“the same mistake might cause many other companies are excluded, the temporal is important, as long as the startup now has more than 15 employees they should be included”
A current-headcount re-audit as of 2026-09-03: 160 AI-application candidates across YC batches 2023–2025 were re-screened for present or recent employee counts on the open web, under a strict threshold of more than 15 employees (16+). 32 companies qualify; Dili sits at the threshold and does not.
The best exact recent count for Dili is 15 employees (platoseed.com); another source gives a range of 11–20. Neither proves more than 15, so under the strict rule Dili is excluded. This corrects the prior report, which prematurely counted Dili as qualifying.
| Company | Batch | AI product | Employees | Evidence tier | Over 15 | Source |
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Revised current-headcount edition. Web screen as of 2026-09-03 over YC batches W23–S25: a universe of 160 AI-application candidates was enumerated, each searched for current or recent headcount evidence, requiring an exact count above 15 or equivalent proof, rejecting same-name false matches, and retaining the latest, strongest supported value. 33 rows shown: 32 strict qualifiers plus Dili as a non-qualifying threshold check. Counts are point-in-time web evidence — official YC team size, recent secondary sources, or batch-directory snapshots — not audited payroll; secondary estimates may differ from payroll or LinkedIn counts. “AI application” is interpretive and private-company headcount changes continuously, so this is an improved web screen, not an official exhaustive YC classification.