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YC AI/YC AI/July 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM

Stoa launched from YC as an AI company

Stoa is a Summer 2026 YC AI company: The market behind AI hardware.

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YC company: Stoa Batch: Summer 2026 One-liner: The market behind AI hardware. Description: Stoa provides pricing and trading infrastructure for AI hardware, live with an RFQ marketplace where companies buy and sell GPUs through vetted dealers real-time. Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Team size: 3 Tags: Fintech, Hardware, Marketplace, Infrastructure, AI Industries: Fintech Website: https://www.stoaexchange.com YC profile: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stoa

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1YC company: Stoa Batch: Summer 2026 One-liner: The market behind AI hardware.
2Description: Stoa provides pricing and trading infrastructure for AI hardware, live with an RFQ marketplace where companies buy and sell GPUs through vetted dealers real-time.
3Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Team size: 3 Tags: Fintech, Hardware, Marketplace, Infrastructure, AI Industries: Fintech Website: https://www.stoaexchange.com YC profile: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stoa

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Source: YC AI
Type: yc
Credibility: 80/100
Heat: 75/100
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