research · YC 2026 · Fall 2026 · 2026-09-28
How YC Fall 2026 startups design their websites
91 Fall 2026 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 Fall 2026
Fall 2026 companies lead with AI less often than the batch average (58.2% vs 60.7%). Fewer of them show pricing (13.2% vs 18.0%), which fits a sales-led motion. Next.js is the dominant stack at 52.7%; the top call to action is "Book a demo" (28.6% of sites). The most-used typeface is Inter (15 sites).
Builders
| Builder / framework | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | 48 | 52.7% | 49.1% |
| Other/unknown | 16 | 17.6% | 17.6% |
| Vite/React SPA | 12 | 13.2% | 12.9% |
| Astro | 7 | 7.7% | 8.2% |
| Framer | 4 | 4.4% | 5.7% |
| Webflow | 2 | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| SvelteKit | 1 | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| HubSpot | 1 | 1.1% | —% |
Hosting
| Hosting | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 44 | 48.4% | 51.8% |
| Cloudflare | 25 | 27.5% | 26.0% |
| Other | 11 | 12.1% | 9.8% |
| AWS | 5 | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Framer | 4 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Netlify | 2 | 2.2% | 2.1% |
Calls to action
| Call to action | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book a demo | 26 | 28.6% | 32.5% |
| Talk to sales/us | 21 | 23.1% | 23.7% |
| Get started | 18 | 19.8% | 23.0% |
| Try free / sign up | 10 | 11.0% | 12.8% |
| Get early access | 5 | 5.5% | 4.4% |
| Join waitlist | 4 | 4.4% | 3.0% |
| Download | 1 | 1.1% | 2.7% |
Typefaces
| Typeface | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 15 | 16.5% | 17.0% |
| Geist | 4 | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Geist Mono | 4 | 4.4% | 4.0% |
| JetBrains Mono | 4 | 4.4% | 5.0% |
| Archivo | 3 | 3.3% | —% |
| i-monospace | 2 | 2.2% | —% |
| Schibsted Grotesk | 2 | 2.2% | —% |
| Fraunces | 2 | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| IBM Plex Mono | 2 | 2.2% | 3.1% |
| Instrument Serif | 2 | 2.2% | 2.8% |
| Raleway | 1 | 1.1% | —% |
| Figtree-8bf7e023d7c3794b | 1 | 1.1% | —% |
Headlines from the set
- Faster, cleaner income certifications — Tire Swing
- The AI that runs your business — The Company Company
- Your intent. Its mission. — Degla Inc
- Agents do the routine work of feasibility. — Nxtcure Labs
- Open models, built for agents — RightNow
- Give Your Compliance, BSA, and Ops Teams Superpowers — Hickory & Company
- Your superpowered to-do list. — Roma
- Foundation models on event data — Lyon
Method
Subset of the YC 2026 homepage dataset (705 sites) filtered by YC's own batch label "Fall 2026". 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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