cluster
Horizontal AI assistants startups
General-purpose assistants, copilots and productivity AI not tied to one industry.
282
companies tracked
54
from the last 2 years
13
startup-relevant federal grants ($29M)
Share of accelerator intake by year
Newest in the cluster
- AlmanacY Combinator S26
The AI that knows your company
- TouchyY Combinator S26
The AI assistant that doesn't fight for your attention
- COACHY Combinator S26
The AI Coach for in person sales reps.
- PaletteY Combinator S26
An AI-Native Media Platform
- DockY Combinator S26
Multiplayer agent workspace to run your company
- GiniY Combinator S26
AI coworker in Slack and Teams
- GrocaloY Combinator S26
AI brain that runs content for creators
- HeyClickyY Combinator X26
The simplest interface in the world to talk AI models + spawn agents
- ThomasY Combinator X26
The first AI founder: a virtual human who runs his own companies.
- joY Combinator X26
The personal AI agent that keeps up with your work and life.
- OpenWorkY Combinator X26
The open source alternative to Claude Cowork
- LightsprintY Combinator X26
Collaborative product development with cloud agents
Most AI-visible
Highest AEO scores - how well AI assistants can read and cite them.
- Taskade70
- Char70
- JoySpace AI68
- AirCaps67
- Nomi66
- Onyx65
- Demodesk64
- Respeecher64
By program
- Y Combinator152
- Techstars60
- Plug and Play27
- 500 Global23
- a16z speedrun12
- SOSV8
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Updated hourly from accelerator directories, funding news and federal grant data.