Humaans YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Humaans went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 48
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Giovanni LupertiFounder
Karolis NarkeviciusFounder

What Humaans does

Humaans is a next generation HRIS supporting globally distributed organisations. Powered by a flexible data model, deep integrations, fast APIs, and enriched by AI, Humaans removes manual work, reduce compliance risk and enhance your employee experience. Humaans reduces ongoing administrative work by 65% and onboarding time by an average of 55%. We've raised $20 million in VC funding to date. Investors include major Tech players such as Lachy Groom; Slack founder Stewart Butterfield; Shopify founder Tobias Lütke; Figma Founder Dylan Field; Linkedin ex-CEO Jeff Weiner; Stripe COO Claire Johnson; Y Combinator; Moonfire; Frontline Ventures; Exor and more.

Humaans's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Humaans, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Humaans

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-Powered HRIS for high performing teams

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

We're building an HRIS tailored for globally distributed teams that simplifies employee data management. Humaans merges a flexible data model with deep integrations and AI to cut down manual admin work and speed up onboarding. Our APIs make it easy to plug Humaans into existing systems, reducing compliance risk and improving the employee experience.

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

We are based in London, England and plan to keep the company headquartered there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We've chosen London because it gives us access to global clients and a strong engineering talent pool. The city supports our focus on serving distributed teams internationally while being a strong business hub in Europe.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Humaans YC application?

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