Abacum YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Abacum went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 125
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Jorge LluchFounder
Julio MartinezFounder

What Abacum does

Finance teams get instant access to all the operational and financial metrics in one place. With a single click, Finance teams surface insights, automate reporting, forecast revenue, plan headcount, and run multiple scenarios at scale. Abacum perfectly balances entreprise-grade scalability with consumer-grade ease of use. Our powerful, intuitive multi-dimensional modeling engine and collaborative workflows make business partnering seamless. With more than $100M raised, Abacum powers industry leaders such as CoreWeave, Strava, Replit, Abridge, BetterUp, Placer.ai, Kajabi, Aiven, Dish Networks, and hundreds more. Finance teams rate Abacum as the best FP&A solution for mid-market companies, with a 4.8/5 rating on G2 - higher than any competitor.

Abacum's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Abacum, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Abacum

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native FP&A platform for finance teams

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

We built an AI-native financial planning and analysis platform tailored for finance teams. Our product brings all operational and financial metrics into one place, enabling teams to automate reporting, forecast revenue, plan headcount, and run multiple scenarios with a click. It's designed to combine enterprise-grade scalability with a user-friendly interface to make business partnering easier.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is a major finance hub where our users work. Being close to finance teams and enterprise customers lets us build a product that truly fits their needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Abacum YC application?

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