Ukrainian-founded · YC Fall 2025
Prox
Prox is a Ukrainian-founded AI support company backed in 2026 by Bloomberg Beta, Burst VC, Weights & Biases, and operators from OpenAI and Microsoft.
- Accelerator
- YC Fall 2025
- Stage
- Pre-seed · YC ↗
- Hiring
- Hiring ↗
- Founded
- 2025
- Location
- San Francisco
- Focus
- AI · Technical support
- Status
- Active
Why it’s hot
Fresh 2026 backing from Bloomberg Beta, Burst VC, Weights & Biases, and operators from OpenAI and Microsoft.
Funding stage
Early-stage backing from YC, Bloomberg Beta, Burst Capital, and operators from major AI companies; amount undisclosed.
Verify stage ↗Hiring signal
Current roles include engineering, go-to-market, operations, and creative production.
View jobs signal ↗Ukrainian connection
AIN identifies co-founders Dima Yanovsky and Gregory Makodzeba as Ukrainians and documents the company’s Ukrainian roots.
Founders
Dima Yanovsky
Co-founder · Identified as Ukrainian in an AIN founder interview.
LinkedIn profile ↗Gregory Makodzeba
Co-founder · Identified as Ukrainian in an AIN founder interview.
LinkedIn profile ↗Sources
We use public primary sources where possible and identify exactly what each source supports.
- Prox company profile ↗Y Combinator · Supports: company, batch, location, product, founders.
- Interview with Prox co-founder Dmytro Yanovskyi ↗AIN · Supports: Ukraine connection, funding, Western investors, founder aliases.
Last reviewed: August 7, 2026. Read the methodology.