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jeffboudier/yc-companies-august-2025

Y Combinator Companies Dataset Dataset Description This dataset contains information about 5,404 Y Combinator funded companies that have been publicly launched, sourced from the YC-OSS-API. Dataset Summary Total Companies: 5,404 Time Range: Summer 2005 - Summer 2025 Update Frequency: Snapshot from August 2025 Source: YC-OSS-API Dataset Structure Data Fields id: Unique identifier for each company name: Company name… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/jeffboudier/yc-companies-august-2025.

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Y Combinator Companies Dataset

Dataset Description

This dataset contains information about 5,404 Y Combinator funded companies that have been publicly launched, sourced from the YC-OSS-API.

Dataset Summary

  • —Total Companies: 5,404
  • —Time Range: Summer 2005 - Summer 2025
  • —Update Frequency: Snapshot from August 2025
  • —Source: YC-OSS-API

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

  • —id: Unique identifier for each company
  • —name: Company name
  • —slug: URL-friendly company identifier
  • —former_names: Previous company names (pipe-separated if multiple)
  • —website: Company website URL
  • —all_locations: Office locations
  • —one_liner: Brief company description
  • —long_description: Detailed company description
  • —team_size: Number of employees
  • —industry: Primary industry category
  • —subindustry: Specific industry subcategory
  • —launched_at: Unix timestamp of launch date
  • —tags: Technology/market tags (pipe-separated)
  • —top_company: Boolean indicating if it's a top YC company
  • —isHiring: Current hiring status
  • —nonprofit: Whether the company is a nonprofit
  • —batch: YC batch (e.g., "Winter 2012")
  • —status: Company status (Active, Acquired, Inactive, Public)
  • —industries: Industry classifications (pipe-separated)
  • —regions: Geographic regions (pipe-separated)
  • —stage: Company stage (Early, Growth, etc.)
  • —url: YC company profile URL
  • —api: API endpoint for individual company data

Data Statistics

  • —Top Companies: 91
  • —Currently Hiring: 1,274
  • —Nonprofit Organizations: 42
  • —Company Status Distribution:
  • —Active
  • —Acquired
  • —Public
  • —Inactive

Usage

python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("jeffboudier/yc-companies-august-2025")

# Convert to pandas DataFrame
df = dataset['train'].to_pandas()

# Example: Find all AI companies
ai_companies = df[df['tags'].str.contains('AI', case=False, na=False)]

# Example: Get companies from specific batch
winter_2024 = df[df['batch'] == 'Winter 2024']

# Example: Currently hiring companies
hiring = df[df['isHiring'] == True]