Clad YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Clad went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2023
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionConstruction
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Jason RudinFounder

What Clad does

Clad is project management and billing software for infrastructure. The world is rebuilding its internet and power networks. The utilities, internet companies, and contractors tasked with this work face immense pressure to deliver. But their tools haven’t caught up. Contractors struggle to grow, constrained by cashflow. Operators fly blind, lacking real time visibility into issues. Clad unifies project operations and finance to automate project tracking, payments, and permitting. With Clad, contractors grow faster and improve their margins. Operators execute smoothly. And everyone can focus on what’s most important - building.

Clad's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Clad, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Clad

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Project management software for building infrastructure

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

We build software that manages projects and billing specifically for infrastructure construction. Clad helps contractors and operators track project progress, automate payments, and manage permitting in real time. Our tool integrates operations and finance so these teams can avoid costly delays and grow their margins.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company is based here now and will remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in New York because it's a hub for major infrastructure projects and utility operators. Being close to early users and building relationships here helps us understand industry needs and adapt our product accordingly.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Clad YC application?

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