Nautilus YC Application

Summer 2025Active

Nautilus 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: B2BSales
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Amayr BabarFounder
Ali SareiniFounder & CTO

What Nautilus does

Nautilus is the first modern platform built for car washes, replacing expensive legacy systems that cost operators thousands monthly. Nautilus delivers mobile-first e-commerce, membership management, and automated marketing. Learn more at nautilus.co.

Nautilus's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nautilus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI platform to grow and optimize car washes

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

We built a mobile-first platform for car wash operators that replaces costly legacy systems. It handles e-commerce, membership management, and automates marketing to help operators grow revenue and reduce churn.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the tech talent and investor access we need to build and scale Nautilus effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Nautilus YC application?

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