Metis YC Application

Summer 2025Acquired

Metis 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: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 13
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2025

Founders

Aryan ShahFounder
Aayush ShethFounder
Marcus YearwoodFounder

What Metis does

We build infrastructure enabling AI agents to reliably perform complex tasks in production

Metis's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Metis, Summer 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Metis

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Infrastructure to build reliable AI agents

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

We build infrastructure that enables AI agents to reliably perform complex tasks in production. Our platform handles the challenges of coordinating, monitoring, and maintaining agent workflows so companies can deploy AI-driven automation without constant manual intervention.

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

We live in San Francisco, with a remote team; after YC, the company will remain headquartered in San Francisco with a remote workforce.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of AI and software innovation. Being based here gives us access to talent, customers, and partners while allowing flexibility through remote work.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Metis YC application?

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