Innate YC Application

Fall 2024Active

Innate went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 batch as a Consumer 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: Fall 2024
Industry: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Axel PeytavinFounder
Vignesh AnandFounder

What Innate does

We make personal AI robots - general-purpose physical machines that anyone can program with code, language and demonstrations. We believe building open platforms like the first PCs this is the only way to bring the robotics future that we all want, where everyone can participate in the robotics revolution.

Innate's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Innate, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Innate

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Personal AI Robots

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

We build personal AI robots - general-purpose physical machines that anyone can program using code, language, or demonstrations. Our platform makes robotics accessible and programmable by individuals, not just experts.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and will base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the best place for recruiting top AI and robotics talent and connecting with investors and customers in the AI hardware space.

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 Innate YC application?

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