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

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What they're building

Tool call compression for agents.

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
1
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

codag.ai ↗

See their funding details ↗

Codag on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Codag compresses tool call outputs before agents read them, which reduces token spend by 20-30% while retaining output accuracy. Govern and see analytics on agent dollars across all model providers and internal agents. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Codag cuts coding-agent costs without changing how developers work. One command attaches it to Claude Code and Codex, and it teaches your agent to read large tool results efficiently." (source)
  • From the Launch YC post "Codag: Compression and control for agent tools": Codag compresses tool results before models read them, lowering costs and improving accuracy without changing how developers work, while providing tool usage analytics. (source)

Who is behind it

  • Michael Zhou, Founder/CEO: Solo @Codag. ex. @Okta, @Shopify for infrastructure. BSc in Computer Science and Neuroscience from University of Toronto. Ex. Rank 80 Challenger LoL, Rank 200 TFT (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)
  2. 2026-08-16: Launch YC post "Codag: Compression and control for agent tools", tagline "Optimize agent costs without changing how developers work.", 6 upvotes when read. (source)

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Where else to launch Codag

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

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