Business

Native

Website
Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-10-12

Overview

Native is building an autonomous marketing platform where business can do all of their marketing within one platform using our artificial intuition model called Norn, that predicts what people will respond to, researched and built in house.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Benjamin Bekken

Founder/CEO

Founder at Native (YC F26). Previous Minecraft YouTuber and video creator with 15 years of experience in marketing, and millions of views. Got a double master's degree in media, communication & IT.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-12

Håkon Græsberg

Founder/CTO

Founder at Native (YC F26). Previously co-founder & CTO at Wepost, a B2B marketing platform. MS in Computer Science with AI specialization from EURECOM and NTNU, plus MSc in Entrepreneurship. Early experience in AI/ML at DNV and Norconsult, working on computer vision and radar technology applications.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-12

Trond Hauga

Founder/COO

Cofounder of Native (YC F26). First co-founded and sold out music festival at 17, then founded marketing agency while doing master's degree in Tech Venture from NTNU (Norwegian MIT). Last year at college I cofounded Wepost which we built for 2.5 years, merging that to start Native in January 2026.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-12
6team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-12

Founded 2026 · Source

News & product activity

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Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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