Ukrainian-founded · YC Fall 2025

Prox

Prox is a Ukrainian-founded AI support company backed in 2026 by Bloomberg Beta, Burst Capital, Weights & Biases, SV Angel, Paul Graham, and AI-company operators.

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Accelerator: YC Fall 2025
Stage: Early-stage · amount undisclosed ↗
Hiring: Hiring ↗
Founded: 2025
Location: San Francisco
Focus: AI · Technical support
Status: Active

Recent momentum

Raised an undisclosed early-stage round in 2026 from Bloomberg Beta, Burst Capital, Weights & Biases, SV Angel, Paul Graham, and AI-company operators; AIN reported $120K annual revenue in May 2026.

Funding stage

Raised an undisclosed early-stage round in early 2026.

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Hiring signal

Current roles include engineering, go-to-market, operations, and creative production.

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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.

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Gregory Makodzeba

Co-founder · Identified as Ukrainian in an AIN founder interview.

LinkedIn profile ↗

Sources

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.

Reviewed August 8, 2026. Methodology.