Derya YC Application

Summer 2026Active

San Francisco

Derya went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 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 2026
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Location: San Francisco
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Oguzhan KaracaFounder/CEO
Mert TurnaFounder/CTO

What Derya does

Derya deploys supply chain automations for startups, SMEs, and enterprises that fulfil their entire supply chain function, from prospecting and procurement to distribution of goods. Our mission is to rebuild the supply chain from the ground up, turning one of the world’s hardest coordination problems into an AI native system that moves commodities by being integrated into both the supply chain infrastructure and the customer. We work across robotics, commodities, and food & beverages companies; procuring goods and managing various operation functions for them.

Derya's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Derya, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Derya

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Brokers for Industrial Trade

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

We build Derya, an AI broker system that automates the end-to-end supply chain functions for businesses - prospecting, procurement, and distribution of goods. Our automation handles operations for robotics, commodities, and food & beverage companies, acting as their outsourced supply chain partner. We focus on integrating deeply with both supply chain infrastructure and our customers so AI can actually run the process, not just advise it.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and that's where the company is based.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are building Derya in San Francisco because it's the right hub for AI talent, early-stage tech customers, and has strong connections to both investment and industrial networks.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Derya YC application?

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