Hedge YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Hedge went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2026 batch as a Fintech 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: Spring 2026
Industry: FintechInsurance
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Luke ButtonFounder
Luke RosaFounder

What Hedge does

Hedge is an AI-Native specialty insurance company. We help insurance brokers find faster, cheaper, and better coverage for their customers.

Hedge's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hedge, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hedge

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-Native specialty insurance company

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

We're building an AI-first platform that helps insurance brokers find specialty insurance coverage faster, cheaper, and more accurately. The product interfaces with brokers to streamline quoting and risk assessment, cutting through the complexity specialty insurance usually has.

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

We live in San Francisco, and after YC we'll stay based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and where most specialty insurance brokers and underwriters are concentrated. Being local helps us build direct relationships and deeply understand the market's pain points.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hedge YC application?

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