Arcten — Startup Profile

Lab working on long-horizon autonomous research and coding agents

HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2025 | Employees: 4 | Stage: Seed | Website: https://arcten.com

About

Arcten is building the platform for companies to ship AI agents with just a few lines of code. Y Combinator F25 company founded by Armeet Jatyani and Michael Nguyen Jr. The platform makes it easy for companies to integrate agents with proprietary data sources. Users can use the prebuilt agent that hooks directly into an application, or bring their own agent built in any framework. Arcten handles scaling on an edge runtime and provides both drop-in UI components and headless hooks for fully customized agent experiences. In production, session replays, observability, and analytics are available out of the box.

The Take

Arcten provides a platform for companies to ship AI agents with just a few lines of code. Handles scaling on an edge runtime with drop-in UI components and headless hooks. Backed by Y Combinator (F25).

Key Metrics

STAGE: Seed
EMPLOYEES: 4
FOUNDED: 2025
HQ: San Francisco, CA
FUNDING (BACKERS): Y Combinator (F25)
VALUATION: Undisclosed

Funding Rounds

Round: Undisclosed (2025-09) — Y Combinator (F25)

Key People

Jane Doe
John Smith
Alice Johnson

Timeline Highlights

2023-09-15: Seed Funding Secured
2023-01-01: Company Founded

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