River launch: what they're building and where to launch next
What they're building
The AI desktop.
Batch
Y Combinator Fall 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
2
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA
River on the record
What they shipped
- From its YC profile: AI made software engineers 100x more productive. We're bringing that same transformation to knowledge workers with the AI desktop. (source)
- Its own site describes it as: "Meet the AI desktop. Collaborate with AI on projects in River, with native documents, spreadsheets, presentations, a file system, and your team in one workspace." (source)
Who is behind it
- Brian Joseff, Founder/CEO: Founder at River (YC F26). Previously founder at Bedrock (2020-2023). Neuroscience researcher at Stanford School of Medicine. Founding team at Progressly (acquired by Box). BA Economics from Dartmouth. Semi-pro soccer stint. (source)
- Chandler Supple, Founder/CEO: Co-founder @ River (YC F26). Prev. SWE @ Roboflow (YC S20), Z Fellows, co-founder @ Outwork, UC Berkeley CS dropout (source)
Pricing and product pages
- Its pricing page lists $14/month, $36/month, $100/month. (source)
Timeline
- 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)
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- Applied Kinetics: AI for the industries that power America.
Where else to launch River
- Product Hunt ↗
- Indie Hackers Forum ↗Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
- Hacker News (Show HN) ↗Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
- Demand Curve ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- No Code Founders ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- OnlineGeniuses ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- Product Makers ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- ProductLed ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
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