Hey Telo YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Hey Telo went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 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 2025
Industry: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Christopher GrittnerFounder
Daniel GrittnerFounder

What Hey Telo does

Voice AI for Home Services

Hey Telo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hey Telo, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hey Telo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Voice AI for Home Services

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

We are building a voice AI platform that helps home services businesses automate and improve their customer communications. Our product handles calls and messages, enabling service providers to manage bookings, inquiries, and follow-ups efficiently without needing a live receptionist. It is designed specifically to understand and operate within the home services industry.

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

We currently live in the U.S., and plan to base the company wherever YC suggests after acceptance, likely Silicon Valley or remote depending on YC guidelines.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We want to be flexible and close to YC resources after acceptance but can operate fully remotely. We believe proximity to YC and the startup ecosystem will accelerate our learning and growth.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hey Telo YC application?

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