DeepGrove YC Application

Summer 2025Active

DeepGrove went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2025 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: Summer 2025
Industry: B2B
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Shayaan EmranFounder
Edward ZhangFounder

DeepGrove's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

DeepGrove, Summer 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DeepGrove

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Frontier intelligence. On any device.

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

We build AI-powered intelligence tools that run on any device, enabling businesses to analyze complex data at the edge without relying on cloud processing. Our product brings advanced AI capabilities directly to devices companies already use, cutting latency and simplifying integration.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us where much of the AI ecosystem, engineering talent, and potential early customers are. Staying here after YC lets us grow within this strong network and ecosystem.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

See full application

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DeepGrove YC application?

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