Y Combinator Scraper is a free and open-source scraper that gets you unlimited Y Combinator startup, founder and job data for free.
- 🏢 Full profiles of 6,300+ YC companies — founders, batch, team size, socials, news, launches & open jobs
- 🔍 Search the whole YC directory — batch, industry, tag, region, status, hiring, team size & launch date
- 👩💼 13,900+ YC founders — bios, titles, LinkedIn, Twitter, past companies & co-founders
- 💼 Jobs, launches & more — Work at a Startup jobs with salary & equity, 3,300+ Launch YC posts, partners, blog & library
{
"id": 271,
"slug": "airbnb",
"name": "Airbnb",
"link": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb",
"website": "http://airbnb.com",
"one_liner": "Book accommodations around the world.",
"batch": { "code": "W09", "name": "Winter 2009" },
"status": "public",
"team_size": 6132,
"year_founded": 2008,
"location": { "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "regions": ["United States of America", "America / Canada"] },
"social": {
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbnb/",
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/Airbnb",
"crunchbase": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/airbnb"
},
"group_partner": { "name": "Garry Tan", "link": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/garry-tan" },
"founders": [
{
"id": 21981,
"name": "Brian Chesky",
"title": "Founder/CEO",
"bio": "Brian Chesky is the co-founder, Head of Community, and CEO of Airbnb, which he started with Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk in 2008…",
"social": { "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchesky/", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/bchesky" },
"past_companies": "Industrial Designer at 3DID, Principal at Brian Chesky"
}
],
"news": [
{ "title": "Airbnb launches Airbnb Rooms listing category for budget travel", "link": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2023/05/03/airbnb-rooms-listing-category-budget-travel/70178696007/", "date": "2023-05-03" }
],
"industries": ["Consumer", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism"],
"stage": "Growth",
"is_top_company": true
}Trimmed for readability.
1️⃣ Clone and install:
git clone https://github.com/omkarcloud/y-combinator-scraper
cd y-combinator-scraper
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt2️⃣ Start the API:
python run.py3️⃣ Get your first data:
curl "http://localhost:8000/companies/details?company=airbnb"{
"company": {
"id": 271,
"slug": "airbnb",
"name": "Airbnb",
"link": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb",
"website": "http://airbnb.com",
"one_liner": "Book accommodations around the world.",
"batch": { "code": "W09", "name": "Winter 2009" },
"status": "public",
"team_size": 6132,
"year_founded": 2008,
"founders": [
{ "name": "Brian Chesky", "title": "Founder/CEO", "social": { "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchesky/" } },
{ "name": "Nathan Blecharczyk", "title": "Founder/CTO", "social": { "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/blecharczyk/" } }
],
"is_top_company": true
}
}All 25 endpoints are now live at http://localhost:8000.
25 endpoints cover everything you need.
| Endpoint | Path | Returns |
|---|---|---|
| Company Details | /companies/details |
One company in full: founders, socials, news, launches, jobs |
| Search Companies | /companies/search |
6,300+ startups by batch, industry, region, hiring and more |
| Top Companies | /companies/top |
Every company with YC's Top Company badge |
| New Companies | /companies/new |
The newest YC startups, latest launch first |
| Browse Companies | /companies/browse |
YC's curated industry and location lists, 50 per page |
| Highlighted Companies | /companies/highlights |
Companies founded by women, Black or Hispanic & Latino founders |
| Company Directory | /companies/directory |
The whole directory page by page, for bulk downloads |
| Company Founders | /companies/founders |
Every founder with bio, LinkedIn, Twitter and past companies |
| Company Jobs | /companies/jobs |
Every open role with salary, equity and apply link |
| Company Launches | /companies/launches |
A company's Launch YC posts with the full story |
| Search Founders | /founders/search |
13,900+ founders by name, batch, title and region |
| Founder Details | /founders/details |
A founder's bio, socials, batches, co-founders and company |
| Search Jobs | /jobs/search |
Startup jobs by role, location, salary, equity and visa |
| Job Details | /jobs/details |
A full posting: description, interview process, hiring manager |
| Search Launches | /launches/search |
3,300+ Launch YC posts, newest first, by keyword and batch |
| Launch Details | /launches/details |
One launch: the founder's story, votes and author |
| YC Partners | /partners/list |
The people who run YC, grouped by team |
| Partner Details | /partners/details |
A partner's bio, companies, press, tweets and videos |
| Blog Posts | /blog/posts |
YC blog posts, newest first, by author or tag |
| Blog Post Details | /blog/details |
A full blog post as HTML and text |
| Search Library | /library/search |
YC Startup Library videos and essays, sortable by views |
| Library Article | /library/details |
One video or essay with chapters and full transcript |
| Filters | /filters |
Every filter value with counts |
| Batches | /batches |
Every batch with counts, plus the application deadline |
| Directory Stats | /stats |
Directory totals by status, industry, tag and region |
The same API is published on RapidAPI, and its playground is the easiest place to try parameters and see raw responses. Once a request looks right, run it locally for unlimited free data.
- Subscribe to the free plan — 1,000 calls/month, no credit card.
- Try the endpoints in the playground — every param is pre-filled, so you see real data in one click.
- Copy the generated code and replace
https://best-y-combinator-scraper-free-1000-calls.p.rapidapi.comwithhttp://localhost:8000. It will now run against your local API.
import requests
# generated by the playground, host swapped for the local API
response = requests.get(
"http://localhost:8000/companies/search",
params={"query": "ai", "batch": "W24", "is_hiring": "true"},
)
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