How many AI startups are in the Y Combinator Winter 2024 cohort?

The Y Combinator Winter 2024 cohort has 86 AI startups, according to YC’s official startup directory — nearly double the number from the Winter 2023 batch and close to triple the number from Winter 2021. Call it a bubble or overhyped, but clearly, AI is the tech of the moment.

Is Y Combinator a generative AI startup?

It’s investments like these that have given Y Combinator the legendary name it has today. Looking at Y Combinator’s first 2023 batch as it’s released so far (and expected to grow), 51 of the growing 183 are AI startups, 32 of which classify themselves as generative AI.

Why did AI startups dominate Y Combinator's Winter 2024 Demo Day?

Despite an overall decline in startup investing, funding for AI surged in the past year. Capital toward generative AI ventures alone nearly octupled from 2022 to 2023, reaching $25.2 billion toward the tail end of December. So it’s not exactly surprising that AI startups dominated at Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 Demo Day.