Humand YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Humand went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 270
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Nicolas BenenzonFounder
Geronimo MasperoFounder

What Humand does

Humand transforms how companies digitize their internal communication, culture, and HR processes within one user-friendly app. As a result, Humand provides every company with a digital Community to centralize every company-employee interaction. Humand's digital Communities are powerful, customizable and easily adapt to the needs of every company, no matter the industry, size or region. Companies that implement Humand benefit from the following suite of Mini Apps, which are getting smarter thanks to the power of AI: + Forms & Smart Workflows 📋 + Internal Social Network ❤️ + Chat 💬 + Time Off 🏝 + Magazine 📰 + Surveys 📊 + Smart Intranet 📲 + Kudos 👏🏻 + Learning 📚 + Onboarding 🎉 + Org chart 👥 + Company Files and Employee Documents 📂 + Perks & Benefits 🥂 + Birthdays & Work Anniversaries 🥳 + Employee Development 🥇 + Electronic Signature ✍🏻 + Smart Tickets 📧 + Marketplace 🛍 + Calendar & Events 📆 + Agenda 🔎 + Integrations 🔗 More than 1,000 companies use Humand. Implemented by ArcelorMittal (biggest steel producer in the world), Tenaris (global leader in steel pipes production), NSG group (among the biggest glass producers in the world), and many other organizations across different countries. Humand enables all workers, particularly those without direct access to a computer at their desks, to stay connected with their company anywhere, anytime. Humand enhances internal communication speed, streamline information flow between collaborators, and enable instant, targeted reach to all employees with push notifications tailored to their needs. Companies that adopt a digital Community powered by Humand experience an enriched work environment, heightened employee camaraderie, and a surge in productivity, all contributing to a thriving and connected workforce.

Humand's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Humand, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Humand

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

All-in-one app for internal communication and HR

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

We built a single app that centralizes every company-employee interaction by combining internal communication, HR processes, and culture into one platform. Our digital Communities offer a customizable suite of tools - from chat and internal social networking to forms, surveys, onboarding, perks, and smart workflows, many enhanced by AI. The goal is to connect every worker, including those without desk computers, improving communication speed and engagement across large, complex organizations.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company is based here with remote work across other locations.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to talent and clients, plus proximity to YC. Our distributed setup lets us support companies globally while growing from here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Humand YC application?

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