Distro YC Application

Summer 2024Active

Distro went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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 2024
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Jason SullivanFounder

What Distro does

Distro is the all-in-one AI-powered sales platform for counter staff and inside sales at industrial wholesale distributors (HVAC/R, plumbing, electrical, and more).

Distro's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Distro, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Distro

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI co-pilot for sales at industrial distributors

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

We built a single platform that helps counter staff and inside sales reps at industrial wholesale distributors submit quotes, answer product questions, and handle orders using AI to speed up their workflow. It combines AI with data from distributor inventories and pricing to give reps the right answers quickly.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company is based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where most of our team is. Being here lets us hire experienced engineers and be close to investors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Distro YC application?

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