BaseFrame YC Application

Winter 2026Active

BaseFrame 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: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Anshul PaulFounder
Vaibhav AgrawalFounder

What BaseFrame does

Most teams want to plug in AI but don't know where to get started. BaseFrame's desktop app finds exactly what to automate for each employee using the historic data on their computer. Instead of relying on screen recording or generic AI demos, we use the existing history of how work gets done across email, docs, Slack, calendar, browser, and files to identify the highest-value automations. We use local models so that your sensitive data doesn’t have to leave your system. Once you find a set of automations, send them off to your automation tool of choice and share them with your team so that everyone can get productivity boosts.

BaseFrame's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

BaseFrame

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Detect what AI can automate for your team

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

We build a desktop app that detects what parts of a team's daily work can be automated with AI, based on their historic data across email, docs, Slack, calendar, browser, and files. Our app runs local AI models so sensitive data never leaves the user's computer. It surfaces the highest-value automations specific to each employee, then lets teams export those automations to their favorite automation tools and share them internally to boost productivity.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and work. Being close to other startups and potential partners helps, so staying here after YC makes sense.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real BaseFrame YC application?

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