Pave Robotics YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Pave Robotics went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Industrials 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: Winter 2025
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Josh KellyFounder/CEO
Mason Landon SmithFounder/CPO

What Pave Robotics does

Pave Robotics builds robots that seal cracks in asphalt, helping paving companies save time and money. Our robots work 24/7 and deliver higher-quality results than humans.

Pave Robotics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pave Robotics, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pave Robotics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Robots that repair roads

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

We build autonomous robots that seal cracks in asphalt. Our robots work around the clock, delivering repairs faster and better than crews with manual tools. They help paving companies reduce labor costs and downtime while improving road quality.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and work. It gives access to talent and a strong robotics community, which is important for us to develop a reliable product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pave Robotics YC application?

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