Hatch YC Application

Winter 2019Acquired

Hatch went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 73
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2018

Founders

Chris BacheFounder
Bill ViolanteFounder

What Hatch does

Build Ai Agents to communicate with your customers over voice, email and sms.

Hatch's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hatch, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hatch

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The AI CSR Platform

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

We build AI agents that handle customer communications over voice, email, and SMS. Our product automates outreach, follow-ups, and responses, letting sales and support teams scale without hiring more people.

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

We live in Richmond, VA, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Richmond gives us a low-cost base and access to solid engineering talent. We're committed to growing our team here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hatch YC application?

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