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Issue 01 · YC W25 - AI & Dev Tools

The AI Visibility Index.

We checked 10 B2B SaaS companies to see whether their sites are built for AI to read, quote, and recommend. Funding does not buy AI visibility - citations do.

10SaaS companies scored
6/10Have a national-press citation
4Nearly invisible to AI
29%Citation share held by the leader
Headline finding

Only 4 of 10 funded YC startups have a real trusted-citation base. AI recommends the ones that do.

AI Visibility Index · YC W25 - AI & Dev Tools · busca.agency

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RankOverallBrandCategoryTechnicalContentCitationsTop citationsCited by AIReport
01A88
Sceptre AIsceptre.ai
DevtoolsAAA★ 44/5View
02B79
Halcyon Labshalcyonlabs.ai
AIABB★ 33/5View
03A81
Nimbus Datanimbusdata.io
Horizontal SaaSAAC★ 22/5View
04B72
Vellumvellum.dev
DevtoolsABC★ 12/5View
05B68
Orchid Healthorchidhealth.co
HealthtechBBD★ 11/5View
06C64
Tropenlytropenly.com
FintechBCD★ 11/5View
07C58
Cargglidecargglide.com
Horizontal SaaSCCF01/5View
08D49
Pinerock AIpinerock.ai
AICDF00/5View
09D41
Saffron Biosaffronbio.com
HealthtechDDF00/5View
10F30
Quillstackquillstack.com
Horizontal SaaSFFF00/5View
Published 1 June 2026 · 10 brands scoredMethodology →
Winner this quarter

Sceptre AI

$30M Series A · sceptre.ai
88

The cohort leader. National tech press plus an active developer community - AI has plenty of trusted sources to draw on.

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Cautionary tale

Quillstack

$40M Series B · quillstack.com
30

The cautionary tale: the largest raise on the list, and not a single trusted citation. Invisible to AI despite the war chest.

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By category

Which SaaS categories are ready for AI, and which are not.

Average readiness score across 10 B2B SaaS companies in this issue, grouped by category. Lower bars mean those categories are leaving AI mentions on the table.

Devtools2 brands
80
AI2 brands
64
Fintech1 brand
64
Horizontal SaaS3 brands
56
Healthtech2 brands
55
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