haddock YC Application

Winter 2022Active

haddock went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 40
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Arnau NavarroFounder
Pol RosellFounder

What haddock does

haddock is a restaurant operations platform that combines a category-leading System of Record with AI-powered Systems of Action. It centralizes all operational and financial data into a single source of truth, and uses AI agents to autonomously execute workflows such as reconciliation, invoice validation, and incident resolution. By reducing manual work and dependence on scarce talent, haddock helps restaurants improve margins, accuracy, and operational control at scale.

haddock's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

haddock, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

haddock

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agents to run restaurant operations

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

We built a platform for restaurants that centralizes all their operational and financial data into one system. Our AI agents run key workflows autonomously, like invoice validation, reconciliation, and incident resolution. The goal is to reduce manual work in restaurant operations, improve accuracy, and help restaurants control costs without relying heavily on scarce accounting talent.

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

We live and operate out of Barcelona, Spain, and would stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Barcelona has a growing tech ecosystem and allows us to attract talent while staying close to many European restaurant groups. We're building here because the founders live here and the market is accessible from this location.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real haddock YC application?

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