Kalpa Labs YC Application
Kalpa Labs 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
- B2B
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2025
Founders
Prashant ShishodiaFounder
Gautam JhaFounder
What Kalpa Labs does
We're building the next frontier of speech models. Generalist speech models that unlock in-context learning & strong instruction following for speech models alongside unifying existing speech capabilities like speech to text, text to speech, voice cloning, etc.
Kalpa Labs's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Kalpa Labs, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Kalpa Labs
Scaling Generalist Speech models
We are building generalist speech models that can handle instruction following, in-context learning, and combine tasks like speech to text, text to speech, and voice cloning into a single system. Our product lets businesses integrate one model that replaces multiple separate speech tools.
We live in San Francisco, CA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.
San Francisco has the engineering talent and startup ecosystem we rely on. Both Prashant and I are local here, so it makes sense to stay where we can recruit and connect easily.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Kalpa Labs YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Kalpa Labs's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Kalpa Labs would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Kalpa Labs in?
Kalpa Labs was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch.
Who founded Kalpa Labs?
Kalpa Labs was founded by Prashant Shishodia, Gautam Jha.
What does Kalpa Labs do?
Scaling Generalist Speech models
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Kalpa Labs's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
