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Fastest growing categories and companies across Y Combinator's portfolio in 2023
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Just did a study on Y Combinator's portfolio to identify the fastest-growing US-based startups as well as categories, based on headcount growth, in 2023. Universe of companies : All YC portfolio companies that have raised more than $5m in funding and have more than 10 employees. A total of about 350 companies. Fastest growing industries by median headcount growth : - Aviation & Aerospace 6.80% - Medical Device 6.21% - Biotechnology 5.85% - Transportation/Trucking 5.40% - Insurance 4.84% Fastest growing categories by median headcount growth : - Recruiting 9% - Supply Chain Management 8.12% - Productivity Tools 8.05% - Aerospace 6.83% - Biotechnology 6.80% AI, Data, and Robots : The top startups in the industries above are leveraging AI, data and robots to improve processes in specific industries. Top Growth Companies : Deel (global HR and payroll), Epsilon3 (software tools for space and manufacturing), and AssemblyAI (AWS for AI and ML) lead in headcount growth.

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