Universe went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch and describes itself as: Design and build any kind of website. As of November 10, 2026, Y Combinator's directory lists it as Inactive, a change from Active first seen on October 22, 2026 (Y Combinator directory entry, read October 22, 2026).
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Key facts
- · Batch: Winter 2018 · Universe in the Y Combinator directory
- · Industry: Consumer · Universe in the Y Combinator directory
- · Team size: 25 · Universe in the Y Combinator directory
- · Based: New York City, NY · Universe in the Y Combinator directory
- · Status: Inactive, as listed by Y Combinator · Universe in the Y Combinator directory
Universe went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch, describing itself as Design and build any kind of website. On your iPhone or iPad. Y Combinator's company directory lists it as Inactive. The directory does not say why a company stopped, and this page does not guess.
- Batch
- Winter 2018
- What they did
- Design and build any kind of website. On your iPhone or iPad.
- Industry
- Consumer
- Team size
- 25
- Based
- New York City, NY
- Status
- Inactive, as listed by Y Combinator
- Status changed
- Active to Inactive, seen 2026-10-22
Its batch
Winter 2018 had 146 companies in YC's listing: 77 Active, 29 Acquired, 1 Public and 39 Inactive, so Universe is one of 39 companies from that batch listed as Inactive (27%). Across YC batches at least two years old, 23% of companies are listed Inactive.
Statuses are Y Combinator's own listing in its public company directory, read on the date shown. YC's directory can drop companies altogether, so the Inactive counts here are a floor, not a full count of companies that stopped. Acquired and Public are as YC lists them; neither says anything about the price or the outcome for founders.
The record: Universe in the Y Combinator directory. Measured 2026-11-10 from Y Combinator's company directory.
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