Dipole Labs YC Application

Summer 2026Active

Boston

Dipole Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 batch as a Industrials 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: Industrials
Location: Boston
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Deepankur ThurejaFounder/CEO
Gabriele PasqualeFounder/CTO

Dipole Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dipole Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-controlled optical switching for AI clusters

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

We are building optical switching networks, controlled by AI, for data centers running large AI clusters. Our system replaces electronic switches with optical ones, letting clusters dynamically reconfigure their network topology with software. This is for customers running large-scale AI training workloads who need higher bandwidth and more flexible networking without massive capex or power hits.

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

We are in Boston, MA, and the company will stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Boston has a strong ecosystem for semiconductors, photonics, and hard tech research. Talent and partners are within reach, and this is where we get early hardware and technical feedback.

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 Dipole Labs YC application?

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