Y Combinator Government Startups

41 Y Combinator-backed Government companies across 24 batches — with batch, status, and location for every startup.

Total
41
Active
31
Acquired
5
Public
0
Shut down
5

Y Combinator has backed 41 Government companies across 24 batches. Of these, 31 are still active, 5 have been acquired, 0 have gone public, and 5 have shut down. Below is every YC-backed Government startup grouped by batch, with links to each company profile.

YC Spring 2026 — 1 Government startups

  • GovGuard — Automating Government Workflows, starting with FOIA

YC Summer 2026 — 1 Government startups

  • Verdant — AI-native land-use permit management for local gov

YC Winter 2025 — 4 Government startups

  • Candor — We help companies win government funding with AI
  • Closure — We help law enforcement solve crime
  • Waypoint Transit — We automate urban planning so cities can build cheaper and faster.
  • Archon — We help software companies sell to government.

YC Spring 2025 — 2 Government startups

  • Code Four — Modernizing the police workflow.
  • Caucus — AI CRM for Government

YC Fall 2025 — 2 Government startups

  • Lakonia — Delivering AI-powered situational awareness in tactical environments.
  • Mayflower — AI plug-in that automates HR immigration screening and compliance

YC Summer 2025 — 1 Government startups

YC Summer 2024 — 4 Government startups

  • XTraffic — Technology for cities to automate and manage their traffic lights.
  • Usul — AI Platform for Winning Defense & Government Contracts
  • Abel Police — Automating police paperwork
  • Ontra Mobility — Platform for cities to optimize transit

YC Fall 2024 — 1 Government startups

YC Winter 2024 — 1 Government startups

  • Hazel — AI-enabled procurement for government

YC Winter 2023 — 1 Government startups

  • GovEagle — AI for Government Contractors

YC Winter 2022 — 1 Government startups

  • GovDash — AI platform to win and run government contracts

YC Summer 2021 — 1 Government startups

  • Govly — The #1 Market Network for Government Contractors.

YC Winter 2021 — 1 Government startups

  • SpruceID — SpruceID lets users control their data across the web.

YC Summer 2020 — 2 Government startups

  • Blissway — The tolling industry’s prime tech infrastructure
  • PANADATA — We run background checks on businesses using data from public records…

YC Winter 2019 — 2 Government startups

  • VotingWorks — Non-profit building open-source voting machines for US elections.
  • Ravn — Ravn is building a heads-up display for soldiers.

YC Summer 2019 — 2 Government startups

  • Recidiviz — Helping create a smaller, fairer, safer justice system
  • Lumineye — X-ray Vision for First Responders

YC Winter 2018 — 2 Government startups

  • Promise — Better payment systems for governments and the communities they serve.
  • Biobot Analytics — Population health analytics powered by wastewater.

YC Summer 2018 — 1 Government startups

YC Summer 2017 — 4 Government startups

  • Value Voting — Platform to defeat political extremism through strategic primary…
  • Just Appraised — Just Appraised makes software for local governments.
  • RideAlong — We save lives by giving police and health workers key info to safely…
  • Elucd — Polling through mobile ads to enable governments to make better…

YC Winter 2017 — 1 Government startups

  • Token Transit — Complete fare payment platform for public transportation

YC Summer 2016 — 1 Government startups

  • Seneca Systems — Constituent system-of-record and service request management software…

YC Winter 2016 — 1 Government startups

  • Zenysis — Building powerful data analysis software for developing countries.

YC Winter 2015 — 3 Government startups

  • Remix — We’re building a platform to empower cities to plan the best possible…
  • DemocracyOS — Online space for deliberation, policy making and democratic…
  • Rescue Forensics — Actionable human trafficking intelligence

YC Summer 2014 — 1 Government startups

  • GovPredict — The system of record for government affairs.

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