Alkera AI YC Application
San Francisco
Alkera AI went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 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 2026
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Location
- San Francisco
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Rick GaoFounder/CEO
Tony LiFounder/COO
Andrew TranFounder/CTO
What Alkera AI does
Alkera is a data engineering/analysis/science agent that works in your IDE or CLI. If you’re tired of agents that produce false, or even dangerous, reports about your data, then Alkera is for you. Our agent is equipped with your data’s history and lineage, your team’s knowledge, and tailored plugins for data apps such as Snowflake and dbt. Simply install and connect your services to begin doing trusted agentic data work. We also offer VPC & on-prem deployment options for when data can't leave your boundary.
Alkera AI's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Alkera AI, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Alkera AI
Reliable and safe data engineering agents
We're building Alkera, an agentic data engineering/data science tool that works in your IDE or CLI. Alkera uses your company's data history, lineage, team knowledge, and integrates with platforms like Snowflake and dbt. Users install Alkera, connect to their data stack, and can then perform trustworthy analysis, transformations, or reporting - without worrying about hallucinated or dangerous results. We offer on-prem and VPC deployment for customers who need to keep their data within strict boundaries.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.
San Francisco is the natural location for a technical early-stage AI company - we're here already and close to customers, talent, and many early collaborators.
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 Alkera AI YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Alkera AI's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Alkera AI would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Alkera AI in?
Alkera AI was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.
Who founded Alkera AI?
Alkera AI was founded by Rick Gao, Tony Li, Andrew Tran.
What does Alkera AI do?
Reliable and safe data engineering and data science agents
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Alkera AI's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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