Semiotic YC Application

Fall 2025Active

Semiotic went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2025 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: Fall 2025
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Michael RobersonFounder
Bryan GrisalesFounder
Brandon YaoFounder

What Semiotic does

Semiotic builds AI design agents. We’re starting with agents that build landing pages for fast‑growing startups. Existing AI website builders didn't make creating websites easier - they made creating ugly websites easier. So, companies choose between blue-purple gradient slop or agencies with 3-month waitlists and $100k minimums. You don't have to choose anymore. Start a project: semiotic.com

Semiotic's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Semiotic, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Semiotic

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Studio-Grade Design at Scale

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

We build AI design agents that create landing pages for fast-growing startups. Existing AI website builders make ugly sites or require agencies with long waits and high costs. Our AI produces polished, custom-quality designs quickly and at scale.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where a lot of startups and design talent are concentrated. It's the right place to build and sell our product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Semiotic YC application?

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