Hesper AI YC Application

Fall 2026Active

New York City

Hesper AI went through Y Combinator in the Fall 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: Fall 2026
Industry: FintechInsurance
Location: New York City
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Pankaj DhariwalFounder/CEO
Nitish BaduFounder/COO

What Hesper AI does

Hesper AI builds AI agents that investigate P&C insurance claims end to end. Hesper’s agents read the claim file, detect tampered documents, verify facts, check coverage, flag inconsistencies, and produce an audit-ready case file in minutes, so insurers can check every claim. We work with Claims and SIU orgs at Carriers, MGAs and TPAs,

Hesper AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hesper AI, Fall 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hesper AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Claims Investigator for Insurance

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

We build AI agents that investigate P&C insurance claims. Our product reads the claim file, verifies facts, checks for document tampering, flags inconsistencies, reviews coverage, and produces an audit-ready case file within minutes. We work with Claims and SIU teams at Carriers, MGAs, and TPAs who need to check every claim end to end.

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

We are based in New York City, NY, and will stay based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is a hub for insurance and fintech, and it's where our customers are.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hesper AI YC application?

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