Garage YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Garage went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2024
Industry: B2B
Team size: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Martin Hunt
Alaz Sengul

What Garage does

Garage is modernizing how America buys and sells the vehicles and equipment that keep communities safe. Our AI-powered marketplace automates every part of the transaction - appraisals, payments, paperwork, freight, warranty, and financing - reducing what once took months down to minutes. By replacing broken, manual processes with modern software, Garage helps critical equipment reach communities faster - saving taxpayer dollars and supporting the industries that keep America running. We've raised $18M to date, and are backed by Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Infinity Ventures, FJ Labs, and other leading investors.

Garage's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Garage, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Garage

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for America's most essential assets

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

We built an AI-powered marketplace that automates buying and selling of vehicles and equipment critical to community safety. It handles appraisals, payments, paperwork, freight, warranties, and financing, turning a process that used to take months into minutes.

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

We live in New York, NY and Garage is based there now and will continue to be based in New York after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we found early customers and the industries that rely on essential vehicles and equipment. Being close to these customers and our supply chain partners is crucial for building trust and understanding complex logistics.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Garage YC application?

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