Aaron O'Leary

We re teaming up with The Pitch by @Deel, a global startup competition where up to 100 winners will receive $50k in funding and up to 10 winners will receive $1M+.

If you make the cut, you ll also show up on special Product Hunt leaderboards, starting with the first event on April 13.

At YC, investors outlined 8 startups across space, AI, gaming, and agriculture (most of them want to bet on futuristic ideas, e.g. space), and these sparked interest in funding them.

This was the pick:

1. Beyond Reach Labs satellite solar arrays that expand from table-size to football-field size in orbit
   Est. valuation: ~$100M+

2. Byteport next-gen file transfer protocol
   Est. valuation: ~ $30M

3. Hex Security AI agents that continuously hack your system to find vulnerabilities (Rev.: $1M+ run-rate in 8 weeks)
   Est. valuation: ~$100M+

4. Grazemate autonomous drones that herd cattle, track weight, and monitor land
   Est. valuation: ~ $30M

5. GRU Space moon factory turning lunar soil into buildings (starting with a moon hotel)
   Est. valuation: ~$100M+

6. Luel marketplace for real-world human data (video/audio) to train AI models (Rev.: ~$2M ARR in 6 weeks)
   Est. valuation: ~$100M+

7. Pax Historia AI strategy game where players rewrite history (e.g. Rome never falls) 35K daily users
   Est. valuation: ~ $30M

8. Stilta AI agent for patent lawyers (search + analyse IP faster, cheaper)
   Est. valuation: ~ $30M

If you re still sitting on your launch, this is the push.

YC made a special exception for this community: one or more companies that launch tomorrow will get a YC interview and potentially funding. A YC partner will review every eligible launch.