Airbyte YC Application
Airbyte went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
- Industry
- B2B
- Team size
- 90
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2020
Founders
Michel TricotCo-Founder & CEO
Jean LafleurCo-Founder & COO
What Airbyte does
Airbyte Agents is the context layer your AI agents query before they act. Features the Context Store, which unifies entities across Salesforce, Stripe, Zendesk and more. Use it from the UI, your LLM via MCP, or our SDK. 40% fewer tool calls, up to 80% fewer tokens. Airbyte Data Replication is the leading open data movement platform that empowers data teams in the AI era by transforming raw data into actionable intelligence.
Airbyte's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Airbyte, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Airbyte
Context layer for AI agents
We are building Airbyte Agents, a context layer that AI agents query before acting. It includes a Context Store that unifies entities across tools like Salesforce, Stripe, and Zendesk, cutting tool calls by 40% and token usage by up to 80%. Our product targets developers building AI-driven workflows who need reliable, unified data access for automation. We also maintain Airbyte Data Replication, an open-source platform that helps data teams transform raw data into actionable insights.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and will base the company here after YC.
San Francisco is where our team and key users are located, and it's critical for access to talent and AI ecosystem partners.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Airbyte YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Airbyte's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Airbyte would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Airbyte in?
Airbyte was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.
Who founded Airbyte?
Airbyte was founded by Michel Tricot, Jean Lafleur.
What does Airbyte do?
Context layer for production-grade AI agents
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Airbyte's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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