Aster

Aster is an AI autonomous research lab to automate open-ended research: research that defines its own problems before it can answer them.

Y Combinator

Latest funding

Latest round on record: Pre Seed, June 2026, amount undisclosed.

Website: asterlab.ai.

X: @asterailabs · 836 followers.

Sectors: B2B, Productivity.

Stage: Pre Seed.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Last round: Jun 16, 2026 · 149 days ago.

Team: 2 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@asterailabs · created Jan 31, 2026 (9 months old) · 836 followers

Website registeredJan 17, 2026 (10 months old)

TIMELINE · MILESTONES

@asterailabs·1 round·2 signals before the first raise

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Sources and API

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