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What's in the list
Every row is a YC startup with open roles: what they are hiring for, where, what it pays, who founded it and an email to write to. Most are from the 2022 to 2026 batches.
190 more startups inside
Everyone with this list writes to the same inbox. Be the one who hears back.
Most rows end in founders@ or careers@, and most people send the same copy-pasted email there. Backdoor makes yours the one worth answering.
A founders@ inbox on the list, any given morning
Your inbox, a few days later
Hey, loved this note.
Deliverability is our biggest headache right now and we're hiring for exactly that. Free for a quick call Thursday?
Neha
How Backdoor gets you the reply
Picks startups that fit
Not all 200. The startups, on this list and off it, that match your background.
Finds the founder
The person who decides, not a crowded HR inbox.
Writes why you fit
Short, specific and in your voice. You approve every email.
Follows up for you
In the same thread until they reply, then texts you.
Every morning, Backdoor searches Y Combinator, Product Hunt, TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Wellfound, GitHub, funding news, careers pages and literally the rest of the internet for startups that just raised, launched or started hiring.
How it works
No forms, no job boards, no new app. Just a chat.
BackdoorTell it about you
Send your LinkedIn, resume or a voice note. Backdoor researches your background and asks what you want next.
BackdoorIt finds startups every morning
Every morning it picks startups that fit you, from fresh funding, launch and hiring news.
BackdoorIt writes to the founder
It finds the founder's email and drafts a note about why you fit them.
BackdoorYou tap send. It follows up.
Emails go from your Gmail, and Backdoor follows up in the same thread until someone replies.
BackdoorKnow the moment they reply
You get a text as soon as a founder replies, and the full reply in your inbox.
BackdoorYour whole search, in one place
Ask how it's going anytime, or see every lead and reply on your dashboard.
Humanized emails. Not AI slop.
A typical AI-written cold email
Hey,
Jake
- Gmail is optional: it sends your emails and catches the replies.
- Nothing goes out until you say send.
- Delete everything in one tap.
$1 for your first week.
Backdoor is your long-term talent agent, bringing you the right roles as they come. Discovery , research , your resume and introductions to our partner startups are all free. You only pay for active outreach .
Wall of Love
Real messages from job seekers who got founder replies, shortlists and even offers with Backdoor.
“Went in to find bugs, came out with a job offer”
WhatsAppShortlisted“My profile got shortlisted for a role”
“Why wasn't anyone doing this already”
LinkedIn comment“Honestly seamless”
LinkedIn comment“Anything but transactional”
“Pretty good at finding leads”
“The AI is so good”
“Backdoor slaps hard”
“Telling everyone to try it”
Questions, answered.
Yes. No signup, no card, no email. Text Backdoor and the Google Sheet arrives in seconds.
200 Y Combinator startups with open roles, checked on 7 October 2026: the roles, location, work setup, pay where the posting gives it, the founders, the careers link and a public contact email. Each row says where its email was found.
To some. 135 of the 200 ask for US work authorisation, and the sheet marks which. The other 65 include startups in India, the UK and Europe, and remote roles.
Backdoor lives in your chat, not on a website. Texting is how you get the list, and if you keep going, it's how Backdoor finds startups that fit you and writes to their founders.
Nothing, unless you want it to. Send your LinkedIn and Backdoor researches your background, picks startups that fit you every morning and drafts emails to their founders. You approve every one.
Anyone aiming for a pre-seed to Series C startup, where one good email to a founder can become an interview. If you want to mass-apply to big companies, it isn't for you.
Job boards put you in a pile. Backdoor writes straight to the founder, often before a role is posted, about why you fit them.
No. Every new email waits for your SEND. Follow-ups only continue threads you approved, and you can cancel them anytime.
Backdoor connects to your Gmail so it can send the emails you approve and tell you when a founder replies. Connecting it is optional, and the privacy policy has the details.
Yes, when the email is about why you fit them. 9 in 10 people who heard back through Backdoor got their first founder reply within two weeks, and more than half of those who gave it three weeks heard back. Founders at early startups read their own inbox.
Follow-ups stop, you get a text right away, and the full reply lands in your inbox.
Chat, profile research and your resume are free. Outreach starts with a first week for $1, and you can cancel anytime.
A talent agent on your side. Backdoor researches your background, helps with your resume, and keeps you in its talent pool: when one of our partner startups fits you, the team introduces you by hand. You pay only if you want Backdoor to email founders for you.
No, nothing can. It handles the research, emails and follow-ups. The interview is still you.
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