Lantern AI YC Application
San Francisco
Lantern AI went through Y Combinator in the Fall 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
- Fall 2026
- Industry
- B2BHuman Resources
- Location
- San Francisco
- Team size
- 4
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Thomas ChanFounder/CEO
Justin TangFounder/CTO
What Lantern AI does
Lantern learns what exceptional looks like for your team, pressure-tests the role against the real talent market, then runs the hiring loop: sourcing, inbound applications, interviews, assessments, candidate communication, and offers.
Lantern AI's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Lantern AI, Fall 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Lantern AI
Turn Your Taste Into Hires
We built Lantern to run the full hiring loop for teams who want to hire exceptional people. Lantern learns what 'great' looks like for your current team, matches it against the talent market, then handles everything: sourcing, inbound, interviews, assessments, communication, and offers. It's a product for founders and recruiters who want to consistently hire people that are the right fit, not just hit resume keywords.
We are based in San Francisco, CA. The company will stay based here after YC.
San Francisco is where our team is, and it's the best place to build an AI company focused on B2B hiring. Most of our early users and peers are here, and it's where we can move fastest.
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 Lantern AI YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Lantern AI's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Lantern AI would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Lantern AI in?
Lantern AI was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2026 batch.
Who founded Lantern AI?
Lantern AI was founded by Thomas Chan, Justin Tang.
What does Lantern AI do?
Turn Your Taste Into Hires
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Lantern AI's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
