--- title: "YC startups hiring now: fastest-hiring by batch" description: "The YC startups hiring fastest in October 2026, batch by batch from Winter 2024 to Summer 2026, with one standout open role at each and what they pay engineers." canonical: https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring date_published: 2026-10-11 date_modified: 2026-10-11 author: Dvir Atias --- # YC startups hiring now: the fastest-hiring startups in every YC batch Five YC companies posted 30% of all new roles from the 2024 to 2026 batches this month, and Legora alone posted one in eight. Here are the fastest-hiring YC startups in every batch, with the one open role at each we would send a strong candidate to first. Four in ten are still hiring a founding role, one role in four is go-to-market, and the median engineering role pays $175,000. The **YC startups hiring** fastest in each batch right now are COACH (Summer 2026), Dispatch (Spring 2026), Pocket (Winter 2026), DiligenceSquared (Fall 2025), Nox Metals (Summer 2025), Lapel (Spring 2025), HUD (Winter 2025), Loombotic (Fall 2024), Emergent (Summer 2024) and Legora (Winter 2024), measured by new roles posted in the 30 days to 11 October 2026. Below, each one comes with the open role we would send a strong candidate to first, plus the runners-up in every batch. Across all of them, four in ten YC companies hiring this month still have a role with “founding” in the title, and one role in four is in sales, growth or go-to-market. Five companies, led by Legora, posted 30% of all new roles from the 2024 to 2026 batches. ![The YC Hiring Report, October 2026, with the logos of every company featured](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cover.webp) 40% still hiring a founding role of YC companies posting this month 1 in 4 new roles is go-to-market sales, growth and GTM $175,000 median engineering pay midpoint of listed ranges 45% of new roles in San Francisco New York is second at 15% ## The fastest-hiring YC startups, batch by batch Newest batch first, ranked by new roles in the last 30 days. Every card links to the role on Y Combinator. YC Summer 2026 ![COACH logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/ai-coach.png) Fastest-hiring in batch COACH The AI Coach for in person sales reps Open role Founding AI Engineer San Francisco ![Ooak Data logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/ooak-data.png) #2 fastest in batch Ooak Data We turn company data into training data Open role Head of Engineering Paris ![TryNearby logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/trynearby.png) #3 fastest in batch TryNearby Local creators for local businesses Open role Harness Engineer YC Spring 2026 ![Dispatch logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/dispatch.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Dispatch Satellites for Manufacturing in Space Open role Thermal Engineer San Francisco ![Gojiberry AI logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/gojiberry-ai.png) #2 fastest in batch Gojiberry AI AI Go-To-Market agents for B2B teams Open role Founding Customer Success Manager Remote ![Taiga logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/taiga.png) #3 fastest in batch Taiga Autonomous medical billing Open role Growth Marketing Manager San Francisco YC Winter 2026 ![Pocket logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/pocket.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Pocket Take Notes in the Real World Open role Head of Subscriptions and Monetization San Francisco ![Beyond Reach Labs logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/beyond-reach-labs.png) #2 fastest in batch Beyond Reach Labs Space solar arrays that grow to the size of a football field in orbit Open role Mechanical Engineer New York City YC Fall 2025 ![DiligenceSquared logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/diligencesquared-inc.png) Fastest-hiring in batch DiligenceSquared AI-powered market due diligence for investment decisions Open role Head of GTM New York City ![Fernstone logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/fernstone.png) #2 fastest in batch Fernstone AI-native insurance brokerage Open role Founding Engineer New York City YC Summer 2025 ![Nox Metals logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/nox-metals.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Nox Metals Supplying America's Industrial Base Open role Product Manager Detroit YC Spring 2025 ![Lapel logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/lapel.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Lapel Infrastructure to power every customer interaction Open role Backend Engineer, Agents San Francisco ![Naïve logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/naive.png) #2 fastest in batch Naïve Autonomous Company Infrastructure Open role Founding Member of Technical Staff, RL Mountain View ![Sim logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/sim.png) #3 fastest in batch Sim Build autonomous AI agents for enterprise systems Open role Software Engineer, Agent Harness San Francisco YC Winter 2025 ![HUD logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/hud.png) Fastest-hiring in batch HUD Platform and marketplace for RL environments and AI data Open role Senior Research Manager San Francisco ![Dalus logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/dalus.png) #2 fastest in batch Dalus AI-Powered Hardware System Design Software Open role Senior Software Engineer, PLM/CAD Integrations San Francisco YC Fall 2024 ![Loombotic logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/loombotic.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Loombotic Wire Harnesses in as little as 7 days Open role Robotics Engineer Austin ![Apolink logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/apolink.png) #2 fastest in batch Apolink 24/7 satellite connectivity in low Earth orbit Open role Astrodynamics Lead (Founding Role) Palo Alto ![Asha Health logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/asha-health.png) #3 fastest in batch Asha Health We help medical practices become AI-native Open role Head of Product, AI New York YC Summer 2024 ![Emergent logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/emergent.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Emergent AI app builder that turns your ideas into monetizable software Open role Engineering Manager Bangalore ![Weave Robotics logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/weave-robotics.png) #2 fastest in batch Weave Robotics Practical and delightful home robots Open role Principal Robotics Software Engineer San Francisco ![Corgi Insurance logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/corgi-insurance.png) #3 fastest in batch Corgi Insurance Corgi is building an AI financial infrastructure company Open role Founding Engineer, Corgi x Trucking Boston YC Winter 2024 ![Legora logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/legora.png) Fastest-hiring in batch Legora The AI workspace for lawyers Open role Senior Full-stack Engineer ![Retell AI logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/retell-ai.png) #2 fastest in batch Retell AI Supercharge Your Contact Center Operations with AI Phone Agents Open role Founders Initiatives, AI Agents San Francisco Bay Area ![Forge logo](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/logos/forge.png) #3 fastest in batch Forge AI native freight forwarder and customs broker Open role Founding GTM New York ## What YC startups are hiring: four in ten want a founding hire 40% of the YC companies that posted a new role this month have at least one open role titled “founding”: Founding AI Engineer at COACH, Founding Member of Technical Staff at Naïve and Founding GTM at Forge. That holds for the Winter 2024 batch as much as for Summer 2026. The title has stopped meaning “one of the first five people” and started meaning “you will own this function from zero”. In the postings we collected, a founding title at a two-year-old company usually marks a new product line, like Corgi Insurance’s founding engineer for its trucking product. ## Which roles YC startups are hiring: engineering first, GTM close behind Four in ten new roles are engineering or research, and one in four is sales, growth or go-to-market. YC companies are not engineers-only: as of 11 October, DiligenceSquared listed a Head of GTM, Gojiberry AI a founding customer success lead and Taiga a growth marketer, all within a year of their batch. - Engineering and research39.6% - Sales, growth and GTM25.8% - Operations and other25.7% - Internships5.5% - Product and design3.4% Share of new roles posted in the last 30 days by YC companies from the 2024 to 2026 batches, by function. Inside engineering, the agent wave shows in the titles: Lapel lists a backend engineer for agents, Sim and TryNearby list harness engineers, and Retell AI a founders’ initiatives role on AI agents. ## Where YC startups are hiring: San Francisco first, not alone 45% of new roles are in San Francisco and 15% in New York, and 22% are marked remote-friendly. London, Stockholm, Paris and Bangalore all make the top ten locations. In our data, Legora’s new roles are mostly in New York, Stockholm and London, and nine in ten of Emergent’s are in Bangalore. - San Francisco44.7% - New York14.5% - Remote, no city9.6% - Bangalore6.2% - London4.3% - Stockholm2.6% - Paris1.5% - Everywhere else16.4% Where the new roles are. A remote-friendly role that also names a city is counted under that city. ## What YC startups hiring engineers pay Most YC postings list a salary range. Taking the midpoint of each annual range, the median engineering role pays $175,000. Founding engineering roles sit at almost exactly the same median, $177,500, so the founding title buys equity and scope rather than cash. AI and machine learning engineering roles pay a median of $200,000, from a small sample. Our September ranking compares advertised pay by occupation across every employer, using the same parsed ranges: [the highest-paying AI jobs in September 2026](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/highest-paying-ai-jobs-september-2026). The guide to salary datasets explains how a range in a posting becomes a comparable annual number: [salary datasets compared](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/salary-dataset). ## Featured on this list? Take your card Every company above has a share card sized for LinkedIn and X. Download yours and post it with the role you are hiring for. ![COACH share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/ai-coach-thumb.webp) COACH ![Ooak Data share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/ooak-data-thumb.webp) Ooak Data ![TryNearby share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/trynearby-thumb.webp) TryNearby ![Dispatch share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/dispatch-thumb.webp) Dispatch ![Gojiberry AI share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/gojiberry-ai-thumb.webp) Gojiberry AI ![Taiga share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/taiga-thumb.webp) Taiga ![Pocket share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/pocket-thumb.webp) Pocket ![Beyond Reach Labs share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/beyond-reach-labs-thumb.webp) Beyond Reach Labs ![DiligenceSquared share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/diligencesquared-inc-thumb.webp) DiligenceSquared ![Fernstone share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/fernstone-thumb.webp) Fernstone ![Nox Metals share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/nox-metals-thumb.webp) Nox Metals ![Lapel share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/lapel-thumb.webp) Lapel ![Naïve share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/naive-thumb.webp) Naïve ![Sim share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/sim-thumb.webp) Sim ![HUD share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/hud-thumb.webp) HUD ![Dalus share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/dalus-thumb.webp) Dalus ![Loombotic share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/loombotic-thumb.webp) Loombotic ![Apolink share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/apolink-thumb.webp) Apolink ![Asha Health share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/asha-health-thumb.webp) Asha Health ![Emergent share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/emergent-thumb.webp) Emergent ![Weave Robotics share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/weave-robotics-thumb.webp) Weave Robotics ![Corgi Insurance share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/corgi-insurance-thumb.webp) Corgi Insurance ![Legora share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/legora-thumb.webp) Legora ![Retell AI share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/retell-ai-thumb.webp) Retell AI ![Forge share card](https://jobspipe.dev/blog/yc-startups-hiring/cards/forge-thumb.webp) Forge ## How we built the list We matched every active company in the public Y Combinator directory by website domain against the live postings in our jobs API, which collects from 30+ sources, and kept the 2024 to 2026 batches. A new role is a distinct title and location first published in the 30 days to 11 October 2026. A TypeSafe System One model picked each standout role from the company’s open roles, and every link was checked by hand on 11 October. Developers building recruiting or sales-intelligence tools can rebuild this ranking with one API call per batch. The guide to hiring signals shows how to get an alert when a company on your list posts a new role: [the hiring signals API](https://jobspipe.dev/hiring-signals-api). Founders: if the role we picked for you is wrong, tell us and we will change it. ## Sources - [Y Combinator startup directory](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How is the fastest-hiring YC startup in each batch measured? By distinct new roles, a unique title and location, first published in the 30 days to 11 October 2026. Each active company in the public Y Combinator directory is matched to its live postings by website domain, the same job seen on several boards counts once, and companies are ranked within their own batch, so a Summer 2026 company is never compared with a Winter 2024 one. ### Are the roles in this YC hiring list still open? Every linked role was opened by hand on 11 October 2026. Roles that had already closed were replaced with another live role at the same company, or the company was dropped when only internships remained. Startup roles fill fast, so the Y Combinator jobs page each card links to is the source of truth. ### Do YC startups pay founding engineers more than other engineers? Not in cash. Taking the midpoint of each advertised annual range, founding engineering roles at YC companies from the 2024 to 2026 batches have a median of $177,500, against $175,000 for all engineering roles. The founding title trades on equity and scope rather than salary. ### Can I build the same hiring list for companies outside YC? Yes. POST /v1/jobs/companies ranks the companies hiring for any role, place or technology, and a saved signal alerts you when a company on your own list posts a new role. Both run on the same postings this list was built from. 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