Serno YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Serno went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2025
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Andrew MaloufFounder
Amer EidFounder

What Serno does

Serno is the AI tool you reach for when one model isn't enough: pricing strategy, market entry, hiring trade-offs, anything you'd normally route to a team. Describe the question and Serno assembles 3 - 5 AI experts on Claude, GPT, and Gemini, each with a real role and research brief. They debate contradictions and map the answer as a canvas you can navigate, share, or export.

Serno's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Serno, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Serno

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Custom AI experts that map what one AI can't

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

Serno builds AI-powered teams that combine multiple expert models - Claude, GPT, Gemini - on one question. Our product lets users describe complex problems like pricing strategy or market entry, then assembles 3 - 5 specialized AI experts, each with a distinct role and research brief, to debate and produce a navigable, shareable answer map. It's designed for business users in supply chain, logistics, and consulting who need nuanced, multi-angle insights beyond what one AI alone can provide.

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 live in San Francisco because it's a center for AI startups and talent, and building the company here means easier access to partners and users in our target supply chain and logistics sectors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Serno YC application?

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