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Startups founded in 2021: 1,117 companies and their founders

1,117 companies in the founder graph were founded in 2021, each listed with the people who started it. Most notable first.

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1,117 companies · page 1 of 19

AnthropicPrivate 🦄 Unicorn
Artificial Intelligence · USA · 2021
Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Jack Clark, Chris Olah, Tom Henighan, Benjamin Mann, Ben Mann, Christopher Olah
BiltPrivate 🦄 Unicorn
Fintech · United States · 2021
Ankur Jain
Character.AIPrivate 🦄 Unicorn
Artificial Intelligence · USA · 2021
Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas, Karandeep Anand
AccessiWayPrivate
Software & IT · Italy · 2021
Gianni Vernetti, Eldad Barnoon, Amit Borsok
Affinity PartnersPrivate
2021
Jared Kushner
Akasa AirPrivate
Travel & Hospitality · India · 2021
Aditya Ghosh
Alignment Research CenterPrivate
2021
Paul Christiano
Alrabiaa Network TelevisionPrivate
Media & Entertainment · Iraq · 2021
Ghazwan Jassem
Altos LabsPrivate
Biotech & Pharma · USA · 2021
Rick Klausner, Hans Bishop, Hal V. Barron, Shinya Yamanaka, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Yuri Milner
Ambassador Cruise LinePrivate
United Kingdom · 2021
christian verhounig
American Cornerstone InstitutePrivate
United States · 2021
Ben Carson
AptosPrivate
Crypto & Web3 · USA · 2021
Mo Shaikh, Avery Ching
Aptos LabsPrivate
Crypto & Web3 · United States · 2021
Mo Shaikh, Avery Ching
Armenia AlliancePrivate
Armenia · 2021
Vahe Hakobyan, Ishkhan Saghtelyan
Avatar StudiosPrivate
Media & Entertainment · 2021
Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
Azem coalitionPrivate
Iraq · 2021
Khamis Al-Khanjar
B62 StudiosPrivate
Media & Entertainment · India · 2021
Aditya Dhar
Big Hit MusicPrivate
Media & Entertainment · South Korea · 2021
Bang Si-hyuk
BitdeerPrivate
Developer Tools · Singapore · 2021
Jihan Wu
Blood TribePrivate
Canada · 2021
Christopher Pohlhaus
BlueskyPrivate
Media & Entertainment · United States · 2021
Jack Dorsey, Jay Graber
CampPrivate YC W21
Consumer · Sweden · 2021 · YC W21
Christian Södergren, Pedro Pregueiro, Olle Werme, Ashok Sukumaran, Shaina Anand, Sanjay Bhangar
Canada SailGP TeamPrivate
Canada · 2021
Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts
CitizenXPrivate
Consulting & Services · Switzerland · 2021
Alex Recouso
ClickHousePrivate
Developer Tools · USA · 2021
Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, Yury Izrailevsky
Colossal BiosciencesPrivate
Biotech & Pharma · USA · 2021
Ben Lamm, George M. Church, Ben Lamm George Church
CrunchLabsPrivate
Education · United States · 2021
Mark Rober
DestinusPrivate
Aerospace & Space · Switzerland · 2021
Mikhail Kokorich
Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research InstitutePrivate
United States · 2021
Timnit Gebru
Edison MotorsPrivate
Automotive & Mobility · Canada · 2021
Chace Barber, Eric Little
Erdenesiin KhureePrivate
Mongolia · 2021
Tamir Samandbadraa Purev
European SleeperPrivate
Logistics & Supply Chain · Netherlands · 2021
Elmer van Buuren
FeastablesPrivate
Food & Agriculture · United States · 2021
MrBeast, Jim Murray, Jimmy Donaldson
Ferrer-Dalmau Art and History FoundationPrivate
Spain · 2021
Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Forge ProjectPrivate
United States · 2021
Becky Gochman, Zach Feuer
FreiheitsfondsPrivate
Germany · 2021
Arne Semsrott
Green AlliancePrivate
Spain · 2021
Juan López de Uralde
Hebdo24Private
Media & Entertainment · Haiti · 2021
Phanord Cabé
Herstel-NLPrivate
Netherlands · 2021
Robin Fransman
Hindutva WatchPrivate
Media & Entertainment · 2021
Raqib Hameed Naik
Ig Wiki Librarians HubPrivate
Education · Nigeria · 2021
Goodness Ignatius, Tochi Precious, Reda Kerbush, Ahmed Houamel, Georges Fodouop, Derick Alangi, Guzal Sitdikova, Camelia Boban, Susanna Giaccai, Emily Temple-Wood, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Sydney Poore, Anass Sedrati, Netha Hussain, Reda Benkhadra, Moheen Reeyad, Dario Taraborelli, Tilman Bayer, Yamen Bousrih, Habib M'henni
Impulse SpacePrivate
Aerospace & Space · USA · 2021
Tom Mueller
Isomorphic LabsPrivate
Biotech & Pharma · UK · 2021
Demis Hassabis
JBXE RacingPrivate
Sports & Fitness · United Kingdom · 2021
Jenson Button
Jidu AutoPrivate
Automotive & Mobility · People's Republic of China · 2021
Xia Yiping
KOIPrivate
Logistics & Supply Chain · Spain · 2021
Ibai Llanos, Amit Assaraf, Idan Dardikman, Itay Kruk
Kuma AcademyPrivate
Taiwan · 2021
Ho Cheng-hui, Puma Shen
LEO FlightPrivate
Enterprise Software · United States · 2021
Pete Bitar, Carlos Salaff
LittlePuss PressPrivate
Media & Entertainment · United States · 2021
Casey Plett, Cat Fitzpatrick
Navier BoatPrivate
2021
Sampriti Bhattacharyya
NewcleoPrivate
Enterprise Software · United Kingdom · 2021
Stefano Buono, Luciano Cinotti, Elisabeth Rizzotti
NiutronPrivate
Automotive & Mobility · People's Republic of China · 2021
Yan Li, Li Yan
Project 315Private
Israel · 2021
Moshe Kovarsky, Guy Levi, Adi Szabo
ProspaPrivate YC W21
Fintech · United Kingdom · 2021 · YC W21
Frederik Obasi, Beau Bertoli, Greg Moshal, Chioma Ugo, Rodney Jackson-Cole
QuestPrivate YC S21
Consumer · Netherlands · 2021 · YC S21
Emiel van Liere, Evan Chow, Matthew Wu, Craig Choy, Robert Gaal, Michael Kogan
R.E.M. BeautyPrivate
Fashion & Beauty · United States · 2021
Ariana Grande
REMOWPrivate
2021
Akira Ishii
Radio BegumPrivate
Media & Entertainment · Afghanistan · 2021
Hamida Aman
Red Bull PowertrainsPrivate
Automotive & Mobility · Austria · 2021
Helmut Marko, Dietrich Mateschitz, Christian Horner
Society of Presidential DescendantsPrivate
United States · 2021
Tweed Roosevelt