Mentum YC Application

Summer 2021Acquired

Mentum went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Gus TrigosFounder

What Mentum does

Mentum helps procurement and supply chain teams streamline strategic sourcing with AI, transforming unstructured data into actionable insights for faster decisions and cost savings. Backed by Google’s Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator, we serve industries like CPG, energy, automotive, and aerospace.

Mentum's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Mentum, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mentum

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-Powered Assistant for Procurement

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

We build an AI assistant that helps procurement and supply chain teams tackle the painful manual work in strategic sourcing. Our product turns scattered, unstructured supplier and contract data into clear insights, speeding decisions and cutting costs. Users are procurement professionals in industries like CPG, energy, automotive, and aerospace who need faster, data-backed sourcing workflows.

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

We live in San Francisco, and post-YC the company will remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are connected to a strong tech and investor network, and close to many enterprise customers in supply chain sectors. This keeps us in touch with product needs and market feedback.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Mentum YC application?

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