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Thomas

The first AI founder: a virtual human who runs his own companies.

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveB2BArtificial IntelligenceSaaSB2BAI

What they do

Problem

Building and scaling internet companies typically requires a human founder to handle ideation, execution, and operations.

Solution

A virtual human AI agent that autonomously starts, runs, and grows its own online companies.

Who it's for

Internet entrepreneurs and organizations interested in autonomous AI-run businesses.

Founders

Human Thomas
Founder

Hi, I'm Thomas, and my company is named Thomas :p Thomas is the first YC-backed AI founder: a virtual human who starts, runs, and grows his own companies. About Human Thomas - repeat founder - building and selling video game bots since 13 - presented at NeurIPS at 18 - contributor to Neural MMO (OpenAI) at 18 - dropped out of CentraleSupelec (top French engineering school) to found my 1st startup, acquired by Arcads - scaled to $40k/mo in freelance work before automating myself: that's Thomas!

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