AtoB

AtoB YC Application

Summer 2020Active

AtoB went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 batch as a Fintech 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 2020
Industry
Fintech
Team size
75
Status
Active
Launched
2020

Founders

  • Vignan Velivela
    Vignan VelivelaFounder and CEO

What AtoB does

The trucking and logistics industry provides the backbone of the economy, but the payments infrastructure on which it runs is broken; the existing suite of payment tools is outdated, difficult to use, prone to fraud, and saddled with hidden fee structures. AtoB is building Stripe for Transportation - modernizing the payments infrastructure for trucking and logistics, where capital movement occurs quickly and transparently. Our flagship product is the AtoB Fuel Card, a zero-fee fuel card accepted anywhere built for fleets of all shapes and sizes.

AtoB's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AtoB, Summer 2020 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

AtoB

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Modernizing global transportation payments

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

We are building payments infrastructure for trucking and logistics. Our flagship product is the AtoB Fuel Card, a zero-fee card accepted anywhere fleets refuel. It replaces outdated, complicated systems with fast, transparent capital movement tailored for transportation companies.

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 has the best access to fintech talent and transportation logistics partners. It's where we each live and where our existing network is strongest, making it the natural base.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AtoB YC application?

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

What YC batch was AtoB in?

AtoB was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2020 batch.

Who founded AtoB?

AtoB was founded by Vignan Velivela.

What does AtoB do?

Modernizing global transportation payments.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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