Transpose Platform

Transpose Platform hosted back-to-back c0mpiled hackathons this past weekend for YC's annual Startup School in San Francisco, and the energy in the room said everything about where the next generation of builders is headed. The talent on display was genuinely impressive. Participants ranged from 16 to 23 years old, and the gap between age and output was nowhere to be found. One high school student walked in already selling software to pathology labs and booking real revenue. A college student flew all the way from Korea and won two separate awards! Beyond the builds themselves, the conversations pointed to a broader shift - AI is no longer just a tool, it is becoming the foundation that the next wave of companies will be built on. That shift was visible in every project that hit the stage. None of this happens without the people who show up. Thank you to every participant who spent their weekend building, and to the c0mpiled community whose support makes events like this possible. A special thank you to our judges, who brought their time and expertise to help evaluate and work alongside this weekend's talent: VOYGR (YC W26), Phonely (YC S24), Channel3 (YC S25), Crustdata (YC F24), Random Labs (YC S24), Momentic (YC W24), Miso Labs (YC P26), Hexclave (YC S24), Superset (YC P26), Cactus (YC S25), Allus AI (YC F25), SF Tensor (YC F25), Sorcerer (YC S24) & Ainur (Ann) N.! More events are on the way. Stay tuned! 

Huge congratulations to the Reditus Space | YC W25 team on announcing their ENOS mission and $7.1M raise! Reditus Space | YC W25 is building the first reusable satellite platform, scheduled to launch summer 2026. This matters because reusability is the only economically viable path to making microgravity R&D and manufacturing scalable. Making space access frequent and affordable opens entirely new possibilities for research, manufacturing, and commercial applications that have been cost-prohibitive until now. Reditus Space | YC W25 is building the infrastructure that makes this future possible. We've been proud to partner with the team since their YC W25 batch. Excited to watch this mission take flight next summer! 🚀 Read more here >>>  https://lnkd.in/e9p-6kny

Congratulations to Thomas Lee Young, Aaryan Mehta, and the entire Interface team on their $3.5M seed round! Interface is building the AI operations layer for the industrial world. When a safety manager needs to prove lockout/tagout procedures align with OSHA standards, they get it instantly—not after hunting through binders or waiting on email chains. The industrial sector drives our lives, yet it's plagued by outdated software and unsafe operations. Preventable incidents cost thousands of lives and billions in downtime every year because critical information isn't accessible when it matters most. Interface is already serving Fortune 500 operators with hundreds of thousands of dollars saved per site and safer operations powered by faster access to accurate information. We've been partnering with the team since their early days, and it's been incredible to watch them execute at this pace. They're solving a massive problem with deep technical expertise and genuine empathy for the operators on the front lines. Keep up the great work!

Huge congratulations to the Momentic team on their $15M Series A! Momentic is solving one of the most critical challenges in AI-powered development: verification. As AI generates more code, the real leverage shifts to systems that verify it actually works. They have become that verification layer. The source of truth and intelligent guardrail for how software behaves. The numbers tell the story. Last month alone, Momentic executed 200M+ test steps, caught 390K+ bugs, and automated nearly 300,000 hours of manual testing. We've been supporting Wei-Wei W.-Wei and Jeff since their early days, and it's been incredible to watch them build a product that's become essential infrastructure for modern software teams. This is just the beginning. Congrats to the entire team on this milestone! Check out their TechCrunch feature here >>> https://lnkd.in/e_AkqPMZ

Congratulations to Charlene Wang, Warren Wang, and the entire Ember team on their $4.3M seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners! Healthcare AI has a dirty secret: most tools look impressive in demos but collapse during month-end close. They don't integrate with existing workflows, create operational complexity, and put compliance at risk. Healthcare CFOs can't afford downtime or audit failures. That's exactly what Ember solves. They've built an AI platform that automates medical coding, denial prevention, and prior authorization while integrating directly with EHR/PMS systems. The results speak for themselves: early customers have seen denial rates drop by more than 50% and net collections increase by 25%. Charlene Wang and Warren Wang understand that healthcare revenue cycle managers need first-pass yield and audit readiness, not tools that add complexity. Their focus on building vertical-specific AI that actually performs in production sets them apart. We've been proud to partner with this team from the early days. This funding accelerates their mission to bring AI-powered revenue integrity to every health system.

We're thrilled to share that Transpose Platform has been ranked #4 globally and #2 in the US as the most active VC firm in PitchBook's Q3 2025 Global League Tables. This recognition reflects our commitment to backing ambitious founders at the earliest stages. Activity isn't the goal on its own. What matters is being there first for the founders building category-defining companies. These rankings validate our strategy of systematic access through accelerator partnerships and direct formation-stage investing. A huge thank you to our founders, LPs, and team who make this work possible. Your trust and ambition drive everything we do. This recognition comes at a pivotal moment in AI and infrastructure investing. We're more committed than ever to supporting the next generation of transformative companies. View the full rankings: https://lnkd.in/eFqbSe3b

Tokyo Founders' Day 2025 exceeded every expectation. Co-hosted with Japan Investment Corporation (JIC)/（株）産業革新投資機構 and IVS, we brought together Japan's most ambitious founders with global venture leaders for a day focused on one question: what does it take to build a global company from Tokyo? 📢 Jon Xu from Y Combinator joined our founder, Alex Bangash, for a fireside chat that cut through the noise on global fundraising. 📢 Toshiyuki Kumura from JIC opened with a powerful vision for Japan's role in the next wave of innovation. 📢 Y Combinator alumni shared hard-won lessons from building in both Japanese and American markets. The energy during the day proved why we're doubling down on Japan. Founders from pre-seed to Series A, engineers exploring startup ideas, and students ready to build were all in one room, sharing perspectives and forming connections that will compound for years. Thank you to everyone who joined us. The conversations started on Friday are just the beginning. We believe the next decacorn could come from Tokyo, Osaka, or Kyoto. And we're committed to being there from day one.

VIBE25-5: Welcome to San Fransokyo is officially in the books, and what a night it was. After our pre-hackathon happy hour, we brought over 160 of Tokyo's brightest student developers together with cutting-edge YC startups for a 4-hour creative sprint, and the energy was incredible! Teams built working demos using AI and codegen across domains from art to community tools to entirely new products. Special congratulations to our winners who took home not only the glory, but prizes and office hours with a YC Partner. The technical accomplishment and creativity we saw were beyond expectations. Massive appreciation to our judges from Random Labs, Crustdata (YC F24), Dedalus Labs, Outerport, Lingo.dev, VoiceOS, Shisa.AI, and Yukai Engineering Inc, who provided invaluable feedback to every team. Your expertise and time made this event possible. This was VIBE25's first international hackathon, and it reinforced what we've always believed: the next billion-dollar company could come from anywhere. Japan's technical talent is world-class, and we're excited to continue building this bridge between Tokyo and San Francisco. To everyone who joined us: keep building. The ideas prototyped last night could be the foundations of something transformative.