenpAI.GG | yc | S21 | Personal gaming coach for PC gamers globally |
| Avocado | yc | W21 | AI-Native Restaurant POS |
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.