Forge Automation YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Forge Automation went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 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: Winter 2025
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 21
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Timothy SetoFounder
Walter RaftusFounder

What Forge Automation does

Forge Automation runs software enabled factories that deliver custom metal parts in four days or less. Instead of mechanical engineers having to wait two to three weeks for their low volume CNC parts, they can simply upload a CAD model on our platform and we will ship it out in four days or less. We aim to give mechanical engineers the "Amazon experience" for custom metal parts.

Forge Automation's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Forge Automation, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Forge Automation

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software Enabled CNC Parts Supplier

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

We run factories that produce custom metal CNC parts in four days or less. Engineers upload CAD models to our platform and we handle manufacturing and delivery. This saves mechanical engineers weeks of wait time for low volume parts, giving a fast, reliable alternative to traditional shops or brokers.

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

We live in Toronto, ON, Canada. The company is based here and would continue to be after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Toronto has a strong industrial base and access to manufacturing talent. It also allows us to serve North American customers efficiently and build close relationships with our suppliers and users.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Forge Automation YC application?

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