AICE YC Application

Spring 2026Active

AICE went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2026 batch as a Industrials 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 2026
Industry: IndustrialsDefense
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Gregoire ChometteCo-founder and CEO
Rémi BouteillerFounder

What AICE does

We are building the next generation of underwater defense systems: autonomous swarms of modular marine drones to secure naval assets and coastal infrastructure against evolving underwater threats.

AICE's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AICE, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AICE

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Submarine drones for defense

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

We are building autonomous swarms of modular underwater drones designed to protect naval assets and coastal infrastructure from underwater threats. Our drones operate as a coordinated system using swarm AI to detect and respond to threats beneath the surface.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where both of us live and where the tech ecosystem supports robotics and AI startups, which aligns well with building advanced defense hardware.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AICE YC application?

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