Financial Datasets

Financial Datasets YC Application

Summer 2026Active

New York City

Financial Datasets went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch
Summer 2026
Industry
B2B
Location
New York City
Team size
1
Status
Active
Launched
2026

Founders

  • Virat Singh
    Virat SinghFounder/CEO

What Financial Datasets does

Financial Datasets is the largest search index for stock market data, built for AI agents. We index the world's markets so agents can search every filing, answer any financial question, and monitor markets in real time. For 40 years, market data was built for humans reading a screen. We are rebuilding it for agents that research every company, all day, across the world.

Financial Datasets's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Financial Datasets, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Financial Datasets

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Connect AI agents to stock market data

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We are building Financial Datasets, a machine-readable search index of the world's stock market data designed for AI agents. Our platform lets agents search filings, answer financial questions, and monitor markets in real time, so agents can research every company across global markets, all day, programmatically.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

New York City, NY, USA. We would stay based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is the center of the financial world and close to the companies and data sources we care about. Being here keeps us near our users.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Financial Datasets YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Financial Datasets's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Financial Datasets would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.

What YC batch was Financial Datasets in?

Financial Datasets was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.

Who founded Financial Datasets?

Financial Datasets was founded by Virat Singh.

What does Financial Datasets do?

Connect your agent to the stock market

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Financial Datasets's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

More YC startups like Financial Datasets