Affogato AI YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Affogato AI went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Bhagaban BeheraFounder
Nakul KelkarFounder

What Affogato AI does

Affogato AI is your all-in-one AI Video Agent, designed to help businesses, eCommerce sellers, agencies, and creators produce professional short-form videos instantly. From TikTok ads and Instagram Reels to YouTube Shorts, UGC content, and branded campaigns, Affogato makes high-quality video creation simple, fast, and scalable. No editing skills required - just type an idea and get campaign-ready videos that look studio-made, in minutes.

Affogato AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Affogato AI, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Affogato AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Your Agent for instant TikToks, Reels, and ads.

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

We build an AI Video Agent that creates professional short-form videos instantly for businesses, eCommerce sellers, agencies, and creators. Users type an idea and get ready-to-run TikTok ads, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, UGC, and branded campaigns without needing editing skills.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team and most customers are, making it easier to build product-market fit and recruit talent.

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 Affogato AI YC application?

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