Fort YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Fort went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a Consumer 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 2026
Industry: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Miranda NoverFounder
Paul SchneiderFounder
Zac VallesFounder

What Fort does

Fort is a wearable that tracks strength training for people who care about longevity. Other wearables make you manually log every rep, set, and exercise, then provide unhelpful feedback or underestimate strength-related fatigue. We use heart rate and motion data to track your strength workouts for you, then provide thoughtful, actionable feedback that helps you achieve your goals.

Fort's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Fort, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Fort

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Strength Tracking Wearable

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

We are building a wearable that automatically tracks your strength training sessions using heart rate and motion sensors. Unlike typical fitness trackers, Fort measures strength workouts without requiring manual input for reps or sets. It then gives actionable feedback on fatigue and progress to help users improve longevity through smarter training.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and Fort will be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco keeps us close to talent, partners, and early users in tech and fitness, which fits our team and product development needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Fort YC application?

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