Markov (YC S26) — Expert computer-use data for frontier AI labs
Markov sells expert computer-use data to frontier labs. We’ve sold more than 33k+ hours and our open-source datasets have got over 200k+ downloads on hugging face.
Markov is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2026 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Expert computer-use data for frontier AI labs. The founders listed are Dev Mandal (Founder/CEO), Harish Ashok (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, June 24, 2026).
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What it does Expert computer-use data for frontier AI labs (source)
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Markov sells expert computer-use data to frontier labs. We’ve sold more than 33k+ hours and our open-source datasets have got over 200k+ downloads on hugging face.
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Data and environments for training computer-use AI: screen recordings, synchronized inputs, annotations, and open datasets.
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Dev Mandal
Founder/CEO
Co-Founder & CEO at Markov. Prev at Sarvam, Aerospace engineering at IIT Madras
Harish Ashok
Founder/CTO
Co-Founder at Markov. Previously founded Zenith, a robotics company building AI-assisted hardware workflow tools.
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