dili YC Application

Summer 2023Active

dili went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Anand ChaturvediCo-Founder, CEO
Brian FernandezFounder

What dili does

Dili (YC S23) is building the most reliable AI automation for compliance in real-world industries. Across energy, infrastructure, datacenters, advanced manufacturing, and construction, Dili has run prevailing wage, apprenticeship, & other labor compliance to help customers secure over $1 billion in federal funding. Dili is building the AI system of record to help physical industries track compliance, analyze labor and spend, run payroll, and more.

dili's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

dili, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

dili

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automating PWA Compliance and Diligence

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

We are building an AI-driven system that automates labor compliance checks in physical industries like energy, infrastructure, and construction. Our product runs prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and other labor compliance analyses to help customers secure federal funding and track payroll and spend. It is the AI system of record for these compliance processes in real-world industries where manual diligence is costly and error-prone.

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

We are based in New York, NY, and after YC, we will remain here. Our team, including founders Anand, Stephanie, and Brian, is grounded here to stay close to our customers in physical industries and financial compliance sectors.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because it is a hub for our target customers in infrastructure, energy, and finance. Staying local enables us to build strong relationships with stakeholders who need compliance automation on real-world projects with federal funding.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real dili YC application?

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