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9 most in-demand startups from YC Demo Day

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A week ago, Y Combinator held its , showcasing over 160 startups and highlighting 9 highly focused ones.

TL;DR: The most trending were AI-focused, specifically AI agents.

  1. – Billing infrastructure for AI

  2. – Connect any LLM to any MCP tools and create complex agents in minutes

  3. – World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design

  4. – Tech-enabled distributor for retailers in Southeast Asia

  5. – AI engineer that fixes bugs in production

  6. – AI social app for female transplants

  7. – Automates insurance claims and stops incorrect payouts

  8. – Counter-drone mini-missiles

  9. – AI companion that helps you learn languages

  • Which of these solutions do you find the most useful?

  • Who is preparing to apply for the next round of the YC funding?

As for me, I like the most Pingo AI, Perseus Defense and RealRoots.

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Preparing for the W26 with

 Have my fingers crossed for you! :)

Perseus Defence 👉 Drone nerf-ing as a service. Really cool!

 I think this will be more common because of the tense situation in the world...

 Can't find a cooler service than this, while its disturbing at the same time.

 Yepp. Blackmirror future here we go. Maybe the good people win 💪

Thanks for sharing, Nika. So many cool startups this Demo Day.

 Recommend getting through the rest: ( found the refference)

Yes, Perseus Defense could be huge, and Pingo AI could be very useful also!

 I am curious what other products were about, but I couldn't find the list anywhere.

 aaa... so they used this number from there. TY!

I like Design Arena most! It helps me view so many design results by different models! Great idea.

 they are also good. It depends on which field/industry it is the most relevant to you at the moment :)

Autumn, billing infra for AI. Easiest pick for me right now: usage metering + pricing rails we can plug in today.

 This one was the least tempting for me (because it is not something I am trying to solve rn) :D

 For me it was because of too much backend coding of Usage based credits of AI tool and i think our engineer will love it 😅

I liked Pingo AI… it caught my attention because I had learned Spanish in a different way few years back. While my way was still conversational but if I had something like this then it would have been even better and faster.

 Lately, I have seen more solutions like these. Also Jumpspeak is something similar.