Broccoli AI YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Broccoli AI went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 21
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Aditya KetkarFounder

What Broccoli AI does

Broccoli is building the AI-native operating system for home service businesses. Running a plumbing or HVAC company is chaotic - calls, scheduling, dispatch, follow-ups, marketing. We automate all of it so contractors can focus on what they do best: serving customers. Our AI agents handle both revenue and ops - answering phones 24/7, booking jobs in real time, following up on leads, and alerting techs when emergencies hit. We’ve grown from 0 to 200+ contractors in under a year, raised an unannounced round led by a Tier 1 VC to take on one of the biggest labor automation opportunities in the country.

Broccoli AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Broccoli AI, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Broccoli AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native operating system for home services

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

We built an AI-driven operating system for home service contractors like plumbers and HVAC companies. Our product handles the chaotic parts: answering phones 24/7, scheduling jobs instantly, following up on leads, and dispatching technicians for emergencies. Essentially, it automates both revenue and operations so contractors focus on customers.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is and where the home service contractors market is ripe for automation. Staying here helps us build close to the engineering talent and customer base.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Broccoli AI YC application?

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