Legionfarm YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Legionfarm went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch as a Consumer 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 2020
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Aleksei Beliankin-BauerFounder

What Legionfarm does

LegionFarm is the world's top AI-powered marketplace for gamers to hire elite pros (top 1%) for coaching, carry and companionship services in AAA games like WoW, Destiny 2, CoD, and Apex Legends. Founded in 2016, YC-backed (W20) with $17.8M from Twitch founders and investors, we've served 250k+ customers via two web platforms and five bots, creating 10k+ jobs for Pros worldwide. We turn gaming hobbies into careers, delivering global entertainment and esports impact. Since 2023, our LLM-driven automation replaced 100+ ops roles, with an AI workspace featuring smart agents, real-time feedback, evals, and community fine-tuning for peak pro efficiency.

Legionfarm's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Legionfarm, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Legionfarm

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI workspace for professional gamers

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

We built an AI-powered marketplace where gamers hire elite pros for coaching and carry services in top games. Our platform includes web apps and bots that connect amateur players to top 1% gamers. Since 2023, we've integrated an AI workspace with smart agents and real-time feedback tools to boost pro efficiency and automate operational roles.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team has formed, where our investor network is, and it's a center for gaming and AI talent vital to what we do.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Legionfarm YC application?

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