camelAI YC Application

Winter 2024Active

camelAI 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: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Illiana ReedFounder
Isabella ReedFounder
Miguel SalinasFounder

What camelAI does

For decades, companies have settled for software built for everyone, which means it's perfect for no one. They stitch together five SaaS tools to approximate one workflow, pay for seats they don't use, and file tickets with a data team just to answer a simple question. CamelAI is a different bet: your own AI software engineer, living on its own computer, building exactly what your business needs. You describe what you want. CamelAI builds it, deploys it to a live URL, and keeps it running. No developers required, no infrastructure to manage. Next week when your process changes, you ask again. The software changes with you. This is personal software: tools made for your team, your data, your workflows.

camelAI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

camelAI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI software engineer that lives on its own computer

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

We build an AI software engineer that runs independently on your own computer, building custom workflows tailored exactly to your business. You describe what you want, and camelAI builds, deploys, and maintains it for you, adapting as your needs evolve. It eliminates the need for developers or managing infrastructure.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is home to all three founders and where our early users are. It also gives us access to the tech talent and network we need to grow.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real camelAI YC application?

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