Shofo | Y Combinator
Winter 2026 batch; searchable video library and custom datasets for AI labs.
Weak funding evidence: mention does not include a parsed raise amount/round and may refer to non-funding context.
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TL;DR
Seed (YC)Shofo World's largest video library for AI training data.
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
GitHub
1 GitHub‑linked row(s) (Low).
Product / news
1 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Verified facts
Winter 2026 batch; searchable video library and custom datasets for AI labs.
Weak funding evidence: mention does not include a parsed raise amount/round and may refer to non-funding context.
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Strongest / recent news-style rows
Wed, May 20, 06:24 PM · confidence 88%high quality
wikipedia · Mon, Jun 29, 05:53 PM · confidence 50%medium quality
Wed, May 20, 06:24 PM · confidence 85%medium quality
Newest first · 7 event(s)
Source: official_site
Shofo Hugging Face Get Data Hugging Face Get Data Backed by Y Combinator The World's Largest Video Library Custom datasets from millions of hours of video. Cleaned, segmented, and labeled for AI labs. Cooking videos with hand-object interactions from 202…
Source: github_api
Winter 2026 batch; searchable video library and custom datasets for AI labs.
Launch on custom video datasets for AI labs.
2 row(s)
The company's own site — the authoritative description of what they sell and to whom. Marketing-controlled, so treat claims as positioning rather than verified traction.
The World's Largest Video Library
Why it matters: Primary source — the company's own positioning; best read for what they sell and to whom, not for traction claims.
Open source ↗Shofo Hugging Face Get Data Hugging Face Get Data Backed by Y Combinator The World's Largest Video Library Custom datasets from millions of hours of video. Cleaned, segmented, and labeled for AI labs. Cooking videos with hand-object interactions from 202…
Why it matters: Primary source — the company's own positioning; best read for what they sell and to whom, not for traction claims.
Open source ↗3 row(s)
Third-party press coverage. Independent reporting corroborates company claims; repeated coverage across outlets is a momentum signal.
Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗Launch on custom video datasets for AI labs.
Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.
Open source ↗1 row(s)
Funding announcements and investor-database records. The strongest public signal of capitalization: round, amount, and syndicate quality when disclosed.
Winter 2026 batch; searchable video library and custom datasets for AI labs.
Why it matters: Funding signal — Pre-Seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.
Open source ↗1 row(s)
Public engineering activity. Sustained commits, releases, and stars indicate real product development and, for dev tools, developer adoption.
Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.
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