Pivot Archive

YC Pivot Tracker

Pivot Rate by Batch

Percentage of companies that pivoted in each YC batch

Note: Newer batches show lower rates as companies have had less time to pivot.

652 pivots

Bramante logo

Bramante

Sp25

2 people · Active

today
Before

American drug manufacturing

After

Life sciences instrument and reagent manufacturing

Biotech & Drug DiscoveryBiotech & Drug Discovery
60°Major Pivot
Medium Biosciences logo

Medium Biosciences

S21

6 people · Active

today
Before

AI-designed Protein Therapeutics

After

AI-designed Affinity Reagents

Biotech & Drug DiscoveryAI Coding Assistants
47°Significant Pivot
Roxels logo

Roxels

S22

7 people · Active

yesterday
Before

Extract and organize order requests, supplier availabilities, and…

After

Founder-level assistance whenever customers need it, at scale

Freight & Logistics AIVoice AI & Customer Support
119°Near Reinvention
Sterling Labs, Inc logo

Sterling Labs, Inc

S24

2 people · Active

yesterday
Before

Currently in stealth - previously FocusBuddy

After

AI For Court Reporting

OtherAI Accounting & Tax
112°Near Reinvention
Refortifai logo

Refortifai

Sp26

3 people · Active· Pivot 2/2

yesterday
Before

Runtime security for AI agents

After

Reasoning for Electronic Design Automation

Enterprise AI AgentsAI Chip & Hardware Design
83°Major Pivot
StarSling logo

StarSling

Sp25

2 people · Active

yesterday
Before

Cursor for DevOps

After

Self-Driving CI

AI DevOps & ObservabilityAI Coding Assistants
43°Significant Pivot
LLM Stats logo

LLM Stats

S25

2 people · Active· Pivot 2/2

2 days ago
Before

The API for AI phone calls

After

Independent AI evaluations lab

Voice AI & Customer SupportAI Coding Assistants
116°Near Reinvention
Kilvin logo

Kilvin

F24

3 people · Active· Pivot 2/2

2 days ago
Before

The Browser Automation IDE

After

Custom software for non-technical teams.

AI Coding AssistantsDeveloper Platforms
114°Near Reinvention
Polished logo

Polished

W24

people · Active· Pivot 3/3

2 days ago
Before

Your App's Copilot

After

Generate ads. Iterate till perfect.

AI Coding AssistantsAI Sales & Marketing
112°Near Reinvention
Oddpool logo

Oddpool

Sp26

2 people · Active· Pivot 3/3

2 days ago
Before

Real-time threat detection for AI agents in production

After

Institutional data broker for prediction markets

AI CybersecurityAI Investment & Research
111°Near Reinvention
Stably AI logo

Stably AI

W22

8 people · Active

2 days ago
Before

AI Testing that Writes, Runs & Maintains Tests for Every PR & Release

After

Makers of Orca (OSS Cursor) and Stably (AI testing platform)

AI Coding AssistantsAI Design & Prototyping
75°Major Pivot
Ara logo

Ara

Sp26

2 people · Active

2 days ago
Before

personal ai cloud computing for everyone

After

Worlds fastest website builder in your sms

AI Productivity AssistantsDeveloper Platforms
66°Major Pivot
10x logo

10x

W25

2 people · Active

3 days ago
Before

AI Grading for Teachers

After

AI Sales Teams for Dental Practices

AI-Powered EducationAI Sales & Marketing
118°Near Reinvention
True3D Labs logo

True3D Labs

W21

4 people · Active· Pivot 2/2

3 days ago
Before

AI that expands any video to fill any screen

After

AI that expands any video to fit any screen.

AI Video & Content CreationAI Video & Content Creation
25°Moderate Pivot
Eden logo

Eden

S18

55 people · Active

4 days ago
Before

Digital platforms that enable an outstanding patient experience

After

Developing AI to unleash diagnostic abundance.

Digital Health & TelehealthAI Coding Assistants
93°Major Pivot
Libretto logo

Libretto

Sp25

2 people · Active

1 week ago
Before

AI-powered care coordination for primary care

After

Agents that Build Deterministic Web Automations

AI Clinical OperationsEnterprise AI Agents
115°Near Reinvention
Remy AI logo

Remy AI

W26

2 people · Active

1 week ago
Before

Automating dexterous tasks in e-commerce warehouses

After

Computer vision for smarter & safer warehouses

Factory Robotics & AutomationFactory Robotics & Automation
66°Major Pivot
Adaptional logo

Adaptional

S25

people · Active

1 week ago
Before

AI underwriting for insurance

After

AI-powered insurance claims review

AI Insurance AutomationAI Insurance Automation
33°Significant Pivot
Panoptive logo

Panoptive

S25

2 people · Active

1 week ago
Before

The simulation and evaluation engine for AI agents

After

The oversight engine for clinical trials

AI Coding AssistantsAI Clinical Operations
100°Major Pivot
AgentRouter logo

AgentRouter

W22

4 people · Active· Pivot 3/3

1 week ago
Before

Where agents discover and discuss products

After

API Router for AI Agents

Enterprise AI AgentsAI Insurance Automation
82°Major Pivot