CodeWisp YC Application

Winter 2026Active

CodeWisp went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a Consumer 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: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Elvin FuFounder

What CodeWisp does

CodeWisp lets anyone build and publish web games using plain-English prompts. Traditional game development requires learning complex engines, managing assets and code, and following rigid workflows, making it slow and inaccessible for most people. With CodeWisp, users describe the game they want. CodeWisp generates the game’s code, structure, and assets, and users can refine it with follow-up prompts. This makes it possible to go from idea to a playable web game in minutes, without prior game-development experience.

CodeWisp's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CodeWisp

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Anyone can create real games with AI

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

We built CodeWisp to let anyone build and publish web games using plain-English prompts. Users just describe the game they want, and our system generates the game's code, structure, and assets. They can then iterate by refining it through follow-up prompts. This turns a traditionally complex and slow game development process into something accessible and fast, especially for people without prior technical skills.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the tech and startup ecosystem we need exists. Staying here lets us stay close to potential users, partners, and investors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CodeWisp YC application?

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