Minerva YC Application

Spring 2025Active

Minerva 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: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Peter ZhuFounder
Om AgarwalFounder

What Minerva does

We’re building an AI-native accounting firm where accountants collaborate with intelligent agents to deliver superior financial advisory services. Together, they close the books in a fraction of the time traditional firms require.

Minerva's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Minerva

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI native accounting firm

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

We're building an AI-native accounting firm where our accountants work alongside intelligent agents to drastically speed up closing the books. Our product lets businesses get faster, higher-quality financial advisory by combining human accountants with AI assistance.

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 where we're based because it gives us access to the engineering talent and a vibrant startup ecosystem, which helps us move fast and find early users in finance and accounting.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Minerva YC application?

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