Rote YC Application

Winter 2027Active

Rote went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2027 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 2027
Industry: B2BOperations
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Gabriel CastilloFounder
Aditya MittalFounder

What Rote does

Rote handles the entire negotiation lifecycle between shops and insurance companies to help them recover thousands of dollars in denied claims. Shops today lose millions per year because they lack the resources to negotiate with insurance companies that undervalue repair costs. Rote's agents recover denied revenue by taking shop estimates and referencing technical repair data to autonomously file and defend shop claims.

Rote's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Rote, Winter 2027 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Rote

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native insurance department for auto body shops

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

We built an AI-powered platform that automates the negotiation process between auto body shops and insurance companies. Our system takes shop repair estimates, references technical repair data, and autonomously files and fights denied claims. This helps shops recover revenue they otherwise lose because they lack the bandwidth and expertise to push back on insurers.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because that's where we live and where most of the auto tech and insurance tech industries intersect. It gives us access to key partners and talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Rote YC application?

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