{ "description": "Choose search to filter the full YC directory, or byCompany to fetch specific companies. Founders, jobs, launches and news are optional extras. No login, API key or proxy required.", "properties": { "batch": { "default": "any", "description": "YC batch. P = Spring, S = Summer, W = Winter, F = Fall. 'any' includes every batch.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "S05", "W06", "S06", "W07", "S07", "W08", "S08", "W09", "S09", "W10", "S10", "W11", "S11", "W12", "S12", "W13", "S13", "W14", "S14", "W15", "S15", "W16", "S16", "W17", "S17", "W18", "S18", "W19", "S19", "W20", "S20", "W21", "S21", "W22", "S22", "W23", "S23", "W24", "S24", "F24", "W25", "P25", "S25", "F25", "W26", "P26", "S26", "F26", "W27", "S27" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any batch", "Summer 2005", "Winter 2006", "Summer 2006", "Winter 2007", "Summer 2007", "Winter 2008", "Summer 2008", "Winter 2009", "Summer 2009", "Winter 2010", "Summer 2010", "Winter 2011", "Summer 2011", "Winter 2012", "Summer 2012", "Winter 2013", "Summer 2013", "Winter 2014", "Summer 2014", "Winter 2015", "Summer 2015", "Winter 2016", "Summer 2016", "Winter 2017", "Summer 2017", "Winter 2018", "Summer 2018", "Winter 2019", "Summer 2019", "Winter 2020", "Summer 2020", "Winter 2021", "Summer 2021", "Winter 2022", "Summer 2022", "Winter 2023", "Summer 2023", "Winter 2024", "Summer 2024", "Fall 2024", "Winter 2025", "Spring 2025", "Summer 2025", "Fall 2025", "Winter 2026", "Spring 2026", "Summer 2026", "Fall 2026", "Winter 2027", "Summer 2027" ], "prefill": "S24", "title": "Batch", "type": "string" }, "companyUrls": { "default": [], "description": "Companies to fetch (mode=byCompany). Accepts full ycombinator.com/companies URLs, /companies/ paths or bare slugs.", "editor": "stringList", "prefill": [], "title": "Company URLs or Slugs", "type": "array" }, "highlightBlackFounders": { "default": false, "description": "Only companies YC flags as having Black founders.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Black Founders", "type": "boolean" }, "highlightHispanicFounders": { "default": false, "description": "Only companies YC flags as having Hispanic or Latino founders.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Hispanic / Latino Founders", "type": "boolean" }, "highlightWomenFounders": { "default": false, "description": "Only companies YC flags as having women founders.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Women Founders", "type": "boolean" }, "includeFounderProfiles": { "default": false, "description": "Fetch one extra page per founder for previous roles, schools and current title.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Include Founder Profiles", "type": "boolean" }, "includeJobDescriptions": { "default": false, "description": "Fetch one extra page per job for its full description, interview process and hiring manager.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Include Job Descriptions", "type": "boolean" }, "includeLaunchBodies": { "default": false, "description": "Add the full text of each Launch YC post. Makes records much larger.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Include Launch Bodies", "type": "boolean" }, "includeLaunches": { "default": true, "description": "Add Launch YC post metadata (title, tagline, date, votes, link).", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Include Launch YC Posts", "type": "boolean" }, "includeNews": { "default": false, "description": "Add news items linked from the company page.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Include News", "type": "boolean" }, "industry": { "default": "any", "description": "Exact YC industry facet. 'any' includes every industry.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "Agriculture", "Analytics", "Apparel and Cosmetics", "Asset Management", "Automotive", "Aviation and Space", "B2B", "Banking and Exchange", "Climate", "Construction", "Consumer", "Consumer Electronics", "Consumer Finance", "Consumer Health and Wellness", "Content", "Credit and Lending", "Defense", "Diagnostics", "Drones", "Drug Discovery and Delivery", "Education", "Energy", "Engineering, Product and Design", "Finance and Accounting", "Fintech", "Food and Beverage", "Gaming", "Government", "Healthcare", "Healthcare IT", "Healthcare Services", "Home and Personal", "Housing and Real Estate", "Human Resources", "Industrial Bio", "Industrials", "Infrastructure", "Insurance", "Job and Career Services", "Legal", "Manufacturing and Robotics", "Marketing", "Medical Devices", "Office Management", "Operations", "Payments", "Productivity", "Real Estate and Construction", "Recruiting and Talent", "Retail", "Sales", "Security", "Social", "Supply Chain and Logistics", "Therapeutics", "Transportation Services", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism", "Virtual and Augmented Reality" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any industry", "Agriculture", "Analytics", "Apparel and Cosmetics", "Asset Management", "Automotive", "Aviation and Space", "B2B", "Banking and Exchange", "Climate", "Construction", "Consumer", "Consumer Electronics", "Consumer Finance", "Consumer Health and Wellness", "Content", "Credit and Lending", "Defense", "Diagnostics", "Drones", "Drug Discovery and Delivery", "Education", "Energy", "Engineering, Product and Design", "Finance and Accounting", "Fintech", "Food and Beverage", "Gaming", "Government", "Healthcare", "Healthcare IT", "Healthcare Services", "Home and Personal", "Housing and Real Estate", "Human Resources", "Industrial Bio", "Industrials", "Infrastructure", "Insurance", "Job and Career Services", "Legal", "Manufacturing and Robotics", "Marketing", "Medical Devices", "Office Management", "Operations", "Payments", "Productivity", "Real Estate and Construction", "Recruiting and Talent", "Retail", "Sales", "Security", "Social", "Supply Chain and Logistics", "Therapeutics", "Transportation Services", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism", "Virtual and Augmented Reality" ], "title": "Industry", "type": "string" }, "isHiring": { "default": false, "description": "Only companies carrying YC's Is Hiring badge.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Hiring Only", "type": "boolean" }, "maxItems": { "default": 50, "description": "Stop after this many companies. Applied after filters and before detail pages.", "editor": "number", "maximum": 7000, "minimum": 1, "prefill": 3, "title": "Maximum Companies", "type": "integer" }, "maxTeamSize": { "description": "Drop companies with more employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.", "editor": "number", "maximum": 100000, "minimum": 1, "title": "Maximum Team Size", "type": "integer" }, "minTeamSize": { "description": "Drop companies with fewer employees. Companies reporting 0 (unknown) are excluded.", "editor": "number", "maximum": 100000, "minimum": 0, "title": "Minimum Team Size", "type": "integer" }, "mode": { "default": "search", "description": "search filters the directory; byCompany fetches the exact companies in companyUrls.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "search", "byCompany" ], "enumTitles": [ "Search the YC directory", "Fetch specific companies" ], "prefill": "search", "title": "Mode", "type": "string" }, "nonprofit": { "default": false, "description": "Only companies carrying YC's Nonprofit badge.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Nonprofits Only", "type": "boolean" }, "region": { "default": "any", "description": "Exact YC region facet. 'any' includes every region.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "Africa", "Algeria", "America / Canada", "Argentina", "Asia", "Australia", "Austria", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Brazil", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Cayman Islands", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cyprus", "Czechia", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Denmark", "East Asia", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Europe", "Finland", "France", "Fully Remote", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Ivory Coast", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kenya", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latin America", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Malaysia", "Mexico", "Middle East and North Africa", "Morocco", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Oceania", "Pakistan", "Panama", "Partly Remote", "Peru", "Philippines", "Poland", "Portugal", "Puerto Rico", "Remote", "Romania", "Russia", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "South Asia", "South Korea", "Southeast Asia", "Spain", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Taiwan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Turkey", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States of America", "Uruguay", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Zambia" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any region", "Africa", "Algeria", "America / Canada", "Argentina", "Asia", "Australia", "Austria", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Brazil", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Cayman Islands", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cyprus", "Czechia", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Denmark", "East Asia", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Europe", "Finland", "France", "Fully Remote", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Ivory Coast", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kenya", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latin America", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Malaysia", "Mexico", "Middle East and North Africa", "Morocco", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Oceania", "Pakistan", "Panama", "Partly Remote", "Peru", "Philippines", "Poland", "Portugal", "Puerto Rico", "Remote", "Romania", "Russia", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "South Asia", "South Korea", "Southeast Asia", "Spain", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Taiwan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Turkey", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States of America", "Uruguay", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Zambia" ], "title": "Region", "type": "string" }, "scrapeFounders": { "default": true, "description": "Add each company's founders with title, bio, LinkedIn, X and profile link. Uses the company page already fetched for the record.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": true, "title": "Include Founders", "type": "boolean" }, "scrapeOpenJobs": { "default": true, "description": "Add current job postings with salary and equity ranges, experience, visa, skills and remote signal.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Include Open Jobs", "type": "boolean" }, "searchQuery": { "description": "Free-text relevance search across company names, descriptions and tags (mode=search).", "editor": "textfield", "title": "Search Query", "type": "string" }, "sortBy": { "default": "default", "description": "Directory order follows YC relevance; launchDate puts the newest directory launches first.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "default", "launchDate" ], "enumTitles": [ "Directory order", "Newest launch first" ], "prefill": "default", "title": "Sort By", "type": "string" }, "status": { "default": "any", "description": "Company operating status. 'any' includes every status.", "editor": "select", "enum": [ "any", "Active", "Inactive", "Acquired", "Public" ], "enumTitles": [ "Any status", "Active", "Inactive", "Acquired", "Public" ], "title": "Status", "type": "string" }, "tags": { "default": [], "description": "Exact YC tags; any one match is enough. Common tags: AI, B2B, SaaS, Fintech, Developer Tools, Marketplace, Generative AI, Consumer, Machine Learning, E-commerce, Healthcare, Analytics, Hardware, Open Source, Health Tech, Productivity, Education, AI Assistant, Robotics, Infrastructure.", "editor": "stringList", "prefill": [], "title": "Tags", "type": "array" }, "topCompany": { "default": false, "description": "Only companies carrying YC's Top Company badge.", "editor": "checkbox", "prefill": false, "title": "Top Companies Only", "type": "boolean" } }, "required": [ "mode" ], "schemaVersion": 1, "title": "Y Combinator Companies & Founders Input", "type": "object" }