Palisade

Palisade YC Application

Summer 2026Active

San Francisco

Palisade went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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
Summer 2026
Industry
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Location
San Francisco
Team size
1
Status
Active
Launched
2026

Founders

  • Jonathan Salama
    Jonathan SalamaFounder/CEO

What Palisade does

Palisade spins up a personal sales agent for every single visitor to your website. Marketplaces like trading card platforms, vintage stores, and short-term rental operators sell more when each customer works with a personal agent that remembers them.

Palisade's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Palisade, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Palisade

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native sales agents for marketplaces.

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

Palisade creates an AI sales agent for every unique visitor to a marketplace or e-commerce site. These agents act like high-performing salespeople: they remember past interactions, answer product questions, and help each customer buy. Our initial focus is on platforms like trading card marketplaces, vintage shops, and short-term rental operators. The product helps sellers convert more visitors into buyers by making every interaction personalized.

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

San Francisco, CA, USA. The company would continue to be based in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of the AI ecosystem right now. We're already plugged into a community of builders and early customers here, and it's where we find the fastest feedback and talent.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Palisade YC application?

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

What YC batch was Palisade in?

Palisade was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.

Who founded Palisade?

Palisade was founded by Jonathan Salama.

What does Palisade do?

AI-native sales agents that run marketplaces

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Palisade's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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