PermitFlow YC Application

Winter 2022Active

PermitFlow went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2022
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionConstruction
Team size: 80
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Samuel LamFounder

What PermitFlow does

Intuitive AI platform that helps general contractors and developers manage their preconstruction process

PermitFlow's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

PermitFlow, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

PermitFlow

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Construction's AI Platform

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

We built an AI-driven platform that helps general contractors and developers manage the preconstruction process, especially permitting. It organizes, tracks, and predicts permit approvals, saving users time navigating complex government requirements.

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

We are based in New York, NY, and the company will remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where most of our users and the construction industry contacts are. It's a major market for real estate development and the regulatory complexity around permits is highest here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real PermitFlow YC application?

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