Instinct YC Application
Instinct went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Industrials 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 2025
- Industry
- IndustrialsAviation and Space
- Team size
- 4
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2025
Founders
Alex Pinel NeparidzeFounder
Joaquim DicksonFounder
Ashwin IyerFounder
What Instinct does
Instinct is making the Moon the new LEO. Our small lunar lander is designed to be launched as a regular LEO rideshare, enabling higher mission cadence at a lower cost.
Instinct's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Instinct, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Instinct
Building lunar landers
We are building a small lunar lander designed to launch as a rideshare payload in regular LEO missions. This enables faster mission cadence and lower costs for customers wanting to send payloads to the Moon. Our lander bridges the gap between current high-cost lunar missions and flexible, more frequent lunar access.
We live in London, United Kingdom, and the company will continue to be based there after YC.
London is where all four founders live and work. It gives us access to aerospace talent and a strong industrial base, which is critical for building hardware like lunar landers.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Instinct YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Instinct's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Instinct would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Instinct in?
Instinct was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.
Who founded Instinct?
Instinct was founded by Alex Pinel Neparidze, Joaquim Dickson, Ashwin Iyer.
What does Instinct do?
Building lunar landers
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Instinct's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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