funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high
Design Arena | Y Combinator
Summer 2025 batch; crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design across web, image, video, and more.
Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
raisedpre-seed
D
Design Arena
Pre-SeedMarket data is refreshed once per day from public sources. Information may be incomplete or outdated — verify independently before making decisions. This is not investment advice.
Beta
DealFlow OS uses public web data and automated enrichment. Research may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect. Verify important information before making investment or outreach decisions.
Investor read
Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.
Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:10 PM
Beta
DealFlow OS uses public web data and automated enrichment. Research may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect. Verify important information before making investment or outreach decisions.
What they do
Methodology | Design Arena
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Sep 2025). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Quick read
- •Methodology | Design Arena
- •Reported angle: Launch YC: Design Arena
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 1 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Stage
Seed (YC)
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Methodology | Design Arena
- •Reported angle: Launch YC: Design Arena
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 1 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Recent movers
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Design Arena | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Launch YC: Design Arena
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Design Arena | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Launch YC: Design Arena
- •Y Combinator
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Sep 2025). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Hiring
No hiring/careers evidence indexed (Low).
GitHub
No GitHub‑linked evidence indexed (Low).
Product / news
1 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Traffic / social
No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).
Funding & hiring signals
Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
Failed or blocked links
- public_page:_pressnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
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- public_page:_newsnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
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- public_page:_jobsnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
HTTP 404
- public_page:_companynot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
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- public_page:_careersnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
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- public_page:_blognot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
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DealFlow growth score
47.0Moderate public activity signal
7D+0%
30D+0%
Needs Review
The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Source health
- public_market_enrichmentokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
- public_page:_aboutokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
- public_page:_okLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
- public_page:homeokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:33 AM
DealFlow score momentum
477D +030D +0
100500
More runs will build history.
The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Signal breakdown
Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.
Public source summary
- Total evidence rows
- 4
- Latest evidence
- Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM
Source types found
company_sitefunding_articlepress
Strongest / recent news-style rows
Design Arena | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM · confidence 88%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/design-arenaLaunch YC: Design Arena
Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM · confidence 85%medium quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/O5h-design-arena-1-benchmark-for-ai-design
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 4 event(s)
1
Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Design Arena | Y Combinator
Summer 2025 batch; crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design across web, image, video, and more.
2
Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Design Arena
Crowdsourced benchmark platform for AI design models.
3
Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Methodology | Design Arena
Voting methodology and benchmark categories.
4
Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM · press · 85% · verified_publicmedium quality
Source ↗Launch YC: Design Arena
Launch post citing 47k+ users and millions of votes in first weeks.
Official / company site
2 row(s)
company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Design Arena
Crowdsourced benchmark platform for AI design models.
https://www.designarena.ai/company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Methodology | Design Arena
Voting methodology and benchmark categories.
https://www.designarena.ai/aboutNews
1 row(s)
press·Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM·Confidence 85%medium qualityverified_public
Launch YC: Design Arena
Launch post citing 47k+ users and millions of votes in first weeks.
https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/O5h-design-arena-1-benchmark-for-ai-designFunding / news
1 row(s)
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:10 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Design Arena | Y Combinator
Summer 2025 batch; crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design across web, image, video, and more.
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