Bernard YC Application
New York City
Bernard went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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
- Summer 2026
- Industry
- B2BOperations
- Location
- New York City
- Team size
- 9
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Dan KatzmanFounder/CEO
David GoodfellowFounder/CTO
What Bernard does
Bernard builds AI employees for home and commercial appliance servicers. They work across phone, text, email, warranty feeds, and existing systems to manage customer communication, scheduling, and dispatch, carrying each job through diagnosis, parts preparation, technician handoff, and follow-up. At the center is Pre-ID, which combines the exact appliance and its symptoms with repair history, similar completed visits, manufacturer guidance, and parts data to produce a diagnosis, ranked parts, and follow-up questions. Technicians arrive prepared with the right parts, helping servicers complete more repairs on the first visit. We’re building the world’s most efficient appliance servicers, creating happier customers and a more connected appliance ecosystem. Learn more at
Bernard's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Bernard, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Bernard
AI employees for appliance repair companies
We build AI employees for home and commercial appliance repair companies. Bernard handles customer communication, scheduling, and dispatch over phone, text, email, and warranty feeds. Our core is Pre-ID, which uses appliance data, repair history, similar visits, manufacturer guidance, and parts info to pre-diagnose jobs, recommend parts, and prep techs so they arrive ready to fix issues on the first visit. We want every appliance servicer to run as efficiently as possible.
New York City, NY, USA. We'd stay based here after YC.
New York is both centrally located for the US appliance market and close to the companies we serve. Our team and early customers are here.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Bernard YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Bernard's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Bernard would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Bernard in?
Bernard was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.
Who founded Bernard?
Bernard was founded by Dan Katzman, David Goodfellow.
What does Bernard do?
AI employees that run home appliance repair companies
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Bernard's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
More YC startups like Bernard
