REV1 YC Application

Winter 2026Active

REV1 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: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Alex RiveroFounder
Louis LiuFounder

What REV1 does

REV1 is Claude code for mechanical engineers, starting with automating the process of turning 3D designs into 2D manufacturing drawings - which is more than 25% of all of what a mechanical engineer does - our software does it in minutes. Compressing hours of work into minutes while delivering consistent, higher quality results.

REV1's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

REV1, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

REV1

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Claude code for mechanical engineers

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

We're building software that automates turning 3D mechanical designs into 2D manufacturing drawings. Mechanical engineers spend over 25% of their time on this task. Our product compresses hours of work into minutes while delivering consistent and higher quality drawings.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in San Francisco because that's where we live and where most of our target customers and partners are. It helps us stay connected to the industry and engineering teams.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real REV1 YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from REV1's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like REV1 would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.