cluster
Vertical AI agents startups
AI agents or AI-run services for a specific industry or job: bookkeeping agents, medical billing, legal drafting, recruiting agents, service-as-software.
1,444
companies tracked
475
from the last 2 years
55
startup-relevant federal grants ($119M)
Share of accelerator intake by year
Newest in the cluster
- RoteY Combinator W27
AI-native insurance department for auto body shops
- LightfieldY Combinator F26
AI legal intake & triage for in-house teams
- Veeza AIY Combinator F26
AI travel agent for people with weak passports, starting with visas.
- Lantern AIY Combinator F26
Turn Your Taste Into Hires
- CollarY Combinator F26
AI for General Partners
- EdviroY Combinator S26
AI That Operates Energy Infrastructure
- Billow AI LabsY Combinator S26
AI-native Accounting Firm to Replace the Big-4
- NexY Combinator S26
Claude Cowork for high-volume workflows, starting with GTM
- Avoca SystemsY Combinator S26
The AI-powered operating system for radiology networks
- LockeY Combinator S26
Locke is changing the way companies and governments work together.
- TovenAIY Combinator S26
AI agents for compliance at institutional trading firms
- Stratum IndustriesY Combinator S26
Applied AI for Governments.
Most AI-visible
Highest AEO scores - how well AI assistants can read and cite them.
- Understood Care73
- Wishup71
- Solum Health69
- Clearline69
- TaxGPT68
- Lapis68
- scale.jobs68
- Menza68
Recent rounds
- Smallest.aiunknown$13M
By program
- Y Combinator897
- Plug and Play213
- Techstars205
- 500 Global64
- a16z speedrun51
- SOSV14
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Updated hourly from accelerator directories, funding news and federal grant data.