Korso YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Korso went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2026 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: Spring 2026
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Daichi HiraokaFounder
Alex LiuFounder
Martin PanFounder

What Korso does

Korso builds AI agents that handle the operational work manufacturers still do manually, including processing RFQs, following up on quotes, coordinating with suppliers, and keeping production on track when things go wrong. Our agents plug into your existing ERP and CRM, understand your workflows, and act on your behalf: triaging incoming requests, chasing delayed orders, notifying customers, and escalating when human judgment is needed. We built Korso around the reality that enterprise systems cannot afford mistakes. Every agent action passes through verification layers, tools are scoped, and critical operations go through dry-run validation and secondary review. Full audit trails mean you can see exactly what was done, why, and when. Most AI automation breaks down at the ERP integration layer. Korso's orchestration is built for the messiness of real manufacturing systems, with long-running workflows that span weeks and checkpointing that never loses progress. Instead of replacing your systems, Korso makes them work harder, so your team spends less time on coordination and more time on the work that actually matters.

Korso's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Korso, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Korso

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The Intelligence Layer for Manufacturing

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

We build AI agents that automate operational tasks manufacturers do manually. Our product plugs into ERP and CRM systems, handles workflows like RFQs, order follow-ups, supplier coordination, and managing production issues by acting on behalf of users. It verifies every action to avoid mistakes, providing audit trails and checkpointing for long-running processes.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where our users and engineering talent are concentrated. It makes it easier to build and sell to manufacturers who rely on complex ERP systems.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Korso YC application?

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