Stealth Startup Spy #217 - Y Combinator W25
The Y Combinator W25 Demo Day is around the corner! Here's a final look at the full YCW25 batch.
Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch Demo Day is next week. (Wednesday, March 12th)
We’ve picked up just under 172 companies (375 founders) in this batch with a few still remaining in stealth. Here’s the full look at the Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.
We’ve already seen some pretty impressive demos from this Winter batch with the full batch hitting the stage next Wednesday.
Today’s the last day to get early access > Download Full YC W25 Batch List
FYI - This data set contains Founder Names, Job Title, FounderDNA, Email, Company, Website, Descriptions, and much more.
We’ve tracked everything through stealth mode announcements, pivots, name changes and rebrands making this the most complete data set of YC W25 batch founders.
If you are one of the 17 investors who got early access to this list, filter the “Date Added” column to see all the new changes.
Here’s the last of the founders exiting stealth mode in the last week right before demo day (full list available here)
🕵️♂️ Founders Coming Out of Stealth
Real-time updates from founders who debut what they’ve been working on under stealth mode
Noah Auerhahn : Co-Founder & CEO at Uncommon Therapeutics
Background: Ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Robin Healthcare ($71.9M raised), Co-Founder & President at Extrabux (acquired by Rakuten Rewards)
Uncommon Therapeutics is a disease focused biotech, developing multiple high‐value ($b) therapeutics per disease, by combining new tools and deep disease expertise to deliver cures.
Gaurav Agarwal Luhariwala : CEO & Co-Founder at Tejas AI
Background: Built and scaled data-driven products for Indian banks and financial institutions
Tejas AI is building a risk decisioning platform for Indian banks.
Adolfo Roquero Gimenez : Co-Founder at YouShift
Background: Ex-Software Engineer at Google, Harvard alum
YouShift is an intelligent scheduling platform designed to streamline shift management for healthcare professionals.
Background: Ex-Staff Software Engineer at Google and Meta
Ovlo is an AI shopping assistant that revolutionizes e-commerce discovery and conversion.
Lorenss Martinsons : Founder at HUD
Background: Ex-AI Interpretability Research Engineer at Hume AI, Cognitive Science at Yale
HUD is an all-in-one platform for evaluations on computer use and browser use AI agents.
Get access to all of the founders and companies before demo day next week!
Looks like we’ve already picked up 21+ founders who have been accepted into YC’s Spring 2025 batch. More on this in future newsletter issues…
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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