research · YC 2026 · B2B · 2026-09-28
How YC B2B startups design their websites
398 B2B companies from YC's 2026 batches, compared with all 705 sites in the main report. Same method: served HTML only, one fetch per homepage.
What's different about B2B
B2B companies lead with AI more often than the batch average (75.1% vs 60.7%). More of them show pricing (26.4% vs 18.0%), which suggests a self-serve motion. Next.js is the dominant stack at 52.3%; the top call to action is "Book a demo" (43.2% of sites). The most-used typeface is Inter (61 sites).
Builders
| Builder / framework | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | 208 | 52.3% | 49.1% |
| Other/unknown | 56 | 14.1% | 17.6% |
| Vite/React SPA | 45 | 11.3% | 12.9% |
| Astro | 38 | 9.5% | 8.2% |
| Framer | 25 | 6.3% | 5.7% |
| Mintlify | 8 | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| SvelteKit | 8 | 2.0% | 1.3% |
| Webflow | 6 | 1.5% | 2.0% |
Hosting
| Hosting | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 223 | 56.0% | 51.8% |
| Cloudflare | 99 | 24.9% | 26.0% |
| Other | 30 | 7.5% | 9.8% |
| AWS | 23 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Framer | 19 | 4.8% | 4.5% |
| Netlify | 4 | 1.0% | 2.1% |
Calls to action
| Call to action | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book a demo | 172 | 43.2% | 32.5% |
| Get started | 113 | 28.4% | 23.0% |
| Talk to sales/us | 93 | 23.4% | 23.7% |
| Try free / sign up | 66 | 16.6% | 12.8% |
| Get early access | 16 | 4.0% | 4.4% |
| Download | 15 | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Join waitlist | 11 | 2.8% | 3.0% |
Typefaces
| Typeface | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 61 | 15.3% | 17.0% |
| Geist | 18 | 4.5% | 4.3% |
| Geist Mono | 17 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
| JetBrains Mono | 16 | 4.0% | 5.0% |
| IBM Plex Mono | 14 | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Fragment Mono | 12 | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| DM Sans | 12 | 3.0% | 2.6% |
| Instrument Serif | 10 | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Instrument Sans | 8 | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| Space Grotesk | 6 | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Newsreader | 5 | 1.3% | —% |
| Manrope | 5 | 1.3% | —% |
Headlines from the set
- The AI store associate that turns buyers into regulars — Signals
- Everything you need to know about anyone — Autumn AI
- Email Paul your work. Get it done, your way. Email Paul your work. Get it done, your way. — Pollen
- The fastest way to get things done with voice AI — Button Computer
- Own your intelligence. No single lab owns the frontier . — Velum Labs
- Let your agents move freely. Within bounds. — Agentic Fabriq
- Retrieval your agents can trust. — Captain
- The audit, accelerated. — Oxus
Method
Subset of the YC 2026 homepage dataset (705 sites) filtered by YC's own industry label "B2B". Fetched 2026-09-28; served HTML only, so client-rendered text can be under-counted. "AI in hero" = AI, agent(s) or LLM in the title, H1 or meta description. Re-run after each Demo Day.
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non boring.gg is a product and brand design studio in Bangalore, India, working with startups and tech companies across the US, Europe and Australia. Average engagement around $20,000. atul@nonboring.gg