Ranking · Summer 2025 · B2B · Infrastructure

KERNEL

Crazy fast, open source infra for AI agents to use the Internet

9.3%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

1.4× the average (6.8%)

#631 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 16%

Team of 22 · San Francisco, CA, USA

Raises the odds

↑ industry: B2B

↑ based in United States of America

↑ “open” in its one-liner

↑ “source” in its one-liner

Lowers the odds

↓ under 1.5 years since YC

↓ tag: Artificial Intelligence

↓ tag: Infrastructure

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Signals brief

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