YC Application

Summer 2026

Founders

How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet? Have any of the founders not met in person?

Who writes code, or does other technical work on your product? Was any of it done by a non-founder? Please explain.

Are you looking for a cofounder?

Founder Video

Please record a one minute video introducing the founder(s).*

Upload your video to YouTube (unlisted is fine) and paste the link below.

Company

Company name*

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.*

0 / 50

Company URL, if any

If you have a demo, paste a YouTube link below.

Upload a short video showing how your product works. Unlisted is fine.

Please provide a link to the product, if any.

If login credentials are required for the link above, enter them here.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

Use the format City A, Country A / City B, Country B

Explain your decision regarding location.

Progress

How far along are you?

How long have each of you been working on this? How much of that has been full-time? Please explain.

What tech stack are you using, or planning to use, to build this product? Include AI models and AI coding tools you use.

Optional: attach a coding agent session you're particularly proud of.

This is an experimental question for the Summer 2026 batch to give people a chance to show off their skills with AI coding tools.

Many coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, etc) have a /export command, or otherwise include a button allowing you to export a transcript. Can be text or markdown.

Drop here or browse files

.md or .txt (max 25MB)

Are people using your product?

Yes No

Do you have revenue?

Yes No

If you are applying with the same idea as a previous batch, did anything change? If you applied with a different idea, why did you pivot and what did you learn from the last idea?

If you have already participated or committed to participate in an incubator, "accelerator" or "pre-accelerator" program, please tell us about it.

Idea

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you're making?

Who are your competitors? What do you understand about your business that they don't?

How do or will you make money? How much could you make?

(We realize you can't know precisely, but give your best estimate)

Which category best applies to your company?

If you had any other ideas you considered applying with, please list them. One may be something we've been waiting for. Often when we fund people it's to do something they list here and not in the main application.

Equity

Have you formed ANY legal entity yet?

This may be in the US, in your home country or in another country.

Yes No

Have you taken any investment yet?

Yes No

Are you currently fundraising?

Yes No

Curious

What convinced you to apply to Y Combinator? Did someone encourage you to apply? Have you been to any YC events?

How did you hear about Y Combinator?

Batch Preference

What batch do you want to apply for?

Summer 2026 A batch after Summer 2026

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Founders

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Equity

Curious

Batch Preference