Overview
Dili is an AI-native compliance platform headquartered in New York City [4] that automates prevailing wage monitoring and certified payroll review for infrastructure, construction, and energy projects [2]. Founded in 2023 [8], the company is backed by Y Combinator, having been part of the Summer 2023 batch [3]. Dili's platform focuses on automating compliance for construction [5] and has assisted customers in securing over $1 billion in federal funding through prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and other labor compliance services [9]. The company operates with a team of 15 employees [6] and maintains an active hiring process, with 8 open roles including positions for Product Manager, Compliance Customer Success Manager, and Demand Generation Marketer [1].
Dili (YC S23) is building the most reliable AI automation for compliance in real-world industries. Across energy, infrastructure, datacenters, advanced manufacturing, and construction, Dili has run prevailing wage, apprenticeship, & other labor compliance to help customers secure over $1 billion in federal funding. Dili is building the AI system of record to help physical industries track compliance, analyze labor and spend, run payroll, and more. [9] [15]
2023 [5]
New York City [11]
Dili ingests certified payroll in PDF, Excel and CSV formats, validates wage rates in real time against SAM.gov wage determinations across all US states and counties, tracks apprentice-to-journeyman ratios and RAPIDS certification, runs line-by-line audits to identify underpayments and misclassifications, and generates stakeholder-specific compliance reporting. [12]
Dili builds an AI platform that automates prevailing wage and apprenticeship compliance monitoring for federally funded construction, energy and infrastructure projects, where compliance is tied to billions in federal funding and tax credits. [14]
Y Combinator's directory lists the company location as New York City, NY, USA. [17]
Growth & traction
15 [6]
Dili reports more than $1 billion in gross wages processed and funding protected, 4.7 million labor hours tracked, 13,837 payroll reports processed, 522,992 workers covered, 700+ projects monitored, 158% ROI from avoided fines, and payroll review 48x faster (about 5 minutes versus 7+ hours). [13]
Y Combinator lists a team size of 15. [18]
Funding & milestones
1 events found for Dili · 2026
Series AVenture / equityDetails$15M
Reported amount $15,000,000
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Profile narrative
Dili raised a $15M Series A from Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Allianz, Brick and Mortar Ventures and Rebel Fund, bringing total reported equity funding to $21.7M. Founded in 2023 by Anand Chaturvedi, Brian Fernandez and Stephanie Song. [3] (Aug 3, 2026)
Key people
Recent developments
- 8 open roles, including Product Manager, Compliance Customer Success Manager, Demand Generation Marketer[1]Aug 9, 2026
Backers
Y Combinator
Accelerator and early-stage investor with an expanded growth-stage presence in New York
Khosla Ventures
Venture capital firm investing from established fintech through frontier AI research organizations
Allianz
The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 100 million private and corporate customers in nearly 70 countries. We are proud to be the Worldwide Insurance Partner of the Olympic & Paralympic Movements from 2021 until 2032 and to be recognized as one of the industry leaders in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment w
Rebel Fund
Rebel Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in seed-stage startups from Y Combinator, with investing partners who are YC alumni founders. The fund has invested in over 300 YC startups and uses a proprietary machine learning algorithm for investment screening.
- BABrick and Mortar Ventures
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