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Y Combinator Scraper

Apify

Collect company records from the public Y Combinator directory.

Capability
Company discovery
Current price
$0.0900/result
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Collect structured company records from the public Y Combinator directory.

Agents select this operation with tool ID apify.michael-g-y-combinator-scraper, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

inputobject · optional

Provider-specific public source, URL or search criteria.

maxItemsnumber · optional

Maximum number of records to return.

Output

batchstring

Returned batch value.

company_locationstring

Returned company location value.

company_namestring

Returned company name value.

industrystring

Returned industry value.

is_hiringboolean

Returned is hiring value.

short_descriptionstring

Returned short description value.

stagestring

Returned stage value.

statusstring

Returned status value.

subindustrystring

Returned subindustry value.

team_sizestring

Returned team size value.

urlstring

Returned url value.

websitestring

Returned website value.

year_foundedstring

Returned year founded value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "apify.michael-g-y-combinator-scraper",
  "input": {
    "input": {
      "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=Winter%202025",
      "max_companies": 2,
      "scrape_founders": false,
      "scrape_open_jobs": false,
      "scrape_all_companies": false
    },
    "maxItems": 2
  }
}

Output

{
  "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mentra",
  "batch": "Winter 2025",
  "stage": "Early",
  "status": "Active",
  "website": "https://mentra.glass",
  "industry": "Consumer",
  "is_hiring": true,
  "team_size": "12",
  "subindustry": "Virtual And Augmented Reality",
  "company_name": "Mentra",
  "year_founded": "2024",
  "company_location": "San Francisco",
  "short_description": "Building the open source smart glasses operating system."
}
Teaching errors and limitations

No listing-specific teaching errors are published. Inspect the tool before running to receive the current schema and error guidance.

Updated
18 August 2026

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