cluster
Vertical AI agents startup ideas and companies
AI agents or AI-run services for a specific industry or job: bookkeeping agents, medical billing, legal drafting, recruiting agents, service-as-software.
2,034
companies tracked
771
from the last 2 years
72
startup-relevant federal grants ($135M)
Share of accelerator intake by year
Newest in the cluster
- RoteY Combinator W27readiness
AI-native insurance department for auto body shops
- NeomatterY Combinator F26readiness
AI that works for in-house legal teams
- CoveraY Combinator F26readiness
AI-native OS for insurance brokers
- Sona8Y Combinator F26readiness
Context layer for enterprise AI surveying employees with voice agents
- Hesper AIY Combinator F26readiness
AI Claims Investigator for Insurance
- ElimentaryY Combinator F26readiness
Agents that run middle/back-office operations for Private Capital
- FrontrunnerY Combinator F26readiness
Cursor for GTM
- DefiniteY Combinator F26readiness
Build everyday back-office agents on one live model of your books
- Lantern AIY Combinator F26readiness
Turn Your Taste Into Hires
- SigmaY Combinator F26
Lakehouse-as-a-Service (LaaS)
- SintropixY Combinator F26readiness
Autonomous accounting platform for global companies
- CollarY Combinator F26readiness
AI for Investor Relations
Most AI-visible
Highest AEO scores - how well AI assistants can read and cite them.
- Understood Care73
- Wishup71
- Clearline69
- Solum Health69
- Menza68
- scale.jobs68
- TaxGPT68
- Docsumo68
Recent rounds
- Ahronunknown$2M
- Dextr AIunknown$7M
- Palma.aiseed$2M
- Zeliqunknown$8M
- Spottseries-a$21M
By program
- Y Combinator915
- Plug and Play223
- Techstars220
- Antler179
- Entrepreneur First104
- a16z speedrun85
- Alchemist Accelerator68
- 500 Global65
- South Park Commons40
- Seedcamp37
- Berkeley SkyDeck28
- Pear VC26
- AI Grant19
- SOSV14
- Sequoia Arc11
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Updated hourly from accelerator directories, funding news and federal grant data.