Lilac YC Application
Lilac went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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
- Summer 2025
- Industry
- B2B
- Team size
- 4
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2025
Founders
Ryan EwingFounder
Lucas EwingFounder
What Lilac does
Lilac taps idle GPUs from cloud providers and enterprises, giving startups and researchers cheaper inference while letting companies monetize unused capacity. Fully automated with Kubernetes integration.
Lilac's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Lilac, Summer 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Lilac
We automatically monetize idle GPUs
We built a platform that taps into idle GPUs from cloud providers and enterprises, automatically allocating that unused capacity to startups and researchers who need cheaper inference. It's fully automated and integrates with Kubernetes to make adoption straightforward. The goal is to help companies monetize GPUs they aren't using while lowering costs for the end users running ML workloads.
We're based in San Francisco, with a remote team. After YC, the company will remain headquartered in San Francisco with remote work continuing.
San Francisco is where we live and where the startup ecosystem we want to engage with is strongest. Remote work lets us hire talent globally but keeping HQ in San Francisco helps with investor and customer connections.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Lilac YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Lilac's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Lilac would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Lilac in?
Lilac was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2025 batch.
Who founded Lilac?
Lilac was founded by Ryan Ewing, Lucas Ewing.
What does Lilac do?
We automatically monetize idle GPUs
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Lilac's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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