Is Coasty profitable?

No profitability figures are disclosed. Coasty is a 2-person YC Summer 2026 startup with no public revenue, ARR, or funding round reported as of July 2026; only vendor-claimed user growth figures exist.

Could AI replace Coasty's product?

Yes, this is the central risk: Anthropic's Claude Cowork (bundled into Pro/Max since March 2026), OpenAI's Operator, and ByteDance's Seed 2.1 Pro (June 24, 2026, ~80% cheaper) already offer native computer-use, threatening to commoditize Coasty's core API layer.

Who is Coasty's biggest competitor?

UiPath, an RPA incumbent with $1.853 billion ARR and $481 million Q4 FY2026 revenue reported March 11, 2026, announced healthcare-specific agentic automation in March 2026, targeting the same revenue-cycle buyers Coasty is pursuing.

Coasty is privately founder-owned by Nitish Kovuru and Prateek Jannu, part of Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch, based in San Francisco; no outside VC funding round has been publicly disclosed as of July 2026.

Has Coasty laid off any staff?

No layoffs are reported or applicable; Coasty is a newly launched 2-person YC S26 startup as of July 2026 with no prior larger headcount to reduce.

Does Coasty have healthcare industry certifications like HITRUST?

No HITRUST or SOC 2 Type II certification for Coasty has been disclosed as of July 27, 2026, while incumbent UiPath's Automation Cloud already holds HITRUST risk-based certification since August 23, 2023.

YC Summer 2026 · United States

Coasty

coasty.ai ↗

A 2-person YC S26 startup building an API for computer-use AI agents.

Protection under test

Assessed 27 July 2026 · Evidence as of 27 July 2026

Something worth protecting exists and is being tested right now.

On the recordSince 27 July 2026 · Checkable from H2 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: UiPath's agentic healthcare offering rollout and any Coasty enterprise or funding announcement

The call

Coasty sits between a model layer absorbing its general API and an incumbent chasing its healthcare niche, with no built defense yet on either side.

Coasty built a computer-use API and a healthcare billing automation tool, but is squished between much larger forces. Claude Cowork, OpenAI's Operator, and ByteDance's Seed 2.1 are already selling general computer-use AI cheaper and better, so that part of the business is losing to the big labs. The healthcare piece could matter, but it has no signed customers, no proven compliance certifications, and no sales team yet, while UiPath (a giant automation company that already works inside hospitals and has healthcare credentials) just announced its own AI agents for healthcare billing in March 2026. Coasty's only real shot is to go all-in on healthcare, lock in customers fast, and prove it works before UiPath's existing relationships close the door, but that window is probably only about 18 months open.

Why

AI pressure: Anthropic Claude Cowork, OpenAI Operator, ByteDance Seed 2.1. Frontier labs now bundle computer-use agents into subscriptions, undercutting a standalone API on price and distribution. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: UiPath. UiPath has $1.85B ARR, HITRUST certification, and installed healthcare accounts, and announced agentic healthcare tools in March 2026. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. None apparent: no disclosed enterprise contracts, certifications, or healthcare go-to-market hire to defend the vertical wedge.

What would change this call

UiPath announces named healthcare-agentic customer wins or expands March 2026 offering. Shows incumbent closing the vertical window Coasty needs to exploit.
Coasty discloses a signed enterprise healthcare contract or HITRUST/SOC 2 certification. Would show Coasty actually building the vertical moat, not just claiming it.
Anthropic, OpenAI, or ByteDance add BAA-covered computer-use agents to standard subscriptions. Would show the horizontal API layer being fully commoditized under Coasty.

Key numbers

UiPath ARR: $1.85B (2026)
ByteDance Seed 2.1: ~78.8% OSWorld, 80% cheaper (June 2026)
Coasty team size: 2 people (2026-07-27)

Named risks

Frontier labs bundling free computer-use agents into subscriptions could commoditize Coasty's core API. Severity: high
UiPath's installed base, HITRUST certification, and March 2026 healthcare-agentic launch could close Coasty's vertical window before it builds compliance credentials. Severity: high
All traction, benchmark, and customer claims are vendor-self-reported with zero disclosed enterprise contracts or third-party verification. Severity: medium
Two-person team with no disclosed funding round faces execution risk building both compliance and healthcare GTM simultaneously. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
UiPath	losing to	UiPath holds HITRUST certification, $1.853B ARR, and shipped healthcare-agentic offerings March 2026
Anthropic (Claude Cowork)	losing to	Cowork bundled free into Pro/Max subscriptions since March 2026, undercutting standalone API pricing
ByteDance (Seed 2.1 Pro)	losing to	Released June 24, 2026 at ~80% lower cost with competitive OSWorld score
OpenAI (Operator/CUA)	contesting	Shipped Computer-Using Agent via Responses API March 2025, expanding into ChatGPT agent by mid-2025
Browser Use, Simular, Fellou	contesting	Rival open-source and startup computer-use agents claiming top OSWorld/Online-Mind2Web scores through mid-2026

Questions people ask

Is Coasty profitable?: No profitability figures are disclosed. Coasty is a 2-person YC Summer 2026 startup with no public revenue, ARR, or funding round reported as of July 2026; only vendor-claimed user growth figures exist.
Could AI replace Coasty's product?: Yes, this is the central risk: Anthropic's Claude Cowork (bundled into Pro/Max since March 2026), OpenAI's Operator, and ByteDance's Seed 2.1 Pro (June 24, 2026, ~80% cheaper) already offer native computer-use, threatening to commoditize Coasty's core API layer.
Who is Coasty's biggest competitor?: UiPath, an RPA incumbent with $1.853 billion ARR and $481 million Q4 FY2026 revenue reported March 11, 2026, announced healthcare-specific agentic automation in March 2026, targeting the same revenue-cycle buyers Coasty is pursuing.
Who owns Coasty?: Coasty is privately founder-owned by Nitish Kovuru and Prateek Jannu, part of Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch, based in San Francisco; no outside VC funding round has been publicly disclosed as of July 2026.
Has Coasty laid off any staff?: No layoffs are reported or applicable; Coasty is a newly launched 2-person YC S26 startup as of July 2026 with no prior larger headcount to reduce.
Does Coasty have healthcare industry certifications like HITRUST?: No HITRUST or SOC 2 Type II certification for Coasty has been disclosed as of July 27, 2026, while incumbent UiPath's Automation Cloud already holds HITRUST risk-based certification since August 23, 2023.

Timeline

2026-07-21Coasty API provider profile lists 72 operations and claims 1,000+ OAuth integrations via Composio
2026-07-20YC directory lists Coasty as S2026, active, 2 employees, San Francisco
2026-07-15Launch HN: Coasty (YC S26), an API for computer-use agents, posted publicly
2026-07-10Coasty YC launch page claims paying customers on four continents and 24x growth since Claude Cowork
2026-06-24ByteDance releases Seed 2.1 Pro/Turbo, claiming OSWorld tracker lead and ~80% lower cost
2026-05-28UiPath reports Q1 FY2027 results amid decelerating growth
2026-05-17Coasty's open-computer-use repo active on GitHub
2026-03-11UiPath reports Q4 FY2026 revenue of $481 million and $1.853 billion ARR
2026-03-01UiPath announces agentic healthcare automation offerings targeting revenue-cycle workflows
2026-01-01Anthropic's Claude Cowork enters research preview, later bundled into Pro/Max subscriptions

Revision history

27 July 2026

First assessed. Protection under test. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.

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