Lightski YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Lightski went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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: Winter 2023
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Hansen QianFounder

What Lightski does

We help enterprises transform their operations with the latest AI agents.

Lightski's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Lightski, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Lightski

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Agents for Enterprises

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

We build AI agents tailored for enterprise teams in engineering, product, and design. Our product automates complex workflows and decision-making tasks to improve operational efficiency within large organizations.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC the company will remain based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco because it's a hub for enterprise SaaS and AI startups, providing access to customers, talent, and investors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Lightski YC application?

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