Anana

Anana YC Application

Spring 2025Active

Anana went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2025 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
Spring 2025
Industry
B2B
Team size
2
Status
Active
Launched
2025

Founders

  • Ricardo Pantaleon
    Ricardo PantaleonCo-Founder & CEO
  • Alexandros Zisimidis
    Alexandros Zisimidisco-founder

What Anana does

Anana is an AI-powered platform for hospitality revenue, sales, and operations teams to work together in one place. From investigating group pickup and triaging guest complaints to taking action directly in the tools your team already uses, Anana streamlines the workflows that drive occupancy, guest satisfaction, and revenue growth.

Anana's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Anana, Spring 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Anana

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agentic system for hotel management teams

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

We built an AI platform that brings hotel revenue, sales, and operations teams into one workspace. It helps them tackle group pickup analysis, handle guest complaints, and take action directly within their existing tools. The goal is to improve hotel occupancy, guest satisfaction, and revenue by streamlining these workflows.

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

We all live in New York, NY, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in New York to be close to hospitality industry hubs and teams using our product. Being here also keeps us connected to our network and potential customers.

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 Anana YC application?

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

What YC batch was Anana in?

Anana was part of the Y Combinator Spring 2025 batch.

Who founded Anana?

Anana was founded by Ricardo Pantaleon, Alexandros Zisimidis.

What does Anana do?

The agentic system of action for hotel groups and management companies

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Anana's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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