item YC Application
item went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2025 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
- Fall 2025
- Industry
- B2BSales
- Team size
- 6
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2025
Founders
Andres SantanillaFounder
Akshay GuthalFounder
What item does
item connects to all your customer tools, gathers and enriches context automatically, and becomes your company’s source of truth - one place where your team and your AI agents share the full picture to act autonomously. At the center is the Assistant - your sidekick for daily work. It can send follow-ups, research leads, or add deals with a simple prompt. No complex UI, drop-downs or fields, simply ask. For repeatable work, you build Agents that you can train like new hires, simply by writing documents that describe your processes. item Agents run business processes across sales, support, and account management autonomously.
item's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
item, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
item
The AI-Native CRM that works for you
We built item, an AI-native CRM that connects to a company's existing customer tools and automatically gathers context. At its core is an Assistant that users can interact with through natural language to handle daily tasks like sending follow-ups, researching leads, or adding deals. Beyond that, users can train Agents by writing documents to describe their processes, which then run sales, support, and account management workflows autonomously. No complex UI or forms, just simple prompts.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC the company will be based here as well.
San Francisco is where our team is and where we can access the best talent and sales clients. Staying local keeps us close to key customers and partners.
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 item YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from item's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like item would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was item in?
item was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch.
Who founded item?
item was founded by Andres Santanilla, Akshay Guthal.
What does item do?
The AI-Native CRM that works for you
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of item's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
