Gale YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Gale went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 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: Winter 2025
Industry: B2BLegal
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Rahul GudiseCEO & Co-Founder
Haokun QinFounder
Rishabh SambareFounder

What Gale does

Gale is an immigration tech platform that makes immigration simple for US companies. We've simplified the visa application process, streamlined compliance, and can integrate with HR systems - saving teams time, money and headaches. Through automation, we enable the independent attorneys we coordinate with to maintain quality whilst being more efficient.

Gale's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gale

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fast and Data-Driven Immigration Platform

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

We built an immigration platform that simplifies visa applications and compliance for US companies. Our software automates paperwork, integrates with HR systems, and coordinates with independent immigration attorneys, reducing manual work and errors while keeping legal quality high.

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

We're all in San Francisco, and the company will stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team lives and where many of our potential customers are located, making it easier to build relationships and understand their needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gale YC application?

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