AI Design & Prototyping
Stable3.5% of YC companies (-0.05pp)
Companies
215
Survival Rate
76.7%
Hiring Rate
22.8%
Recent Pivots
61
AI Design & Prototyping — Share of YC companies over time
Pivots into AI Design & Prototyping
Companies that pivoted into this category
Remy AI
W262 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Computer vision for smarter & safer warehouses
Documenting human dexterity
Soundry AI
W242 people · Active
Professional Quality AI Music Creation
Remix any song into any style
emojis.com
W252 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
Cursor for Content Creation
Generate and discover custom emojis for discord, slack, or iMessage
Pretzel AI
W242 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Fastest way to implement payments in your product.
AI tooling
Chordio
S224 people · Active
AI-powered design reviews that guard your standards
Claude Code design workspace built for product teams
Pivots out of AI Design & Prototyping
Companies that pivoted away from this category
UrbanKisaan
W2053 people · Active
Reimagining Food through Farming
Foundation models and autonomous chambers for plant biology
Pazi
W247 people · Active
Worlds first all-in-one AI development platform.
Platform where autonomous companies are built
Tee Time Tommy
W252 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Generate and discover custom emojis for discord, slack, or iMessage
Book and manage all of your golf tee times in one place.
Nitrode
W254 people · Active
AI game development engine & platform
Data for reasoning agents in dynamic environments
Gooseworks
W235 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
Prototype, Experiment & Evaluate AI Pipelines in a Spreadsheet-like UI
OpenClaw-style AI coworkers for GTM teams
Pivots within AI Design & Prototyping
Companies that changed direction but stayed in this category
ideate.xyz
S242 people · Active
Automate marketing graphics design at scale
ideate.xyz is an AI-powered 3D art suite on the web
Ramen VR
S1915 people · Active
Have you heard of Ready Player One? We're building it for real people
Ramen VR is transforming game development with advanced XR + AI tools.
Companies (215)
83 Sciences
AI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental data
CatchBack Cards
The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs
Sunflower
Building the Sobriety Platform for the future of Superintelligence. 🌻