Bolto YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Bolto went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 14
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Mrinal SinghFounder
Jake JohnsonFounder

What Bolto does

AI-powered recruiting and HR platform. Find and hire the best pre-vetted global software talent and simplify onboarding, payroll, and compliance.

Bolto's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Bolto, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Bolto

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Powered All-In-One Payroll, HR + Recruiting

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

We built an AI-driven platform that combines recruiting, HR, payroll, onboarding, and compliance. It helps companies find pre-vetted global software engineers and manage them in one place, replacing fragmented tools.

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

We live in San Francisco, and Bolto will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team and early customers are. We want to stay close to tech talent and investors.

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 Bolto YC application?

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