Issue #2August 4, 20268 links

Seven YC startups launch, including air defense as a service

Four of today's seven YC launches sell into things that fail loudly: air defense, chip design environments, federal case backlogs, hosting you'd rather not have hacked. The trading-card investment platform is the batch's lone consumer holdout, and the only priced round goes to Density, $17m to count people in offices.

Cool Company Raises

YC S26

Caution launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Hosting platform for software you don't want to get hacked

Cybersecurity Cloud-Computing Infrastructure YC B2B

YC S26

CarSignal launches at YC (Summer 2026)

The Smart Operating System for Auto Shops.

Artificial-Intelligence SAAS Automotive YC B2B

YC S26

IMPACT Drones launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Air defense as a Service.

Hardware Drones Swarm-Robotics YC AI Industrials

YC S26

Standard Machines launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Environments For Chip Design

Semiconductors AI B2B YC

YC S26

tash launches at YC (Summer 2026)

The investment platform for sports & trading cards

Investing Consumer YC

YC S26

Amorphic Labs launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Agentic, Personalized Product Demo Videos for Sales

B2B Sales AI YC

$17.0M

Density raises a $17.0M Seed round

Density is the leading space analytics platform for measuring building and workplace performance. We are on a mission to measure and improve our footprint on the world. To learn more, visit density.io. SOURCE Density, Inc.

Information-Technology Data-And-Analytics Consumer-Goods Other Firms And Angel Investors Abstract Ashurst Perkins Coie+4 more

YC S26

Stratum Industries launches at YC (Summer 2026)

AI agents that clear the U.S. government backlog.

Govtech Automation AI YC Government

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