MentionFox lists 31 Generative AI companies for 2026. Of them, 28 are Y Combinator companies (the newest batch here is Fall 2026, with 5); 3 filed a Form D notice with the SEC.
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Generative AI startups in 2026
| Company | What it does | Date | Amount | Round / stage | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusoe Inc. | Filed Sep 17, 2026 | $596M | SEC Form D | ||
| Hopper | Fast inference for voice | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Invertix | Energy Superintelligence, AI that runs energy operations. | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Orca Aerospace | AI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicle | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Sona8 | Voice agents that talk to employees enabling transformations | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| The Agentic Data Co. | Training Data For Speech Models. | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Acai Travel Inc. (funding history) | Filed Jul 2, 2026 | $244,973 | SEC Form D | ||
| Akon Labs | The Github For Coding Agents | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Almanac | The AI that knows you | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Familiar | Real-Time AI Dubbing | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Glen | Institutional Learning Layer for Every Agent in Your Company | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Illume Labs | 24/7 Personal Health & Longevity Companion | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Jcode | The harness company | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lamb Labs | Lightning fast chips with hardcoded AI models | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Marker | Platform and FDEs for rebuilding businesses agent-first | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Orchestra | Self-optimizing neocloud that cuts LLM costs by 100x | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Palette | An AI-Native Media Platform | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pluto | LinkedIn for agents | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Speko | OpenRouter for Voice AI: one API, every call on the best speech model | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Understudy Labs | Self-optimizing neocloud that cuts LLM bills by 80% | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Waddle Labs | Agents for robotics control | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Wondering | Duolingo for learning anything | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lamina Labs | Near-real-time video infrastructure for LLMs | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Miso Labs | Emotive foundation voice models | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| PerfectBit, Inc. | Robotics | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Bevyl, Inc. | Filed Mar 18, 2026 | $799,994 | SEC Form D | ||
| Ashr | Enterprise post-training, monitoring, and continual learning platform | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Compresr | LLM context compression for better accuracy | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Mantis | Digital Twins of humans | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| The Token Company | Compression middleware that improves LLM outputs | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Voygr | Real-world place intelligence for AI apps and agents | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing |
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