Ressl AI YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Ressl AI 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: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Arushi GandhiFounder
Abhishek EFounder

What Ressl AI does

We automate the back office so field crews can focus on the actual work. Trades businesses (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, collision repair, roofing) run on legacy software and "glue" employees: people whose entire job is clicking through systems, copy-pasting between tools, and managing inbound volume across channels. A collision shop has one person generating estimates in CCCOne, another chasing parts vendors, another answering calls and Yelp messages, another doing invoices in QuickBooks. None of that requires a human. We build proactive background agents that run these operations autonomously -- quoting, estimating, procurement, insurance coordination, scheduling, follow-ups -- on top of the software these businesses already own. We started as an AI consulting firm talking to businesses across every industry. After a month, the pattern was obvious - trades and field services had the most "glue work" and the least tech sophistication to solve it themselves. Every shop we walked into had 2 - 4 people doing work that software should be delivering as an outcome, not just enabling. Our GTM is direct to operators and through PE-backed roll-ups, who are actively looking for margin improvements across their portfolio companies. If this is of interest, please reach out

Ressl AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ressl AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Workers for Field Services

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

We build proactive AI agents that automate the back-office work in trades businesses like HVAC, plumbing, electrical, collision repair, and roofing. Our product handles quoting, estimating, procurement, insurance coordination, scheduling, and follow-ups by automating clicks and data entry across the legacy software these businesses already use. That frees up field crews to focus on the actual work rather than managing multiple disconnected tools.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC the company will be based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we and our team are based. It's also a hub for software talent and investors interested in B2B and AI startups, which fits Ressl AI's focus and growth plans.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ressl AI YC application?

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