10x Science YC Application

Winter 2026Active

10x Science went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2026
Industry: B2B
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

David RobertsFounder and CEO
Andrew ReiterFounder and COO
Vishnu TejusFounder and CTO

What 10x Science does

10x Science develops frontier AI models with deep memory to redefine how scientists understand and engineer biology across the life sciences, starting with drug development. AI-powered drug discovery is flooding the pipeline with new candidates faster than ever. But before any of them can advance to the clinic, scientists must deeply characterize the protein therapeutic to understand whether it will work. Today, that process takes months of manual, error-prone analysis that cannot keep pace with discovery. Our AI-native platform automates it, giving drug developers the confidence to advance the right candidates and stop the wrong ones early. We have strong commercial traction with enterprise pharma customers. Our founding team built the field of next-generation protein characterization out of Carolyn Bertozzi's Nobel laureate lab at Stanford. Collectively, we have 18+ years of collective domain expertise, 47+ scientific publications, and a 2x YC Founder. We move at the highest velocity and are positioned to lead the next generation of modern AI development in the life sciences.

10x Science's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

10x Science, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

10x Science

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native platform for protein characterization

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

We build an AI-native platform that automates protein characterization for drug developers. Our models have deep memory to help scientists rapidly analyze complex protein therapeutics, a process that currently takes months of manual work. This lets customers quickly decide which candidates to advance or drop.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a biotech and AI hub where we have strong ties to pharma customers and access to top talent. Staying here keeps us close to our network and early users.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real 10x Science YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from 10x Science's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like 10x Science would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.