Burt YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Burt 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: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Bobby ZhongFounder
Kurt SharmaFounder

What Burt does

We're building for the people that keep the world moving. Freight brokers and forwarders operate on razor-thin margins in a relationship-driven business - yet most of their teams spend the majority of their day on manual, repetitive work. We help freight brokers and forwarders build AI teammates that handle their repetitive, manual tasks so teams have time to focus on customers, carriers, and growing the business.

Burt's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Burt

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI teammates for logistics

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

We build AI tools that handle repetitive, manual tasks for freight brokers and forwarders. Our product automates scheduling, document processing, and routine communications so teams spend less time on busy work and more on their customers and carriers.

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

We're based in San Francisco, CA, and plan to stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of AI and logistics technology, and that's where our network and potential customers are. It also gives us access to talent and investors focused on enterprise AI.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Burt YC application?

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