Glue YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Glue went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 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 2026
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Perbhat KumarFounder
Tejas PriyadarshiFounder

What Glue does

Glue is an open source design editor for AI agents. It gives coding agents an infinite canvas to create new interfaces, iterate on existing ones, and turn those changes into production-ready code all in real time. The rise of coding agents is collapsing EPD into one role: builders. This new paradigm means design and engineering can now converge to a single workflow. Builders no longer want static mockups in one tool, and implementation in another. Glue is a collaborative workspace where builders and agents can create new components, iterate on existing interfaces, and implement as code. The same tight feedback loop that once made Figma powerful for designers is now built for builders and their armies of agents. Being open source allows us to penetrate workflows at zero cost and build trust quickly. Right now there are no design tools with AI as the primary user. Existing tools bolt on copilots as an afterthought. Soon, every company will have AI agents building their interfaces. We are building the surface for this workflow.

Glue's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Glue

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The Interface Design Canvas for AI agents

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

We built an open source design editor specifically for AI agents who code. It lets builders - a blend of product, design, and engineering roles - create, iterate, and implement interfaces in one collaborative canvas that produces production-ready code in real time.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are here because this is where most of our network and potential users live. Staying local also keeps us close to key tech talent and YC itself.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Glue YC application?

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