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Each of our apps are extremely easy to use, focus on just one area of learning using interactivity and add an element to fun while learning.", "one_liner": "Games For Education", "team_size": 11, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1322045690, "tags": [ "Education", "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2012", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tap-to-learn", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2012/tap-to-learn.json" }, { "id": 45, "name": "LVL6", "slug": "lvl6", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://lvl6.com", "all_locations": "Palo Alto, CA, USA", "long_description": "LVL6 creates social mobile games on Android and iOS.", "one_liner": "We make mobile MMOs. ", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1322045890, "tags": [ "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2012", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lvl6", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2012/lvl6.json" }, { "id": 77, "name": "Zigfu", "slug": "zigfu", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://breaks.nu", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Zigfu is the easiest way to make and play Kinect apps. Download the plugin, hook up your sensor, and enjoy the future now!", "one_liner": "Layer above Kinect.", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326789051, "tags": [ "Augmented Reality" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2011", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zigfu", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2011/zigfu.json" }, { "id": 115, "name": "Launchpad Toys", "slug": "launchpad-toys", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://launchpadtoys.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "We're creating digital toys and tools that empower kids to create, learn & share their ideas through play.\r\n\r\nGive a young child a couple of toys or a box of crayons and he or she is likely to play for hours, deeply engrossed in an imaginary world. In both art and dramatic play, children construct settings, create fictional characters, and act out fantastic storylines that would be the envy of many Hollywood scriptwriters. Yet, ask that same child to write out a story in a blank notebook or a word processor and you would be lucky to capture a fraction of the depth and splendor of his or her imagination. Play inspires and scaffolds the creative process from an early age, but there is a persistent gap between the origins of imaginative play (ages 4-5) and kids' adoption of the formal discipline of creative writing (ages 8-10).\r\n\r\nAt Launchpad Toys, we're using mobile devices like the iPad to bridge this gap between informal and formal learning, to harness the power of play to help children capture and share their ideas with other kids around the world. Our first product, Toontastic an app for the iPad, is a creative learning tool that blends constructionist and social development theories to empower young children to create, learn, and share their ideas through play.", "one_liner": "Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015.", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326789510, "tags": [ "Education", "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2011", "status": "Acquired", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": true, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/launchpad-toys", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2011/launchpad-toys.json" }, { "id": 152, "name": "Humble Bundle", "slug": "humble-bundle", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/3871c33f04d1b6b876b0a47537afa6930860bcfa.png", "website": "https://humble.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Humble Bundle is a distribution platform selling games, ebooks, software, and other digital content. Since Humble’s founding in 2010, our mission has been to support charity (“Humble”) while providing awesome content to customers at great prices (“Bundle”). We started by offering only game bundles, but have branched out to include an online storefront, a monthly subscription service, a publishing initiative, and lots more. We have raised over $250 million for charity. And we now have over 500,000 subscribers to our Humble Monthly.\r\n\r\nJoin our award winning team by checking out our careers page at https://jobs.humblebundle.com", "one_liner": "Pay what you want for awesome games and other content while giving to…", "team_size": 100, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326789841, "tags": [ "Entertainment", "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2011", "status": "Acquired", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/humble-bundle", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2011/humble-bundle.json" }, { "id": 164, "name": "Mino Games", "slug": "mino-games", "former_names": [ "Minomonsters" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/573373ab6401e76024bab0260b4ba1cd64b7a1fe.png", "website": "http://minomonsters.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA; Montreal, QC, Canada", "long_description": "Top-25 grossing mobile gaming studio. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator. 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The app allows one-touch show selection, synchronized shared viewing with a friend, and play/pause/volume control.", "one_liner": "Teevox", "team_size": 11, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790082, "tags": [ "AI-powered Drug Discovery" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2010", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/teevox", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2010/teevox.json" }, { "id": 196, "name": "Opzi", "slug": "opzi", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://opzi.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Opzi was a knowledge management platform, styled as a \"Quora for the enterprise,\" that became the First Round Network.", "one_liner": "Q&A for businesses.", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790205, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2010", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/opzi", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2010/opzi.json" }, { "id": 211, "name": "Koduco", "slug": "koduco", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://koduco.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Koduco makes iPad games that focus on multiplayer collaboration on the same device.", "one_liner": "iPad games.", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790324, "tags": [ "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2010", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/koduco", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2010/koduco.json" }, { "id": 228, "name": "Gamador", "slug": "gamador", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://gamador.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Gamador is a social game developer that has released three games so far. The company says that it differentiates itself from other developers by releasing quick, smart games at a very rapid pace (they can develop a game in about a week.\n\nThe company has built its own analytics platform for social games called Rankador, which they liken to a ‘PageRank for social games’.", "one_liner": "", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790497, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2010", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gamador", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2010/gamador.json" }, { "id": 235, "name": "Newcope", "slug": "newcope", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://newcope.com", "all_locations": "Mountain View, CA, USA", "long_description": "Virtual goods commerce", "one_liner": "", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790552, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2010", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/newcope", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2010/newcope.json" }, { "id": 267, "name": "Heyzap", "slug": "heyzap", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/f23a0e60878f243a227ecdd0b96b41960b5ee37f.png", "website": "http://heyzap.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love. Heyzap’s SDK for Android and iOS apps allows both well-established app producers and innovative indie developers to monetize and bring their apps to a wide audience. It currently provides advertising, publishing, mediation, and cross-promotion services to mobile developers worldwide.\r\n\r\nHeyzap is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2009 by Jude Gomila and Immad Akhund.", "one_liner": "Heyzap (acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2016) is one of the largest…", "team_size": 11, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790823, "tags": [ "Advertising" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2009", "status": "Acquired", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/heyzap", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2009/heyzap.json" }, { "id": 279, "name": "Voxli", "slug": "voxli", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/3ac20ac455dd6043cbdfc242898a73e662056436.png", "website": "http://voxli.com", "all_locations": "CA, USA", "long_description": "Voxli offers browser-based group voice chat for gamers and teams.\r\n\r\nUsers of Voxli can voice chat with up to 200 people at a time without leaving the browser or setting up a voice server. Each group voice chat exists at a persistent URL, which can be shared with friends via email or IM. Voxli works on Windows and Mac, and supports push-to-talk (walkie talkie) functionality outside of the browser.\r\n\r\nVoxli is currently free while it is in open beta.", "one_liner": "", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326790923, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2009", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voxli", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2009/voxli.json" }, { "id": 292, "name": "Precognate", "slug": "precognate", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://precognate.com", "all_locations": "", "long_description": null, "one_liner": "", "team_size": 0, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326791038, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2008", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "Unspecified" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/precognate", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2008/precognate.json" }, { "id": 295, "name": "Claimspotting", "slug": "claimspotting", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/5d7da52a8f0008b798683c3b997438fab8e37483.png", "website": "http://urbantakeover.at", "all_locations": "Remote", "long_description": "", "one_liner": "Claim and conquer your city", "team_size": 0, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326791080, "tags": [ "Proptech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2008", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/claimspotting", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2008/claimspotting.json" }, { "id": 307, "name": "Machine Zone", "slug": "machine-zone", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b8a10d341a50957a4b0c63d8f94e76f52fedfb9c.png", "website": "https://www.mz.com", "all_locations": "Palo Alto, CA, USA", "long_description": "Live data powers everything we do—from our global, multiplayer mobile games to our mobile ad buying to our live data ecosystem, Satori. 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The possibilities are endless.", "one_liner": "Pioneers of mobile social gaming.", "team_size": 501, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326791189, "tags": [ "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": true, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2008", "status": "Acquired", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/machine-zone", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2008/machine-zone.json" }, { "id": 308, "name": "MightyQuiz", "slug": "mightyquiz", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://mightyquiz.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "MightyQuiz powers a collection of user generated quiz questions that can be answered and rated on-site or through a distributable widget.", "one_liner": "", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326791199, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2008", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mightyquiz", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2008/mightyquiz.json" }, { "id": 317, "name": "Kirkland North", "slug": "kirkland-north", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://kirklandnorth.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Kirkland North is taking an infectious campus-wide game that it ran at Yale and Harvard last year and spreading it to other campuses around the country.\n\nThe game, called Turf, pits sections of campuses against each other in a virtual battle for university-wide domination. The founders are currently rolling out individual versions of their online game as a service for institutions including Stanford and Harvard.", "one_liner": "", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1326791268, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2008", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kirkland-north", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2008/kirkland-north.json" }, { "id": 319, "name": "YumDots", "slug": "yumdots", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "/company/thumb/missing.png", "website": "http://yumdots.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "YumDots wants to be the go-to mobile application for finding places to eat when out on the town. Its emphasis on using interactive maps to display information about local restaurants makes it more efficient than other mobile review services like Yelp's. 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For example, If you think India Covid cases will decrease by 10% this week, you can trade this insight and win money if correct.\r\n\r\nOur aim is to make the app inclusive for all. The stock market unfortunately can be very technical and opaque and therefore isn’t always accessible for all. 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Using AI, you can create complex, playable games without writing code - just describe what you want and iterate. 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Founded by Jacob Fortinsky and Kelechi Ukah, we are the only platform to offer commission-free sports trading. We deliver better pricing, full transparency, and a more efficient market structure for users by eliminating the traditional sportsbook model.\r\n\r\nBacked by the best - Novig has raised over $100M from some of Silicon Valley’s top investors including Pantera, Forerunner, Lux, NFX, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana.", "one_liner": "America's #1 Sports Trading App", "team_size": 55, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1655052377, "tags": [ "Fintech", "Marketplace", "Sports Tech", "Gaming" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2022", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/novig", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2022/novig.json" }, { "id": 27055, "name": "Vinci Games", "slug": "vinci-games", "former_names": [ "Vinci Games", "Blacktop Hoops by Vinci Games", "Vinci Games", "Blacktop Hoops (by Vinci Games)", "Blacktop Hoops by Vinci Games" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b8b2e08cc80100af4f7f9161d33c4a5f1a59e6dd.png", "website": "https://ruffnauts.com/", "all_locations": "Berkeley, CA, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Vinci Games (YC S22) is building the next generation of social multiplayer VR games.\r\n\r\nOur first title, Blacktop Hoops, became one of the highest-rated sports games on Meta Quest with a passionate global community and critical acclaim.\r\n\r\nOur second title, Ruffnauts, is already one of the fastest growing F2P releases of 2025 on Meta Quest, with 30K+ reviews at 4.9 stars in its first month of Alpha Early Access. Ruffnauts combines creature catching, chaotic physics, and Gorilla Tag style locomotion into a groundbreaking VR adventure.\r\n\r\nThe company is led by CEO Nathaniel Ventura (ex-Oculus, Google, Meta) and CTO Maciej Szcześnik, former lead gameplay designer at CD Projekt Red for The Witcher series. Our mission is to create genre-defining VR experiences that bring millions of players together.", "one_liner": "Creating genre-defining multiplayer VR games.", "team_size": 7, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1658286946, "tags": [ "Virtual Reality", "Consumer", "Gaming", "Metaverse" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2022", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vinci-games", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2022/vinci-games.json" }, { "id": 27085, "name": "Roforco", "slug": "roforco", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/bc0dd9f83f734b13827ef88ada40e53958962df0.png", "website": "", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Roforco is one of the top game studios on Roblox. 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We allow anyone to create and play games, without writing code.", "one_liner": "AI powered games", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1706241109, "tags": [ "Artificial Intelligence", "Generative AI", "Consumer", "Gaming", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2024", "status": "Acquired", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/arcane", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2024/arcane.json" }, { "id": 29716, "name": "CreativeMode", "slug": "creativemode", "former_names": [ "Condor Labs", "Argon", "Parity" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/2bdf22dccaa26c230a94ceee5b1728f0d487b3cd.png", "website": "https://creativemode.net", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "In the past 9 months, more Minecraft mods were made with CreativeMode than in the game's previous 17 years combined. CreativeMode is making every player a creator.\r\n\r\nGames like Minecraft, Fortnite, and Roblox started a revolution by allowing players to shape the games they love. CreativeMode is taking it to the next level by giving every player the power of a game studio at their fingertips. Players on CreativeMode create new experiences, play them with friends, and share their creations with the community. It’s a new way to play and create where imagination is the only limit.\r\n\r\nCreativeMode’s founding team met as early engineers at Crusoe (soon to IPO) and studied CS+AI at Stanford, MIT, and CMU. 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Currently, sports bettors download more than 40 sports betting apps to get the full experience. At each one, they must go through a long KYC process. Then once their 40 accounts are active and funded, finding the best price is a painstaking process involving third-party tools to search available offers. 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Filters don't work, free-form listings mean that products are regularly misidentified, and piles of counterfeit junk crowd search results. \r\n\r\nMiniswap saves hobbyists from this chaos with its catalogue of more than 20,000 unique miniatures. Sellers match their listings against Miniswap's catalogue giving buyers more information and structure as they shop.\r\n\r\nThe global market for tabletop games is estimated to be worth $20B in 2025 and Warhammer alone is projected to grow to $3B by 2030. By capturing the market in this untapped niche, Miniswap is strongly positioned to bringing greater transparency, simplicity, and connectivity into adjacent verticals.\r\n\r\nMiniswap's founding team merges deep domain knowledge with elite programming expertise and years of experience in business consulting and startups. Co-founders Zak and Will met while studying together at Cambridge, bonded over their love of Warhammer and early modern history. They have been best friends ever since. 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We allow collectors to create custom mystery packs with personalized chases and customized odds with cryptographically trusted tooling. Users can rip open digital packs and get physical cards shipped to them, receive buyback offers on cards pulled from their mystery packs sent straight to Venmo and PayPal, and buy/sell cards in our $1 marketplace.\r\n", "one_liner": "The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs", "team_size": 7, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1769404688, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2026", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/catchback-cards", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2026/catchback-cards.json" }, { "id": 31140, "name": "CodeWisp", "slug": "codewisp", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/fbb4da2e7614c1fd4c6c439a1afa51661f2fb7dc.png", "website": "https://codewisp.ai/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "CodeWisp lets anyone build and publish web games using plain-English prompts.\r\n\r\nTraditional game development requires learning complex engines, managing assets and code, and following rigid workflows, making it slow and inaccessible for most people.\r\n\r\nWith CodeWisp, users describe the game they want. CodeWisp generates the game’s code, structure, and assets, and users can refine it with follow-up prompts. 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What if Rome never fell? What if the Soviet Union survived? What if Genghis Khan ruled for another generation?\r\n\r\nWe go beyond history, too. What if aliens invaded Earth? What if you were a college dropout creating a tech startup? The ability to create, edit, and copy custom maps, actors, historical context, and more means that users can play nearly any scenario they can imagine.\r\n\r\nIn the last four months we've organically built a passionate fanbase of tens of thousands of daily active players and we're excited to expand on this early start. 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