funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high
Canary | Y Combinator
Winter 2026 batch; AI QA engineer that understands your codebase.
Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
raisedpre-seed
C
Canary
Pre-SeedFunding signalMarket 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 Information may be incomplete or outdated — verify independently before making decisions.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
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Investor read
Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.
Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:11 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 Research may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect.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
Canary — AI QA Engineer
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Quick read
- •Canary — AI QA Engineer
- •Reported angle: QA-Bench v0
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 2 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Stage
Seed (YC)
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Canary — AI QA Engineer
- •Reported angle: QA-Bench v0
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 2 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Recent movers
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Canary | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · runcanary.ai — QA-Bench v0
- •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — Blogs — Canary
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Canary | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · runcanary.ai — QA-Bench v0
- •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — Blogs — Canary
- •Y Combinator
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Hiring
No hiring/careers evidence indexed (Low).
GitHub
No GitHub‑linked evidence indexed (Low).
Product / news
2 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Traffic / social
No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).
Funding & hiring signals
ReferenceJun 12, 2025Confidence: high
Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from BPC, YC, Insight Partners
Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 12, 2025Round: Series DAmount: $80M
series d
ReferenceMay 29, 2025Confidence: high
A decade in, bootstrapped Thinkst Canary reaches $20M in ARR without VC funding
Affected score: yesObserved: May 29, 2025Amount: $20M
funding
ReferenceMar 9, 2022Confidence: high
The co-founder of Brazil’s first unicorn bags $6M for new grocery startup
Affected score: yesObserved: Mar 9, 2022Amount: $6M
funding roundled byfundingraised
ReferenceMar 4, 2021Confidence: high
Flourish, a startup that aims to help banks engage and retain customers, raises $1.5M
Affected score: yesObserved: Mar 4, 2021Amount: $1.5M
funding roundled byfundingraisesraised
Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
Failed or blocked links
No failed or blocked source links on record.
DealFlow growth score
47.0Moderate public activity signal
7D-26%
30D+0%
High Confidence
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, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_pressokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_newsokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_jobsokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_companyokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_careersokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blog_qa-bench-v0okLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blogokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_aboutokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_okLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:homeokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:customersokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:pricingokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:pressokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:newsokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:blogokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:jobsokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:careersokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:teamokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
- public_page:aboutokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:50 PM
DealFlow score momentum
477D -2630D +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
- 5
- Latest evidence
- Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM
Source types found
about_pageblogcompany_sitefunding_articlepress
Strongest / recent news-style rows
Canary | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · confidence 88%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/canaryQA-Bench v0
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · confidence 85%high quality
https://www.runcanary.ai/blog/qa-bench-v0Canary — AI QA Engineer That Understands Your Codebase
About / company · Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · confidence 90%high quality
https://www.runcanary.ai/about
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 5 event(s)
1
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · press · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗QA-Bench v0
Benchmark for how AI models handle code verification.
2
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Canary — AI QA Engineer
Code-aware automated QA for engineering teams.
3
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Canary | Y Combinator
Winter 2026 batch; AI QA engineer that understands your codebase.
4
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Blogs — Canary
Source: Blog / news
Research, benchmarks, and insights from the Canary team on AI-powered code verification and QA.
5
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · about_page · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Canary — AI QA Engineer That Understands Your Codebase
Source: About / company
Canary reads your PRs, understands your codebase, and runs feature and regression tests against your preview app. Catch broken auth flows, slow page loads, and failing checkouts before production.
Official / company site
1 row(s)
company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Canary — AI QA Engineer
Code-aware automated QA for engineering teams.
https://www.runcanary.ai/News
2 row(s)
press·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
QA-Bench v0
Benchmark for how AI models handle code verification.
https://www.runcanary.ai/blog/qa-bench-v0about_page·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Canary — AI QA Engineer That Understands Your Codebase
Source name: About / company
Canary reads your PRs, understands your codebase, and runs feature and regression tests against your preview app. Catch broken auth flows, slow page loads, and failing checkouts before production.
https://www.runcanary.ai/aboutFunding / news
1 row(s)
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Canary | Y Combinator
Winter 2026 batch; AI QA engineer that understands your codebase.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/canaryBlog
1 row(s)
blog·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Blogs — Canary
Source name: Blog / news
Research, benchmarks, and insights from the Canary team on AI-powered code verification and QA.
https://www.runcanary.ai/blogPrivate workspace
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