Inkbox

Inkbox YC Application

Summer 2026Active

San Francisco

Inkbox went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 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
Summer 2026
Industry
B2BInfrastructure
Location
San Francisco
Team size
3
Status
Active
Launched
2026

Founders

  • Ray Liao
    Ray LiaoFounder/CEO
  • Dima Vremenko
    Dima VremenkoFounder
  • Alex Wilcox
    Alex WilcoxFounder/CTO

What Inkbox does

For your AI agents to behave like teammates, we give them persistent identities with their own email, phone, and iMessage. We also provide them an agent-to-agent channel, so they can communicate for task delegation.

Inkbox's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Inkbox, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Inkbox

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Persistent identity and comms for AI agents

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

We're building Inkbox to give AI agents persistent online identities. With Inkbox, every AI agent gets its own email, phone, and iMessage, so it can communicate directly with people and other agents as if it were a real teammate. We also provide an agent-to-agent channel for task delegation and coordination between AIs. Teams that use AI agents in their workflow can interact with them just like they would with any team member.

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

San Francisco, CA, USA. The company will be based in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in San Francisco because it's the center of the AI industry and where most of our customers and peers are. Our team is already here.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Inkbox YC application?

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

What YC batch was Inkbox in?

Inkbox was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.

Who founded Inkbox?

Inkbox was founded by Ray Liao, Dima Vremenko, Alex Wilcox.

What does Inkbox do?

The identity and communication layer for AI agents

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Inkbox's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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