The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs
From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
The short version
- Disrupt 2026: OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, and more take over 6 industry stages.
- 25% off tickets now Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different.
- While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders, the startups presenting this week skewed far more toward deep tech than in past years.
What happened
As we do every quarter, TechCrunch asked early-stage VCs to name the hottest startups in this batch — both their top picks and the deals everyone was talking about. And as usual, we put together a list of startups flagged by at least two investors as the buzziest in the batch.
Why it matters
The tech in this batch felt “like science fiction,” as one investor put it.
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