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Jun 5
YC S26 · agentcard.sh
Agentcard — Debit cards for AI agents
debit cards for AI agents.
FintechYCYC S26
$200M
Auger raises a $200M Series A round
Auger is a new supply chain startup founded by former Amazon executive Dave Clark. The company focuses on innovative solutions to streamline supply chain processes. With a significant financial backing of $100 million, Auger aims to enhance operational efficiency in logistics. Its mission is to transform the way businesses manage their supply chains.
Supply chain managementLogisticsInsight PartnersOak Hc/Ft$100M+ · +2
$200M · apexspace.com
Apex — Off-the-shelf satellite buses from 100 to 500 kilograms
Apex is a Los Angeles-based spacecraft manufacturer specializing in productized satellite buses ranging from 100 to 500 kilograms. Founded in 2022 by Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi, Apex addresses the growing demand for reliable, rapidly deployable spacecraft platforms in the evolving aerospace industry. By integrating software-driven design, vertical manufacturing, and scalable hardware, Apex delivers configurable satellite buses—such as Aries, Nova, and Comet—tailored for missions spanning Earth observation, communications, and defense applications. With a focus on rapid delivery and transparent pricing, Apex enables customers to deploy payloads efficiently, supporting the expansion of space-based capabilities across various sectors.
ManufacturingAerospaceGlade Brook Capital PartnersWashington Harbour Partners$100M+ · +2
$400M · generalistai.com
Generalist AI — Foundation models that let robots adapt to new tasks
Generalist AI is a developer of embodied robotics intelligence and foundation models, based in San Francisco, CA. The company focuses on creating advanced systems that enable robotic hardware to autonomously adapt to various tasks. They launched their core foundation model architecture in April 2026 and have a team composed of veterans from Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics.
Artificial intelligenceMachine learningRobotics8VCBezos ExpeditionsHanabi Capital · +4 · +7
$75M · highlandfleets.com
Highland Electric Fleets — Electric school buses for districts at diesel pricing
Highland Electric Fleets is a comprehensive turnkey solutions provider that delivers electric school buses (EVSB) to school districts and third-party managed fleet providers (3PMs). We offer a model involving financing, infrastructure, vehicle deployment, and maintenance in an easily digestible, budget-neutral format that enables EVSB acquisition at traditional diesel pricing. Our mission is to eliminate the barriers to better student health and a cleaner environment.
Galvanize$50M+
$12B · lovable.dev
Lovable — Build apps and websites by chatting with AI
Lovable is a platform that enables anyone to build apps and websites simply by chatting with AI, created by a small European team of serial founders, product engineers, physicists, and competitive programmers united by a passion for rapid, high-quality product building. On a mission to create the last piece of software the world will ever need, Lovable focuses on making software creation intuitive, fast, and accessible through AI-driven conversation.
Information technologySoftwareArtificial intelligence$100M+ · +1
Jun 4
$9.4M · bakkt.com
Bakkt Holdings — Crypto custody, trading and onramps for institutions
Bakkt Holdings, Inc. builds solutions that enable their clients to grow with the crypto economy. Through institutional-grade custody, trading, and onramp capabilities, their clients leverage technology that’s built for sustainable, long-term involvement in crypto.
FintechCryptocurrencyBakkt Opco Holdings, Llc$1M+ · +1
$5.8M · kalogon.com
Kalogon — Seating for people who sit for long hours
Kalogon revolutionizes the way the world sits through technological innovation, cutting-edge research, and customer collaboration. By prioritizing empathy-driven design and embracing inclusivity, we aim to set a new benchmark in seating solutions for those who spend an extended time sitting, inspiring positive change in the industry. Our ultimate goal is to empower individuals to lead active, seated lives with enhanced comfort and well-being.
HealthcareBlack OpalCastellan GroupDeep Work CapitalEnable VenturesFlorida Opportunity Fund · +2 · +5
$465M · helionenergy.com
Helion Energy — Fusion power plants for clean electricity
Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. Currently, we are scaling up our latest fusion prototype to make our vision a reality. We’re hiring brilliant scientists, engineers, and builders passionate about developing world-changing technologies. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.
SoftwareRenewable energyAlta Park CapitalAnti FundBill FordBox Group · +10 · +13
$500M · nuro.ai
Nuro — Self-driving systems for automakers and mobility companies
Nuro is an American Physical AI company building the world's most scalable AI driver. Founded in 2016, Nuro has refined its autonomous driving technology through extensive driver-out deployments. The company offers two flagship products to automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and mobility companies: Nuro Driver™ (Level 4) and Nuro Driver™ Assist (Level 2++), each combining automotive-grade hardware with AI-first self-driving software. Nuro's technology can be integrated into robotaxis, goods-delivery vehicles, and consumer vehicles—always with the same goal: to improve everyday life by making the benefits of autonomy available to everyone.
SoftwareInformation technology servicesUber$100M+ · +1
$2.3B
Freepoint Commodities — Trades physical commodities and manages supply logistics
Founded in 2011, Freepoint is based in Stamford, Connecticut, and employs more than 600 people worldwide. The company is a global merchant of physical commodities, providing customers with physical supply and logistics chain management and services, along with environmentally friendly products and solutions.
Supply chain managementLogisticsBank Of China, New York BranchCitibank, N.A.Commonwealth Bank Of AustraliaCoöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch · +14 · +17
$6M · xostrucks.com
Xos — Electric step vans and box trucks for commercial fleets
Dedicated to making fleets more efficient, we build state-of-the-art electric commercial vehicles at a much lower operating cost. Developing cutting edge technologies for medium and heavy duty electric vehicles—like step vans, box trucks and vocational vehicles—our mobility solutions exceed anything on the present market. Capable of transporting products with greater reliability and simplicity, Xos electric trucks are designed in the most environmentally conscious manner possible.
Truck transportationInstitutional Investors$1M+
$2B · benchmarkcapital.co.uk
Benchmark Capital — Venture capital for early-stage tech startups
Benchmark Capital is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for its early-stage investments in technology companies such as eBay, Snap, Uber, and Twitter. After over 20 years of maintaining smaller fund sizes, Benchmark has recently raised $2 billion across two new funds, including a significant $1.25 billion growth fund. The firm has adapted its investment strategy to include more flexibility in funding capital-intensive startups, particularly in the AI sector. It aims to build deep relationships with entrepreneurs at various stages of their companies' lifecycles.
$100M+
$7M Series A · craftwork.com
Craftwork — House painting with instant online quotes for homeowners
Craftwork is a Charlotte-based home-painting startup that aims to modernize the painting process through proprietary software, offering homeowners instant online quotes for scheduling projects. Launched in 2023, it employs full-time painters, which is atypical in the industry, to ensure high-quality service and stability for its staff. The company recently secured a $7 million Series A funding to expand its operations and team. Craftwork aspires to become the largest painting company in Charlotte within the next 18 months.
SoftwareArtificial intelligenceLachy GroomSlow Ventures$1M+ · +2
Jun 3
YC S26 · trydock.ai
Dock — Multiplayer workspace for AI agents
Multiplayer agent workspace that grows your company without growing…
Artificial intelligenceB2BYC
$5M Seed
Dexterity — Robots as a service for warehouses and supply chains
Dexterity offers robots as a service solution for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain operations. The company provides a 'robots as a service' model, which allows businesses to efficiently integrate robotics into their supply chain operations.
SoftwareArtificial intelligenceMachine learning$1M+RoboticsIndustrial automation · +3
$10.2M Seed · shiftersai.com
Shifters AI — Rugged autonomous ground robots for dangerous missions
Shifters AI Inc. is a global deep-tech company pioneering a family of rugged robotic platforms for dangerous ground missions. The company focuses on developing supervised autonomous ground robotic systems that enhance situational awareness and preserve human life in hazardous environments. Their mission, called 'Robots Go First', aims to allow robots to enter dangerous areas before human operators. Shifters is building the next generation of AI-native autonomous robotic teams.
Ace Capital PartnersArkin CapitalAurelius Capital ManagementCorner VenturesFresh FundStep World · +1 · +4
$400M Series D · suno.com
Suno — AI tools that automate making music
Suno Inc. is a new crop artificial intelligence startup focused on building tools to automate the music-making process.
Information technologyArtificial intelligenceMusicAlkeonBond CapitalForerunner · +8 · +11
$1.3M Pre-Seed
Poppy — Clean airflow measurement for building operators
Poppy is the market leader in advanced air technologies for healthy, sustainable buildings. Poppy revolutionizes how buildings measure equivalent clean airflow, manage rising energy costs and secure health in buildings with their patented air tracing technology. Poppy serves over 1,000 locations in 25 cities, across Canada, US, Europe and the Middle East, helping building operators to reduce costs, decarbonize and protect occupant health. Poppy was founded in 2019, and is based in San Francisco and Toronto.
HealthcareKindred VenturesLogan Kilpatrick$1M+ · +1
$20M Series A · terraai.com
Terra AI — AI subsurface models for mineral and energy explorers
Terra AI is an artificial intelligence platform provider based in Palo Alto, CA, that focuses on reducing subsurface uncertainty for mineral and energy development. The company offers a patented platform that integrates various types of exploration data to generate probabilistic geological models. These models help project teams make informed decisions regarding drilling and resource development by assessing potential subsurface scenarios. Terra AI aims to assist explorers in evaluating asset acquisitions and accelerating resource development efforts.
Bhp VenturesKhosla Ventures$10M+
$650M · applied-aerospace.com
Applied Aerospace & Defense — Builds complex hardware for space and defense companies
Applied Aerospace & Defense (Applied) is a premier provider of advanced design, engineering, and vertically integrated manufacturing solutions for leading and next-generation space and defense technology companies. Applied builds complex hardware for extreme operating environments and is focused on three core markets: Space and Launch Systems, Defense Aviation and Airborne Systems, and C5ISR and Precision Strike Systems.
ManufacturingAerospace$100M+
Jun 2
$1M
Gridwater raises a $1M Seed round
Gridwater secures over $1M in equipment financing to support its 2026 fleet rollout. This financing validates its business model with initial trucks already funded and in production.
$1M+
$500M Series D · impulsespace.com
Impulse Space — In-space vehicles that carry payloads from LEO to GEO and beyond
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers from LEO to GEO. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
OtherTransportationLogistics137 VenturesBanner VC$100M+ · +3
$32M Series C · findigs.com
Findigs, Inc. — Rental application screening for property managers
Findigs makes renting safe and easy for renters and property managers. Rent units faster with zero fraud. Our digital underwriting platform verifies every applicant’s identity and income in minutes, no matter how they earn money. Fast, secure rental applications. Seamless screening and decision-making. This is renting, redesigned.
Information technologySoftwareFrontier Venture CapitalNyca PartnersRpm VenturesWestern Technology Investment · +1 · +4
