Startup Intros · Jul 2026
Profile page summarizing founders, funding history, and investor names for Spotlight Realty.
AI powered brokerage reducing residential rental commissions in NYC…
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Spotlight Realty is a YC-backed, AI-powered residential brokerage and leasing platform for New York City and Long Island landlords and sellers. Public sources describe it as a human-supported, AI-first service that automates listing, inquiry handling, showings, screening, document generation, and closing. Public sources conflict on some company metadata (YC lists San Francisco as the company location, while the company site and LinkedIn describe New York).
Primary product
AI-powered residential brokerage and leasing platform
Founded
2025
Headquarters
New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Real Estate
Sub-industry
AI-powered residential brokerage / proptech
11 jobs at Spotlight Realty
Business model
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
CTO & Co-Founder
COO & Co-Founder
Director of Sales and Business Development
Investors
Small, Cornell-affiliated team of builders, engineers, and entrepreneurs; AI-first, transparency-focused, and human-supported.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
The only clearly public compensation signal found is for part-time property tour assistants: $30-$60/hour based on performance, with complete schedule flexibility. No broader company-wide compensation bands were publicly confirmed.
Benefits
Pricing
1.5% commission for sellers; 4% of rental income for landlords; customized enterprise pricing
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$500K-$1M (third-party estimate around $598,885)
Startup Intros · Jul 2026
Profile page summarizing founders, funding history, and investor names for Spotlight Realty.
LinkedIn · Jun 2025
Company announcement that Spotlight Realty joined Y Combinator Summer 2025 and positioned itself as a lower-fee home-selling platform.
Y Combinator
YC launch writeup describing Spotlight Realty as an AI real estate rental agent with 4% commission, lead generation, showing coordination, screening, and landlord dashboard features.
Fondo
Third-party launch coverage summarizing the company's AI leasing workflow, no-upfront-cost pitch, and landlord dashboard.
Extruct AI
Funding analysis describing Spotlight Realty as a YC-backed AI real estate brokerage and estimating total raised capital at $500K in that source.