Santé YC Application

Profile updated September 9, 2026Summer 2023Active

New York, NY, USA

Santé went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BRetail
Location: New York, NY, USA
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Darren FikeFounder

Santé's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Santé, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Santé

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

All-in-one POS for liquor stores

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

We built a point-of-sale system tailored specifically for liquor stores that handles sales, inventory, and compliance. It replaces outdated cash registers and generic POS systems with something designed for the unique needs of alcohol retailers.

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

We live and work in New York, NY, and Santé will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has dense retail liquor store concentration and a network of early users nearby. It keeps us close to our initial customers and market.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Santé YC application?

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