idler

Hill-climb any benchmark, for any model, in any domain.

Y Combinator

Latest funding

$9M Seed · August 20, 2026

Total raised: $9.5M* across 2 sourced rounds

Website: idler.ai.

X: @idler_ai · 1,112 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Sectors: AI.

Subcategory: benchmark optimization.

Stage: Seed.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Total raised: $9.5M* in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Aug 20, 2026 · 84 days ago.

Team: 12 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 22, 2026.

Signals

X account@idler_ai · created Jun 4, 2025 (17 months old) · 1,112 followers

Website registeredMay 2, 2025 (18 months old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

@idler_ai·Raised $9.0M in 1 sourced round·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/idler (get a free API key).