research · YC 2026 · Spring 2026 · 2026-09-28
How YC Spring 2026 startups design their websites
191 Spring 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 Spring 2026
Spring 2026 companies lead with AI more often than the batch average (67.5% vs 60.7%). More of them show pricing (22.5% vs 18.0%), which suggests a self-serve motion. Next.js is the dominant stack at 47.1%; the top call to action is "Book a demo" (35.6% of sites). The most-used typeface is Inter (38 sites).
Builders
| Builder / framework | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | 90 | 47.1% | 49.1% |
| Other/unknown | 27 | 14.1% | 17.6% |
| Vite/React SPA | 23 | 12.0% | 12.9% |
| Astro | 21 | 11.0% | 8.2% |
| Framer | 12 | 6.3% | 5.7% |
| Mintlify | 5 | 2.6% | 1.4% |
| Webflow | 5 | 2.6% | 2.0% |
| SvelteKit | 4 | 2.1% | 1.3% |
Hosting
| Hosting | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 103 | 53.9% | 51.8% |
| Cloudflare | 42 | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Other | 20 | 10.5% | 9.8% |
| AWS | 11 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Framer | 9 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
| Netlify | 6 | 3.1% | 2.1% |
Calls to action
| Call to action | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book a demo | 68 | 35.6% | 32.5% |
| Get started | 48 | 25.1% | 23.0% |
| Talk to sales/us | 47 | 24.6% | 23.7% |
| Try free / sign up | 29 | 15.2% | 12.8% |
| Download | 8 | 4.2% | 2.7% |
| Get early access | 6 | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Join waitlist | 4 | 2.1% | 3.0% |
Typefaces
| Typeface | sites | share | all YC 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 38 | 19.9% | 17.0% |
| JetBrains Mono | 12 | 6.3% | 5.0% |
| Geist | 10 | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| DM Sans | 7 | 3.7% | 2.6% |
| Fragment Mono | 7 | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| IBM Plex Mono | 7 | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Geist Mono | 7 | 3.7% | 4.0% |
| Instrument Serif | 5 | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| Manrope | 5 | 2.6% | —% |
| Space Grotesk | 4 | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Inter Tight | 3 | 1.6% | —% |
| Cormorant Garamond | 3 | 1.6% | —% |
Headlines from the set
- Untangle life, family & work with jo as your private AI agent — jo
- Discover every process. See costs. Fix what matters. — Autostep
- On demand Human Experts for AI Agents. — Humwork
- The most emotive foundation models for voice — Miso Labs
- Consumer testing in minutes, not months — Foresight
- The Complete Architecture for Cancer Therapy — FinalDose
- you can talk to. reason with. put to work. talk to. reason with. put to work. — TakeCareOS
- Your website should be working harder than you are. — Ploy
Method
Subset of the YC 2026 homepage dataset (705 sites) filtered by YC's own batch label "Spring 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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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