Presto YC Application

Summer 2010Public

Presto went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2010 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 2010
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 200
Status: Public
Launched: 2012

Founders

Rajat SuriFounder/CEO

What Presto does

Presto automates big chain restaurants like McDonald's, Starbucks, KFC, Chili's with a combination of Computer Vision, Voice AI, payments and advanced hw/sw solutions. We're obsessed with introducing next-gen tech to advance physical industries and delight consumers.

Presto's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Presto, Summer 2010 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Presto

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Digital meets physical for big chain restaurants

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

We build a combined hardware and software platform that automates ordering, payment, and customer interactions for large restaurant chains. Our products use computer vision and voice AI to replace traditional cashiers and drive-thru interfaces, integrating payments and fast service into a single system designed specifically for chains like McDonald's and Starbucks.

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

We live and are based in San Carlos, CA, and that's where the company will stay after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Carlos puts us close to Silicon Valley talent and key technology partners. It also puts us near potential restaurant customers in the Bay Area who can pilot our solutions in their stores.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Presto YC application?

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