Saudara AI YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Saudara AI went through Y Combinator in the Spring 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: Spring 2026
Industry: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Edward HaryonoFounder/CEO
Jennifer PrasetyoCo-Founder and CTO

What Saudara AI does

Saudara AI is an AI broker connecting American brands with vetted overseas factories. US brands import $3T in goods a year and lose billions to ghost suppliers, hidden fees, and blown deadlines. The factories that actually deliver sit behind decades-old relationships outsiders can't break into. We were born into them. Every deal runs through a real human broker, supercharged by AI that handles sourcing, quoting, QC, and logistics. 10x faster, at a fraction of the cost. Sourcing is the largest broken market in global trade. We're the on-ramp.

Saudara AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Saudara AI, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Saudara AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Native Sourcing Broker For Overseas Manufacturing

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

We built an AI-powered broker that connects US brands with vetted overseas factories at speeds and costs far better than traditional sourcing. Our platform combines real human brokers with AI that handles sourcing, quoting, quality control, and logistics, reducing friction and cutting months off the supply chain process.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, and after YC the company will remain based there to stay close to US customers and manufacturing hubs.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and built initial customer relationships. It's also a global hub for AI and supply chain startups, giving us access to talent and partners while being close to our American brand customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Saudara AI YC application?

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