Entities
| Name ↑ | Type | Score | Signals | Sectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y Combinator Startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell, and Robert Morris. Has funded over 4,000 startups including Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Reddit, and DoorDash. Known for its twice-yearly batch programs and Demo Day. | vc_firm | -1 | 5 ○ | fintech |
| Yahoo Internet services company founded in 1994. Marissa Mayer served as CEO from 2012-2017. Acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.48 billion in 2017. Once a dominant web portal and search engine, struggled to compete with Google and Facebook. | company | -1 | 4 ◌ | mediasocial |
| Yann LeCun French-American computer scientist, Chief AI Scientist at Meta. Won 2018 Turing Award with Hinton and Bengio for deep learning work. Known for skepticism about AI existential risks. | person | -5 | 5 ◌ | — |
| Yelp Online platform for crowd-sourced business reviews. Known for local business discovery, restaurant reviews, and consumer protection labeling including crisis pregnancy center warnings. | company | +8 | 1 ◌ | socialecommerce |
| Yoshua Bengio Canadian computer scientist, deep learning pioneer. Won 2018 Turing Award with Hinton and LeCun. Vocal advocate for AI safety regulation and ethical AI development. | person | +19 | 5 ○ | — |
| YouTube Video sharing platform acquired by Google in 2006. World's largest video platform with significant content moderation and creator economy implications. | company | -4 | 14 ✓ | mediasocial |
| Zalando Berlin-based European e-commerce platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products, operating in about 25 European markets and publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX component). | company | -7 | 3 ○ | ecommerce |
| Zepto Indian quick-commerce startup valued at $7 billion (Oct 2025). Founded by Stanford dropouts Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra. Pioneered 10-minute grocery delivery in India. Has faced regulatory fines for dark patterns. | company | -13 | 4 ○ | ecommerce |
| Zhou Hongyi CEO of Qihoo 360, Chinese cybersecurity and internet company. Dismissed anti-996 protests and suggested making employees shareholders to accept 996 work schedules. | person | -2 | 1 ◌ | — |
| Ziv Aviram Israeli entrepreneur. Co-founded Mobileye (acquired by Intel for $15.3B) and OrCam Technologies with Amnon Shashua. At OrCam, involved in founder-investor dispute (2024-2025) over SAFE round valuation after company's collapse from unicorn to skeleton crew. | person | N/A | 0 — | — |
| Zoho Corporation Privately-held, bootstrapped Indian enterprise software company offering a broad suite of business applications (CRM, email, productivity, finance), known for owning its own data centers and avoiding external venture capital. | company | -4 | 1 ○ | enterprisedevtools |
| Zomato Indian food delivery and restaurant aggregator company. Public company on NSE/BSE. Parent company renamed to Eternal in 2025. Has faced criticism over AI-driven layoffs and gig worker conditions. | company | -20 | 8 ✓ | ecommerce |
| Zoom Video Communications Video communications platform. Disbanded internal DEI team in January 2024, shifting to external consultants. Did not donate to Trump's 2025 inauguration. | company | 0 | 2 ◌ | enterprise |
| Zoox Autonomous vehicle company developing purpose-built robotaxis. Acquired by Amazon in 2020 for $1.3 billion. Launched public robotaxi service in San Francisco in November 2025. | company | -11 | 2 ○ | automotiveai |
| Zota Healthcare (DavaIndia) Indian generic-medicine pharmacy chain operating the DavaIndia retail brand across 2,300+ stores; sells prescription and OTC pharmaceuticals online and in-store. | company | -5 | 1 ⚠ | healthcareecommerce |
Y Combinator
Startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell, and Robert Morris. Has funded over 4,000 startups including Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Reddit, and DoorDash. Known for its twice-yearly batch programs and Demo Day.
Yahoo
Internet services company founded in 1994. Marissa Mayer served as CEO from 2012-2017. Acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.48 billion in 2017. Once a dominant web portal and search engine, struggled to compete with Google and Facebook.
Yann LeCun
French-American computer scientist, Chief AI Scientist at Meta. Won 2018 Turing Award with Hinton and Bengio for deep learning work. Known for skepticism about AI existential risks.
Yelp
Online platform for crowd-sourced business reviews. Known for local business discovery, restaurant reviews, and consumer protection labeling including crisis pregnancy center warnings.
Yoshua Bengio
Canadian computer scientist, deep learning pioneer. Won 2018 Turing Award with Hinton and LeCun. Vocal advocate for AI safety regulation and ethical AI development.
YouTube
Video sharing platform acquired by Google in 2006. World's largest video platform with significant content moderation and creator economy implications.
Zalando
Berlin-based European e-commerce platform for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products, operating in about 25 European markets and publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX component).
Zepto
Indian quick-commerce startup valued at $7 billion (Oct 2025). Founded by Stanford dropouts Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra. Pioneered 10-minute grocery delivery in India. Has faced regulatory fines for dark patterns.
Zhou Hongyi
CEO of Qihoo 360, Chinese cybersecurity and internet company. Dismissed anti-996 protests and suggested making employees shareholders to accept 996 work schedules.
Ziv Aviram
Israeli entrepreneur. Co-founded Mobileye (acquired by Intel for $15.3B) and OrCam Technologies with Amnon Shashua. At OrCam, involved in founder-investor dispute (2024-2025) over SAFE round valuation after company's collapse from unicorn to skeleton crew.
Zoho Corporation
Privately-held, bootstrapped Indian enterprise software company offering a broad suite of business applications (CRM, email, productivity, finance), known for owning its own data centers and avoiding external venture capital.
Zomato
Indian food delivery and restaurant aggregator company. Public company on NSE/BSE. Parent company renamed to Eternal in 2025. Has faced criticism over AI-driven layoffs and gig worker conditions.
Zoom Video Communications
Video communications platform. Disbanded internal DEI team in January 2024, shifting to external consultants. Did not donate to Trump's 2025 inauguration.
Zoox
Autonomous vehicle company developing purpose-built robotaxis. Acquired by Amazon in 2020 for $1.3 billion. Launched public robotaxi service in San Francisco in November 2025.
Zota Healthcare (DavaIndia)
Indian generic-medicine pharmacy chain operating the DavaIndia retail brand across 2,300+ stores; sells prescription and OTC pharmaceuticals online and in-store.