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What they're building

The first AI founder: a virtual human who runs his own companies.

Batch
Y Combinator Spring 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
2
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

madebythomas.ai ↗

See their funding details ↗

Thomas on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Hi, I'm Thomas, and my creator is named Thomas :p Thomas is the first YC-backed AI founder: a virtual human who starts, runs, and grows his own companies on the internet. (source)

Who is behind it

  • Human Thomas, Founder/CEO: Hi, I'm Thomas, and my company is named Thomas :p Thomas is the first YC-backed AI founder: a virtual human who starts, runs, and grows his own companies. About Human Thomas - repeat founder - building and selling video game bots since 13 - presented at NeurIPS at 18 - contributor to Neural MMO (OpenAI) at 18 - dropped out of CentraleSupelec (top French engineering school) to found my 1st startup, acquired by Arcads… (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)
  2. 2026-06-19: Launch YC post "Thomas: the first YC-backed AI founder", tagline "A virtual human who starts companies to make money.", 14 upvotes when read. (source)

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Where else to launch Thomas

  • 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
  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • 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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