Activepieces YC Application

Summer 2022Active

Activepieces went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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: Summer 2022
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Ashraf SamhouriCo-founder and CEO
Mohammad AbuAboudCo-Founder & CTO

What Activepieces does

Activepieces is an open-source (MIT) business automation software. For example, you can build automations to receive email and Slack notifications about new contacts add to your HubSpot CRM.

Activepieces's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Activepieces, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Activepieces

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source, AI-first no-code automation tool

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

We're building Activepieces, an open-source business automation platform that lets users create automated workflows without writing code. For example, users can set up triggers like new contacts in HubSpot and get Slack or email notifications automatically. Our tool is designed to be AI-first and no-code, helping businesses streamline processes without developers or complex integrations.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the startup ecosystem and talent that match our ambitions. Being here helps us hire engineers and connect with product and design experts to build a polished B2B tool.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Activepieces YC application?

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