Perfectly YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Perfectly went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2026
Industry: B2B
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Victor LuoFounder
Zhuang (Gary) LuoFounder
Huimin XieCo-Founder

What Perfectly does

Perfectly is the first AI-native Recruiting OS. Since starting YC, we’re already helping top startups like Giga, Corgi, LlamaIndex, Porter, and dozens more hire faster. We’re seeing: -> 4× faster hiring -> 10× candidate volume -> 2× higher interview pass rates Behind the scenes, it’s even more impressive: -> 20x higher recruiting efficiency: from 20 hours to 1 hour -> 250% higher candidate interview retention We automate the entire recruiting function: sourcing, outreach, screening, and qualification. Interview ready candidates just show up in Slack. We recently launched our recruiting agent Paul that provides each candidate white glove treatment so they're closed even before your offer call Hiring should work like a recommendation system. Learn more now at perfectly.so

Perfectly's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Perfectly, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Perfectly

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The AI-native Recruiting OS

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

We built Perfectly to automate recruiting end-to-end: sourcing, outreach, screening, and qualification. Candidates who are interview-ready appear directly in Slack. Our AI recruiting agent Paul nurtures candidates so they're often closed before the offer call. This reduces hiring time, boosts candidate volume, and improves interview pass rates.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live in San Francisco because it places us close to many startups that rely on our product. Being here lets us respond quickly to top startups using Perfectly and stay connected to the recruiting community we're serving.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Perfectly YC application?

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