Basepilot YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Basepilot went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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 2024
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Ken HendricksFounder
Pascal WielerFounder

What Basepilot does

Basepilot helps insurers, TPAs and MGAs streamline claims operations with line-of-business-specific AI agents. Companies like Old Republic International, Zurich & others use Basepilot to make claims operations more efficient, less costly and more intelligent. Basepilot is founded by Ken Hendricks and Pascal Wieler. Interested to try it out? Get started here:

Basepilot's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Basepilot, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Basepilot

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agents for insurance claims

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

We build AI agents tailored to line-of-business tasks in insurance claims. Our product helps insurers, TPAs, and MGAs automate routine claims workflows to reduce costs and speed up processing while improving accuracy. Customers like Old Republic International and Zurich use Basepilot to make claims operations more efficient and intelligent.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and Basepilot is based there. We would remain in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are in San Francisco because it's our home and a strong hub for AI and insurance tech innovation. Staying here keeps us close to our network and early customers.

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 Basepilot YC application?

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