MarkIt YC Application

Fall 2025Active

MarkIt went through Y Combinator in the Fall 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: Fall 2025
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Chanhyung KimFounder
Roland SaavedraFounder

What MarkIt does

MarkIt builds AI agents that work directly inside the workflows trade professionals use every day - Excel, PDFs, broker portals, and more. From defensible classification, ACE report audits, and a self-updating system of record, it serves trade professionals end to end with agents intelligent enough to work in the complex environment. MarkIt brings reasoning, memory, and automation to global trade compliance, helping Suppliers, Brokers, and OEMs reduce errors, save time, and streamline operations in the growingly intense world of Global Trade.

MarkIt's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MarkIt, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MarkIt

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Agents for Trade Compliance

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

We build AI agents that embed into the tools trade compliance professionals already use - like Excel, PDFs, and broker portals. Our system automates classification, audits ACE reports, and maintains a real-time system of record. The agents bring automation and memory to reduce errors and save time in complex global trade workflows for Suppliers, Brokers, and OEMs.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the hub for AI, logistics, and startups. Being here puts us close to partners, clients, and talent we need to build and grow a product that understands global trade compliance complexities.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real MarkIt YC application?

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