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Assemble launch: what they're building and where to launch next

What they're building

AI Coworkers for IT teams

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
4
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

assemble.ai ↗

See their funding details ↗

Assemble on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Assemble accelerates IT teams by performing development work inside core enterprise systems like ERP, CRM, and HRIS. Our agents help IT teams scope dependencies, build logic, and validate changes across your systems. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Maintain enterprise software with full visibility, control, and rollback." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Aliyan Ishfaq, Founder/CEO: cs/ai @ stanford | prev. SAIL, LangChain (source)
  • Shaurnav Ghosh, Founder/CTO: Building Assemble. SAIL Researcher. Previously at AWS, Apple. Stanford CS BS/MS. (source)
  • Shrish Janarthanan, Founder/CPO: CS @ Stanford. Building AI for IT Teams. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)
  2. 2026-07-13: Launch YC post "Assemble: Agents for Enterprise IT", tagline "Agents that perform IT implementations across ERPs, CRMs, and HRIS platforms.", 4 upvotes when read. (source)

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Where else to launch Assemble

  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • ProductLed ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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