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Playground

playground.com
YC · S19Consumer, Social & MediaAI-foundational

3 people

Updated Aug 10, 2026

The reading

~49out of 100
Low data: estimate, pulled toward 50
UncertainLow data confidence

vs 876 peers · YC · Consumer, Social & Media · older vintages pooled

A level reading. The file carries no history yet, so no trend is claimed.

Historical reading retained from the last dated public snapshot; accelerator directory status: dormant.

Nothing to cross-validate yet: no publishable checks for this company.

cohort position not stated: the older-vintage peer pool is too coarse for a fair rank
0100

Playground is compared within 876 peers (YC · Consumer, Social & Media · older vintages pooled): cohort position not stated: the older-vintage peer pool is too coarse for a fair rank.

Why this score

Historical reading retained from the last dated public snapshot; accelerator directory status: dormant. Strongest signal: hiring (47/100). Capital collection is inactive in this export, so no capital observation affects the displayed score.

Weights: Hiring 40% · Code 30% · Capital 30%. Updated Aug 10, 2026 · planned refresh ~Aug 17 · score version momentum-v2.

Signal record

Signal breakdown

Hiring 40% · Code 30% · Capital 30%, renormalised over the families present in the scoring record. Each meter is that family’s 0-100 sub-score. Direct source links appear when the public export carries them.

Hiring
weight 0.40 · Historical signal
Historical hiring signal retained; 47/100 vs cohort peers; accelerator directory marks the company dormantAshby
47/100
Code
weight 0.30 · Not observed
No public code signal found; lowers confidence, not a zero
N/A
Capital
weight 0.30 · one-sided · Not observed
Collector inactive in this export: no capital observation; no effect on displayed score.
N/A

Linked evidence

Available public sources

This ledger shows the public source links carried by the export.

  • ClaimAccelerator: Y Combinator S19 · Consumer, Social & Media · AI-foundationalsource· as of Jul 20, 2026
  • Codenot found Not found; lowers confidence, not a zeroNot found
  • HiringHistorical job-board evidence retained from the dated sourcesource· as of Aug 9, 2026
  • Capitalcollector inactive No capital observation exists in this export. Capital has no effect on the displayed score.Inactive
  • WebWebsite on record (accelerator directory); company dormant; site may be offlinesource· as of Jul 20, 2026

History

Momentum over time

readings on file: 00–100 scalethe ledger

Not enough history to measure a trend yet tracked weekly across active sources.

0 of 6 weekly readings. A trend appears at 6