Lumari YC Application

Spring 2025Active

Lumari went through Y Combinator in the Spring 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: Spring 2025
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Eshani MehtaFounder
Sam LambaFounder

What Lumari does

Lumari is the world's first AI-powered procurement automation platform purpose-built for direct materials and supply chain execution. Backed by Y Combinator, Lumari is a well-funded startup that deploys 100s of always-on AI agents that run sourcing workflows, manage RFQs, expedite purchase orders, and coordinate supplier communication end-to-end -- compressing cycle times and giving teams full visibility into active orders, RFQs, and supplier performance. Founded by engineers from Google, Tesla, Amazon, and Stripe who have built and scaled supply chain systems serving millions of users. Built to operate directly on top of existing tools and ERP systems, Lumari helps procurement teams move faster, eliminate operational bottlenecks, and build more resilient supply chains. No rip-and-replace, no supplier onboarding. Lumari handles the manual chase: quote follow-ups, PO confirmations, delivery status updates, and risk escalation. Lumari helps companies from Fortune 500s to fast-growing startups automate work from sourcing to delivery, streamline supplier communication and order management, and bring full visibility to their procurement operations. To learn more check out

Lumari's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Lumari, Spring 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Lumari

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Digital Workers for Supply Chain

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

We've built an AI-powered procurement automation platform that runs hundreds of always-on AI agents managing sourcing workflows end-to-end. Our system handles RFQs, purchase orders, supplier communication, delivery status updates, and risk escalations on top of existing ERP and tools, letting procurement teams compress cycle times and get full visibility without disrupting suppliers or IT.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right mix of technical talent and proximity to supply chain innovators. Being here helps us recruit engineers and stay close to early adopters in B2B manufacturing and logistics.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Lumari YC application?

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