Richard Aberman
Visiting Group Partner @ Y Combinator
San Francisco, United States
Richard Aberman is a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Richard Aberman invests in
Stages Richard Aberman invests in
Countries Richard Aberman invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.4M–$8.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 19 (68%)
- Software 13 (46%)
- Developer Tools 7 (25%)
- SaaS 6 (21%)
- Information Technology 6 (21%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (96%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 24 (86%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
- Kazakhstan 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Vybe is a software company that provides pre-built integrations and AI tools for users to develop and launch internal AI-powered apps. | $10M / Seed / Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Guide Labs is a software development company that builds interpretable models to explain reasoning that are easy to steer, debug, and align. | $9.3M / Seed / Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| How do you discover the future of software engineering? We're building it.Language models can write code better than most humans, but they often destroy codebases due to poor context management and understanding. The future isn't about replacing developers - it's about empowering them to orchestrate AI agents effectively.We're creating systems that enable small teams of developers to manage large-scale agent operations across the entire software lifecycle - from development to QA, security audits, and deployment.It's called Nozomio. | $6.2M / Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Central simplifies payroll, hiring, benefits, and compliance for startups, automating back-office tasks to save time and reduce risks. | $8.6M / Seed / Aug 27, 2025 | ||
| SRE.ai delivers AI agents that automate Salesforce DevOps workflows, allowing for fast, transparent deployments, back-promotions, and impact analysis. With seamless tool integration, SRE.ai minimizes clicks and maximizes productivity, enabling teams to scale without sacrificing quality or speed. | $7.2M / Seed / Aug 20, 2025 | ||
| ZeroEntropy provides a sophisticated search API tailored for the analysis and retrieval of unstructured data. | $4.2M / Seed / Jul 09, 2025 | ||
| Cekura AI is an AI based Software Development firm offering Developer Tool to observe and test AI voice agents. | $2.4M / Seed / Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Blacksmith provides cloud infrastructure for continuous integration, enabling developers to build, test, and deploy software. | $3.5M / Seed / May 01, 2025 | ||
| Momentic enables developers to deploy AI agents to test web apps end-to-end. Just describe user flows using natural language. | $3.7M / Seed / Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| And AI is a platform for managing patents, helping attorneys and inventors streamline searches and claim drafting | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 06, 2025 | ||
| See all 28 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Y Combinator
Y Combinator invests a standard amount of capital in exchange for equity and through uncapped safe agreements. Participants engage in a three-month intensive cycle that focuses on product development and preparations for fundraising. The firm offers access to a private networking platform for knowledge sharing and hosts events featuring speakers from various sectors. This program culminates in a presentation event where founders showcase their businesses to a curated group of investors.
Y Combinator Contacts
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Boris Jabes
Visiting Partner
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Luther Lowe
Head of Public Policy
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Max Kolysh
Visiting Partner
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Brad Flora
Group Partner
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Calvin French-Owen
Visiting Group Partner
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FAQ
What does Richard Aberman invest in?
Richard Aberman invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Developer Tools startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Richard Aberman invest in?
Richard Aberman typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$8.6M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Richard Aberman's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Richard Aberman took part in.
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When did Richard Aberman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Richard Aberman closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 28 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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