AutoSitu YC Application

Winter 2026Active

AutoSitu went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2026
Industry: B2BLegal
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

George ZhaiFounder
Xuanshu (Asher) LinFounder

What AutoSitu does

At AutoSitu, we’re building coordinated AI agents that live inside cities’ cross-department development review workflows - doing the heavy lifting, escalating judgment calls, and letting staff focus where human expertise actually matters. AutoSitu provides expert-level guidance and catch issues in minutes, helping cities and design firms/developers navigate an increasingly complex and fragmented regulatory environment. We serve as a strategic partner to forward-thinking public agencies and design teams across the country and are backed by Y Combinator (W26).

AutoSitu's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AutoSitu, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AutoSitu

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native workspace for development plan reviews

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

We're building AI agents embedded in city and design firm workflows that handle most of the heavy lifting in development plan reviews. Our product flags issues quickly and escalates judgment calls to human experts, so city staff and design teams spend time on what really needs human expertise.

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

We haven't publicly disclosed our location and plan to remain flexible. After YC, we'll be based where it makes the most sense to grow with our public agency partners and design teams.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Because we're focused on a complex, regulated space involving public agencies and design firms across the country, staying location-agnostic lets us adapt to our partners' needs and the locations where our product has immediate impact.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AutoSitu YC application?

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