Serra YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Serra 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: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 8
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Alan WangFounder

What Serra does

Serra is an AI recruiter that fully automates candidate sourcing and outreach, finding ideal talent from LinkedIn, GitHub, Crunchbase, and your ATS. Companies hiring Serra skip sourcing entirely and simply get qualified interviews on their calendar.

Serra's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Serra

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Your 24/7 AI Recruiter

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

We built Serra as an AI recruiter that fully automates sourcing and outreach for hiring teams. It pulls candidates from LinkedIn, GitHub, Crunchbase, and ATS systems, so companies skip manual sourcing and get qualified interviews booked automatically.

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

We live in San Francisco, and we plan to keep Serra based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent pool and clients we need for recruiting technology, and it's convenient for YC's office and network.

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 Serra YC application?

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