SaaS Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) in Los Angeles 2026

Merlin is an AI-powered ERP for construction companies. We provide construction companies with a single, AI-powered platform to manage their entire business operations. Our platform unifies project management, materials management, finance, estimating, and CRM—traditionally scattered across multiple systems—into one cohesive solution. For the first time, construction firms can automate and oversee every aspect of their projects in a single, intuitive system. Today, construction companies pay for 8-17 different tools - that we eliminate the need for. We reduce - Manual work by 60% - Cut software costs by $10,000 monthly - Complete projects 3x faster. Why Now? We're witnessing a perfect storm of factors: decades of stagnation in traditional ERP systems, a multi-billion-dollar industry built on misaligned incentives, and the transformative potential of AI. This confluence creates a rare cyclical opportunity for market upheaval. The last major shift in this space occurred in the 1990s with the advent of digital systems, and now, 30 years later, we're on the cusp of another seismic change. Customers are crying out for innovation and as AI reshapes the landscape, early customer signals indicate an eagerness for smarter, more efficient systems. It's a unique window of opportunity that opens perhaps once in a multi-decade chance to redefine an entire industry's operational backbone. Team: KS, a BITS Pilani grad and successful startup co-founder, and Ayantika, an IIT alumni and tech expert, bring extensive coding and product development expertise together bringing about over a decade of technical expertise. Sneha ( that’s me), with over a decade of experience in supply chain management and lean manufacturing within the construction industry, has lived the pain of using ERPs in this industry.

Constructable is the modern alternative to Procore, Autodesk, and Fieldwire. We help mid-size general contractors manage the entire lifecycle of a commercial project from bidding to closeout. With Constructable, teams can accelerate field, project, and financial management in one intuitive system. RFIs, submittals, drawings, daily logs, punch lists, change orders—everything lives in one place, with AI-powered search to find answers instantly. GCs and builders across the U.S. and Canada are already running smoother projects on Constructable. Learn more at constructable.ai

Car washing is a $15B market in dire need of disruption. Legacy systems are costly, out of date, and inflexible. We are building modern solutions to help car wash operators manage and grow their business.

SpecCheck is an all-in-one solution that provides accurate prescription eyewear ordering and tracking, seamless billing, and streamlined communication between patients, eye doctors, and their lab partners. SpecCheck’s users work more efficiently and make fewer costly errors, increasing productivity and improving their overall workflow.

Stackup is transforming how businesses manage their on-chain operations by offering a smart account platform designed to simplify and automate complex blockchain tasks. As the need for seamless, secure, and efficient crypto transactions grows, Stackup provides centralized control over decentralized assets, allowing businesses to take charge of every detail of their operations with ease. Our platform integrates advanced security and adaptive features to eliminate the chaos of traditional crypto wallets, empowering businesses to manage their crypto stack in real-time. Whether you’re orchestrating large-scale transactions or ensuring complete transparency, Stackup’s solution brings order and precision to blockchain management—turning crypto chaos into structured, seamless business flow.

Cinapse is reimagining the production schedule: the foundation of every film and TV project. We’re building the OS of Hollywood, starting with the tool that filmmakers use every day. Besides the script, nothing is more foundational to filmmaking. There’s no accurate budget without a schedule. No execution plan without one. The schedule is the map that takes us from idea to image. Cinapse helps filmmakers draw that map better, faster, and together.

Epsilon3 is the AI-Powered ERP, MES, and Test Management Software for Complex Engineering, Manufacturing, & Operations. We are a growing team of engineers from SpaceX, NASA, Google, and Stanford with unique experience planning and executing over 100 space missions. We are applying what we learned to develop web-based solutions that make building and operating advanced systems as efficient, error-free, and enjoyable as possible. Want to join a fully remote, US-based SaaS startup on a mission to solve complex problems in aerospace, energy, defense, maritime, and biotech? Apply today!

AI Tech Packs turns images into production-ready tech packs within minutes. We allow fashion brands to save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars otherwise spent creating manual tech packs — which typically cost $100–$500 per style and take days or even weeks to complete.

Laylo powers drops for the world’s biggest musicians and events. The platform combines landing pages, messaging, link tracking, and more to drive sales and streams around the most important moments in entertainment.

Choosing the right tool for your tech stack is a soul-sucking exercise — countless hours in demos, endless spreadsheets, and the risk of a wrong choice. At Taloflow, our mission is to make technology selection effortless and low-risk for IT and software teams. Taloflow is backed by Y Combinator, YC Continuity, Wonder Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and Voyager Capital.

LogisticsOS provides route optimization and fleet dispatching algorithms as services to let any last-mile company offer same-day and next-hour delivery. We are the creators of the route optimization engine that both FedEx and USPS are using on production today. We increase profit per delivery by 15% and optimize thousands of deliveries in seconds using 30X faster algorithms.

Hellometer helps fast food owners' grow same store sales using security cameras to improve customer wait times. Speed of service is fast food's core value proposition (it’s literally in the name) and owners currently don't have a reliable way to measure it. We show them when and where they have slowdowns and for every 7s they improve service times, owners see 1% increase in revenue.

Paragon enables companies to build products that integrate with the SaaS ecosystem. With Paragon, software companies can integrate with hundreds of different SaaS apps in minutes while providing their customers with a seamless, unified integration experience

Release delivers staging environments as a service. With Release a staging environment is automatically generated with every Pull Request which removes the bottleneck most companies have when they only have a single staging environment.

*S19 and YCG F21* Engineering teams shouldn’t be in the dark when it comes to the performance of their mobile apps and user experiences. With our industry-leading mobile observability technology, Embrace aims to give SRE and DevOps teams better insight into what matters most – their users – by tying mobile performance data to backend observability insights. As the only user-focused, mobile-first observability solution built on OpenTelemetry, Embrace delivers crucial insights across both DevOps and mobile teams to illuminate real customer impact – not just server impact – to deliver the best app experiences. Customers like The New York Times, Marriott, Warby Parker, Masterclass, Home Depot, and Cameo love Embrace’s mobile observability platform because it makes extremely complicated and voluminous data actionable.

Mobile-First CMMS/Enterprise Asset Management System UpKeep is asset and maintenance management — done the right way. We take a mobile-first approach to the traditional desktop-based enterprise software. We keep technicians out in the field working on the most pressing issues — saving precious time and money. Tracking the costs of assets over their lifetime is now easier than ever. We keep businesses more efficient and streamline their workflow by eliminating paper work orders. We currently have over 2,000,000 registered users from small businesses to large enterprises. We offer low-cost solutions with transparent pricing to a common problem that many companies face. Our vision is to provide the best mobile solution for asset and work order management in a space that is dominated by traditional enterprise software companies. We've raised a total of $50 million from Y Combinator, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital, Emergence Capital, and Insight Partners. -Assign work orders -Create and save tasks -UPC Label scanning -Create assets and assign work orders to assets -Preview for analytical graphs We are a Y Combinator-backed company (YC W17)

Gigwell is building the future of event bookings. Our platform is trusted by over 100,000 touring artists and venues using Gigwell to streamline the booking process - from managing offers and booking requests to handling electronic contracts and online payments. We have facilitated over $5B in gigs on our platform, in verticals ranging from DJs & Musicians to Public Speakers and Comedians. Leveraging a network of thousands of industry professionals and talent buyers, Gigwell is hyper-tailored to the workflow of a $200B industry that still operates on Excel spreadsheets and Word documents. Gigwell is the first integrated, vertical SaaS platform that integrates end-to-end workflow automation for artists, booking, and management agencies. We provide a simple solution for managing artist logistics, collecting and tracking payments electronically, negotiating contracts and talent availabilities, and monitoring revenue goals. We have been featured in TechCrunch, Billboard, DJ Mag, Mixmag, Hypebot, DJ Times, and Magnetic Magazine, and awarded the most promising startup from Nitey Awards and SF MusicTech’s StartUp Innovators Challenge.

The Ticket Fairy is a next-generation event ticketing, marketing, management, intelligence and revenue acceleration platform, providing event promoters and venue managers the tools necessary to increase attendance levels, social media exposure and consumer engagement, and provide an enhanced experience to their patrons. The Ticket Fairy is helping large and small events maximise their revenue potential in Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States, and the United Kingdom and Europe, with closed beta trials in East Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

PickTrace is a fast growing software company that provides workforce and harvest management solutions for large-scale farms. Founded by brothers Austin and Harrison Steed, PickTrace is building the farm management system of the future. PickTrace builds powerful software products that help agriculture companies thrive. Our workforce and harvest management software helps growers gain insight into their operations and improve their operational efficiency. Everything that we do is based on the conviction that we succeed when our customers build a more efficient, compliant, and profitable operation.

WorkClout is enabling industrial labor to perform to their highest potential. WorkClout is a tool that helps industrial Operations & HR Teams make better decisions to improve production efficiency. WorkClout's SaaS tool centralizes on-the-job employee training, troubleshooting, safety/quality procedures, knowledge building, and performance tracking.