Hammr YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Hammr went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Brek GoinFounder
Sanket FirodiyaFounder

What Hammr does

Generic payroll providers weren't built for construction - Hammr is. Our modern tools simplify construction payroll, HR and operations. We help construction companies boost profits, not paperwork.

Hammr's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hammr, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hammr

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Rippling for the Construction Industry

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

We've built a payroll, HR, and operations platform tailored specifically for construction companies. Unlike generic payroll tools, Hammr handles the complexities of construction pay rules, labor compliance, and jobsite operations in one place, saving teams from wrestling with spreadsheets and manual processes.

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

We're based in San Francisco, CA and plan to stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the tech talent and investor communities are concentrated. Being here keeps us close to partners and early users as we scale.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hammr YC application?

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