Chromie (YC S26) is an AI workspace for government contractors that unifies opportunity discovery, recompete prediction, solicitation capture analysis and pursuit tracking across federal and SLED markets. A 'Company Brain' grounds fit scores, capture assessments and proposal drafts in the firm's own profile, documents and past performance, and the discovery layer scores SAM.gov and state, local and education solicitations against that profile rather than a keyword list. Founded by Ananth Sankaralingam and Akshay Mistry, who previously worked at Google, LinkedIn, Plaid and Amazon, the company says it is built alongside former federal contracting officers. Chromie reports supporting contractors holding 100+ prime awards and more than $250M in obligated contract value, and says customers have tripled monthly proposal output. Team size 2 per the YC directory. No funding amount or valuation has been disclosed.
Government📍 San Francisco, CA
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Chromie going public?
No. Chromie is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Chromie's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Chromie. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Chromie filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Chromie.
Who are Chromie's investors?
Chromie's investors include Y Combinator.
Is Chromie publicly traded — can you buy Chromie stock?
No. Chromie is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Chromie on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
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Company Profile
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
2
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch
private
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch
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Y Combinator
—
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
0% vs 2026-08
Open roles
3
via careers page
Product-build share
67%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 67% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 1 of 3 open roles are medical.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
![Cumulus LabU.S. Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Counted from Chromie's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Ananth SankaralingamAkshay Mistry
Investors
Y Combinator
Products
Company Brain
Discover (fit-scored federal and SLED opportunity matching)
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.