General Trajectory YC Application

Winter 2025Active

General Trajectory 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: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Joshua BelofskyFounder

What General Trajectory does

General Trajectory is using AI to solve the world's most important problems, from autonomous defense to scientific R&D.

General Trajectory's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

General Trajectory

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI for the physical world

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

We are building AI systems that interact with and solve problems in the physical world. Our current focus includes applications ranging from autonomous defense systems to scientific research and development, using AI to handle complex physical tasks that existing software struggles to manage.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are currently located and it is the hub for AI and robotics talent, making it the natural place to grow the company.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real General Trajectory YC application?

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