CodeAnt AI YC Application

Winter 2024Active

CodeAnt AI 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: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Amartya JhaFounder
Chinmay BhartiFounder

What CodeAnt AI does

CodeAnt AI attacks your systems the way a real adversary would, then it walks back into your code and helps you build the defenses exactly where the attack got through. Continuous attack. Continuous defense. One self-learning platform. Trigger a free pentest No engagement fee. Pay only if we find high or critical issues; low and medium issues are free.

CodeAnt AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CodeAnt AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Autonomous offensive and defensive security platform

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

We built CodeAnt AI to continuously attack your systems like a real adversary would and then guide your developers to build defenses exactly where the attack succeeded. It's a self-learning platform delivering both offensive and defensive security automation.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for cybersecurity and tech talent, which we rely on heavily to build and iterate quickly. It keeps us close to many early users and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CodeAnt AI YC application?

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