Locke YC Application

Summer 2026Active

San Francisco

Locke went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2026
Industry: B2B
Location: San Francisco
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Parth BadhwarFounder/CEO

What Locke does

Locke builds AI agents that help companies and governments work together. Our agents power Locke Government Affairs, the first AI-native government affairs firm, and are being deployed to government agencies across America. Every consequential American company in the 21st century will need to work with the government: AI labs, data centers, healthcare, defense, robotics, the list goes on. Locke is building the AI infrastructure to power the next era of public-private collaboration. Locke's team comes from The White House, Deloitte, the US Congress, and the Pentagon.

Locke's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Locke, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Locke

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Locke powers agentic government work.

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

We're building AI agents that help companies and governments work together. Our main product is Locke Government Affairs, the first AI-native government affairs firm. These agents are already serving public sector agencies across the US and helping companies navigate government processes. We're building the rails for 21st-century public-private collaboration.

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

San Francisco, CA, USA. We'll stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Government work happens in DC, but the future of AI is in San Francisco. Our team and network are here, so it's the obvious place to build.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Locke YC application?

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