AI Compute Infrastructure
Stable2.1% of YC companies (+0.25pp)
Companies
128
Survival Rate
86.7%
Hiring Rate
26.6%
Recent Pivots
20
AI Compute Infrastructure — Share of YC companies over time
Pivots into AI Compute Infrastructure
Companies that pivoted into this category
Fern
W262 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Proactive AI assistant starting with sales
Enabling physical AI at scale.
Aside
F253 people · Active
Live answer copilot for enterprise tech sales
Operating system for the AI era
Clam (formerly Baseframe)
W262 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
AI agents for hardware design that catch risks and tradeoffs early
Enterprise-grade security for broad-access AI Agents like OpenClaw
DataSuite
W234 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
AI Fact Checking for Lawyers
Dataset Management for AI Trainers
Foundry
F241 people · Active
World Model for Browser Agents
Infrastructure to ship real apps with AI - end-to-end in the browser
Pivots out of AI Compute Infrastructure
Companies that pivoted away from this category
Carrot Labs
W262 people · Active
Continuous Fine-Tuning for AI Models
AI Cost Management: Track and attribute AI spend across every provider
Whip
W246 people · Active
Run serverless GPUs on your own cloud
A social feed for interactive AI Creations
DeepAware AI
S252 people · Active
Help AI data centers unlock more compute and become more efficient
Robots, parts & RL environments - delivered in 72 hrs or pickup in SF.
Refortifai
Sp263 people · Active· Pivot 1/2
Secure Deployment & DRM for AI model providers
Runtime security for AI agents
Clam
W262 people · Active· Pivot 2/2
Enterprise-grade security for broad-access AI Agents like OpenClaw
Self-fixing automations for fast-moving startups built on OpenClaw
Pivots within AI Compute Infrastructure
Companies that changed direction but stayed in this category
