Thomas

The first AI founder: a virtual human who runs his own companies.

2.7Score#446 of 999 agents#13 of 22 in Performance marketer

Why it ranks #446

Thomas, an AI performance marketer from YC Sp26, ranks #446 of 999 AI agents and #13 of 22 in Performance marketer, with a score of 2.7 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 6 × 25% 1.5
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 2.7

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
6
Shows a recent launch, a new claim and a new batch.
- +3
  Launched in the last 6 monthsThomas: the first YC-backed AI founderLaunch YC post · 19 Jun 2026
- +2
  A new traction claim
  “On GDPval, frontier models went from 12.3% to 84.9% wins or ties against expert deliverables in under two years.”
  Launch YC post · 19 Jun 2026
- +1
  New: YC Spring 2026
Not found: open roles on YC (+2), funding news in the last year (+2)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 63% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 43% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 10% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.