Live @ YC Demo Day | Garry Tan, Delian Asparouhov, Matteo Franceschetti & Many More

Overview

This episode captures the energy and innovation of Y Combinator Demo Day 2025, featuring rapid-fire interviews with founders and investors. The discussions highlight cutting-edge startups across AI, robotics, fintech, and more, alongside insights from prominent investors and YC alumni.

Notable Quotes

- We're building the infrastructure for agents to build their own infrastructure. – Throxy, on the future of AI agents.

- The future of entertainment will have an AI Pixar, and it might not even be Pixar. – Andrew Lee, on AI's transformative potential in media.

- Students are writing with ChatGPT, teachers are grading with AI—what's the point? The goal is learning. – VibeGrade, on AI's role in education.

🚀 AI Agents and Automation

- Throxy: Building infrastructure for AI agents to autonomously manage workflows, focusing on underserved industries like manufacturing.

- Cua: Developing computer-use AI agents that interact with operating systems to automate complex tasks.

- Prism AI: Enabling developers to configure agents for observability, automating issue detection and reporting in production systems.

📚 Education and Learning Tools

- YouLearn: An AI tutor for students, offering features like textbook summarization, quizzes, and conversational learning. Achieved $75K MRR with 200K active users.

- VibeGrade: AI-powered grading integrated into Google Classroom and Canvas, helping teachers save time while providing personalized feedback.

- Den: An AI-native Slack replacement focused on task completion and agent collaboration for knowledge workers.

🏗️ Robotics and Simulation

- MorphoAI: Accelerating industrial robot customization by automating hardware design, reducing lead times from months to days.

- Sim Studio: Open-source platform for building AI agents, enabling large-scale simulations for applications like international affairs and economic modeling.

💼 Fintech and Enterprise Solutions

- Eloquent AI: Automating regulated operations in financial services, such as KYC and account unfreezing, with AI agents navigating existing systems.

- QFEX: Launching a 24/7 stock exchange for traditional assets, inspired by crypto exchange efficiencies but without blockchain.

- Clarm: Aiming to replace legacy enterprise search tools like Glean with AI-driven internal document search.

🎨 Creativity and Consumer Tools

- Bloom: A platform for building ephemeral mobile apps in minutes, leveraging app clips for instant sharing and deployment.

- Cactus: AI copilot for solopreneurs, automating tasks like customer communication and scheduling, achieving $300K ARR in nine weeks.

- Text.ai: AI agents integrated into group chats for tasks like scheduling, reminders, and collaborative content creation.

This episode showcases the breadth of innovation at YC Demo Day, from transformative AI applications to niche enterprise solutions, all driving forward the future of technology.