GUILD YC Application

Summer 2026Active

GUILD went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 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: Summer 2026
Industry: IndustrialsDefense
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Kaya CelebiFounder
Erim GurlemisFounder

What GUILD does

GUILD is an AI-Native Defense contractor making aerospace parts faster and cheaper. We win defense contracts, automate manufacturing, and deliver to the government's door.

GUILD's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

GUILD, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

GUILD

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Neoprime Reshaping Defense Supply Chain

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

We are building an AI-driven platform that automates the end-to-end defense supply chain by integrating directly with supplier partners. Our system sources, funds, produces, and delivers defense contracts across U.S. and NATO markets with precision and speed.

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

We currently live and work in New York, NY. After YC, we plan to keep the company based in New York to stay close to our defense and manufacturing partners.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we have built initial supplier relationships and where our network exists. Being here lets us operate effectively in the U.S. defense supply chain ecosystem.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real GUILD YC application?

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