Inviscid AI YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Inviscid AI went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 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 2026
Industry: IndustrialsEnergy
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Kabir JainFounder
Ziming QiuFounder

What Inviscid AI does

Inviscid AI builds physics-informed AI solutions that transform how buildings and data centers operate. By combining real-time IoT sensor data with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, we create digital twins that simulate building performance in real time and autonomously optimize operations. Our platform optimizes airflow patterns and ventilation strategies to eliminate dead zones, improve air distribution, and reduce the load on mechanical systems. On the energy side, we minimize HVAC power consumption, reduce cooling costs, and lower overall operational expenses while maintaining optimal thermal comfort and indoor air quality. Beyond immediate operational efficiency, we optimize equipment scheduling and maintenance cycles by predicting system behavior under different conditions, allowing facilities managers to proactively address issues before they become problems. Our physics first approach ensures that we're not just optimizing against historical patterns, but optimizing based on a deep understanding of how air, heat, and energy actually move through your building, enabling us to find solutions that traditional rule-based or purely data-driven systems would miss.

Inviscid AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Inviscid AI, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Inviscid AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Real-time Physics Simulations for Industry

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

We build physics-informed AI that takes real-time IoT data from buildings and data centers and runs computational fluid dynamics simulations to create live digital twins. Our platform helps facilities optimize airflow, ventilation, and HVAC usage automatically, cutting energy costs and preventing issues before they happen.

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

We both work remotely, and the company is currently remote-based with no physical headquarters.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Remote lets us move fast and access talent anywhere. Our product is software-first, so we don't need to be tied to one location.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Inviscid AI YC application?

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