Acolite YC Application

Spring 2025Active

Acolite went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2025 batch as a Fintech 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: Spring 2025
Industry: FintechInsurance
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Daniel SiryakovFounder
Barak Ben NoonFounder

What Acolite does

Acolite is an AI-powered insurance brokerage purpose-built for the construction industry. We combine modern technology with dedicated, licensed brokers to help contractors get the right coverage faster and at better rates than traditional brokerages can offer.

Acolite's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Acolite, Spring 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Acolite

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Native Commercial Insurance Broker

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

We built an AI-powered brokerage platform tailored for construction contractors. It streamlines the process of finding and buying insurance by combining licensed brokers with AI tools to deliver faster quotes and better coverage options at competitive rates.

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

We live in New York, NY, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our target customers - contractors and construction firms - are concentrated. Being local helps us build relationships with brokers and clients and understand their needs firsthand.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Acolite YC application?

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