Denki YC Application

Fall 2025Active

Denki went through Y Combinator in the Fall 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: Fall 2025
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Felipe Jin LiFounder
David Jin LiFounder

What Denki does

Automate internal auditing (planning, testing, documenting) to comply better with financial regulations. Denki performs audit work with 99% software, 1% services: ✔️ Works on existing systems (e.g. Auditboard, Workiva, ERPs) ✔️ Automates Control processes (e.g. collects evidence, runs walkthrough interviews, tests) ✔️ Records every step for traceability (workpapers w/ full audit trace) Focused on SOX programs and financial regulations (SEC Rules etc.)

Denki's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Denki, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Denki

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The full-stack AI financial audit firm

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

We build an AI-driven platform that automates internal auditing tasks for financial regulations. Our software handles planning, testing, and documenting SOX and SEC compliance work by integrating with tools like Auditboard and ERP systems. It runs control processes, collects evidence, runs walkthroughs, tests controls, and produces workpapers with full audit traceability.

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

We live in San Francisco and would remain headquartered here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of AI and fintech innovation where we can hire top talent and stay close to early customers in finance and accounting.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Denki YC application?

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