YC Spring 2026 (P26) founder

Ashton Daniel

Founder of Auxos, Simulations of real people for market research

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Company

Ashton Daniel is listed as a founder of Auxos. Auxos builds AI customer twins for marketing, product, and research teams to test their hypotheses at scale. We work with companies to create 1:1 replicas of their customers by sourcing and interviewing real people in their ICP, allowing us to accurately model how they behave and make decisions. Currently, market research is too slow and expensive to use on anything but the biggest decisions. Surveys and panels cost a fortune and it takes weeks to recruit, moderate, and gather insights. Auxos provides a 24/7 available customer panel that can give population-scale insights in minutes. The day-to-day decisions surrounding product, pricing, and positioning can now be validated with the same rigor that used to be reserved for the big ones.

Founder traction evidence

Public posts and activity attributed directly to this founder.

  1. LinkedIn

    Happy to say my co-founder Jerry Wu got a late birthday present with 2x revenue growth in the past 2 weeks. When we started the Y Combinator batch, I asked David Lieb between inbound, outbound… | Ashton Daniel | 21 comments

    When we started the Y Combinator batch, I asked David Lieb between inbound, outbound… | Ashton Daniel | 21 comments URL Source: https://linkedin.com/posts/activity-7468040105195290625-gI_b Markdown Content: Agree & Join LinkedIn By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you...

  2. LinkedIn

    What the start of our week looks like at Auxos (YC P26)

    What the start of our week looks like at Auxos (YC P26) The founder reports 50-plus booked demos, customer onboarding, and digital-twin research use cases. Visible metrics: 102 likes, 102 reactions, 13 comments.

  3. LinkedIn

    Auxos (YC P26) recently hosted a dinner with marketing leaders.

    Auxos (YC P26) recently hosted a dinner with marketing leaders. The founder describes customer research demand and Auxos digital twins of populations. Visible metrics: 80 likes, 80 reactions, 3 comments.

  4. X

    Human behavioral data is the next data frontier… prove me wrong

    Human behavioral data is the next data frontier… prove me wrong