Inkeep YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Inkeep went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 18
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Nick GomezFounder
Robert TranFounder

What Inkeep does

Inkeep is the only agent platform designed to help both developers and non-developers ship Agent-powered assistants and automations. Companies like Anthropic, Midjourney, Clay, PostHog, and Postman deploy Inkeep Agents at scale to help with everything from support to sales. Highlights: - A No-Code Builder and Developer Framework with full 2-way sync - Unified search and RAG for knowledge bases, docs, and company data - MCPs and integrations with your apps, APIs, and software - Intelligent insights and monitoring over how Agents perform With Inkeep Agents, enterprises and high-growth teams empower their employees with AI teammates that help get work done and automate repeatable tasks. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Y-Combinator, Great Point Ventures and leading CEOs and founders.

Inkeep's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Inkeep, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Inkeep

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build AI Agent teammates and automations in code or no-code

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

We build Inkeep Agents: AI assistants and automations that teams can create with no-code or code. Our platform is designed for both developers and non-developers to ship AI-powered agents that connect with apps, APIs, and company data to automate workflows and improve work across departments like support, sales, and product.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are based due to its access to tech talent and proximity to many high-growth companies that use our product.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Inkeep YC application?

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