Autostep YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Autostep went through Y Combinator in the Spring 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: Spring 2026
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Aidan PrattFounder

What Autostep does

Autostep is a desktop app installed across your organization to surface repetitive, high-cost tasks that fly under the radar. We rank them by cost and impact so you know what's worth automating, then build or find the right fix - whether that's an AI agent, a process change, or an existing tool.

Autostep's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Autostep, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Autostep

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Uncover repetitive tasks and turn them to agents

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

We built a desktop app that installs across an organization to identify repetitive, high-cost tasks employees do all the time but that don't get tracked. Our product ranks these tasks by cost and impact so ops teams know what's worth automating. Then we build or find the right fix, whether it's an AI agent, a process improvement, or leveraging existing tools.

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

We live in San Francisco, and we plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are embedded in the startup ecosystem and close to early customers. Being here helps us move fast and recruit talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Autostep YC application?

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