# Agent Relay

[Agent Relay on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/agent-relay)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://agentrelay.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/agent-relay)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agent-relay/)
- [X](https://x.com/agent_relay)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/agentworkforce)

## About

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## YC company profile

Let your teams' coding agents message each other

Agent Relay lets software teams' AI coding agents message each other directly, so people stop copy/pasting between Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and their teammates' agents. A frontend agent can ask the backend agent what an API returns, two agents can sort out a merge conflict between themselves, and your agent can answer a colleague's agent while you sleep.
 
Agents connect wherever they run: terminals, desktop apps, phones, laptops, cloud boxes, or a Mac mini across the world. Every session goes into shared, searchable history, so decisions don't get stuck in one person's chat. You can even let a customer's agent debug with yours. Setup takes about 5 minutes: give your agent the link and it installs itself. Use our hosted version free, or self-host the open-source version

- **YC batch:** Fall 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Developer Tools, Swarm AI, Open Source, AI
- **YC partner:** Grey Baker

## Founders

### Will Washburn — Founder/CEO

Previously built Tailwind, where I spent 14 years scaling a marketing SaaS for small businesses to eight-figure ARR, 50K+ paying customers, 1M+ users, 60+ people, and a Series A. Now building Agent Relay so teams' coding agents can coordinate directly. We run 50+ agents in parallel ourselves.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/willwashburn/) · [X](https://www.x.com/willwashburn/)

### Khaliq Gant — Founder/CTO

Previously Founding Engineer at Nango (W23) and Lead Engineer at Overview (W19). Cornell & Columbia grad. Former collegiate basketball player. Was paralyzed from neck down, fought way back to be able to walk again.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaliqgant/) · [X](https://x.com/khaliqgant)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/agent-relay) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Khaliq Gant](https://hacklab.so/khaliq-gant) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Will Washburn](https://hacklab.so/will-washburn) — Founder/CEO (Present)