Ontora YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Ontora went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2026 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 2026
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Leon IwanowitschFounder
Maximilian ArnoldFounder
David KornFounder

What Ontora does

Ontora is an AI Agent that interviews every employee to map how work actually gets done and identify bottlenecks. Consultants spend months doing this manually; Ontora does it in hours.

Ontora's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Ontora, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ontora

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agents that interview all employees to map work

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

We built an AI agent that interviews every employee in a company to create a detailed map of how work really gets done. Unlike consultants who take months to do this manually, Ontora delivers this insight in hours and identifies bottlenecks automatically.

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

We all live in San Francisco, CA, and Ontora will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco gives us access to early customers and talent, plus proximity to YC's resources, so we want to stay local.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ontora YC application?

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