Archon YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Archon went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Government 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 2025
Industry: Government
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

George ParksFounder and CEO

What Archon does

Archon helps software companies sell to the government by cutting the required federal compliance timeline (called FedRAMP) down from 16 to 6 months and cuts costs by $1M per company. Email us at

Archon's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Archon, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Archon

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We help software companies sell to government

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

We built a platform that shortens the federal compliance process called FedRAMP for software companies. It cuts the typical timeline from 16 months to 6 months and saves about $1 million in costs per company. Our product guides clients through the complex security and compliance steps needed to sell software to the government, handling documentation, assessments, and approvals.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live, and it is also the hub for software startups and government tech companies. Being here gives us access to talent and potential clients in the GovTech space.

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 Archon YC application?

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