Arcane YC Application

Profile updated September 9, 2026Winter 2024Acquired

New York, NY, USA

Arcane went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 batch as a Consumer 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 2024
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Location: New York, NY, USA
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2024

Founders

Rohan MehtaFounder
Lucas SwitzerFounder

What Arcane does

Arcane is building an AI powered game platform. We allow anyone to create and play games, without writing code.

Arcane's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Arcane, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Arcane

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI powered games

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

We are building an AI-powered game platform that lets anyone create and play games without coding. Instead of requiring designers or developers, our platform uses AI to handle game logic, assets, and interactions generated dynamically. This makes game creation accessible to a broad audience beyond just programmers.

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

We live in New York, NY and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we've built our early product and community. Staying here keeps us close to our network and resources we rely on.

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 Arcane YC application?

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