Signals YC Application
Signals went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
- Winter 2026
- Industry
- B2B
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Ilya ValmianskiCo-Founder/CEO
Alejandro ZanioloFounder
What Signals does
Proactive AI customer support that engages high-value users. By using LLM’s to engage customers in an authentic way before they reach out to customer support we minimize support tickets, build relationships and deliver upsells. We are the only AI agent on the market with sufficient engagement to be allowed to send iMessages outbound.
Signals's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Signals, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Signals
Proactive AI customer support for high-value users
We are building an AI agent that proactively reaches out to high-value customers before they contact support. It engages them authentically using large language models over channels like iMessage to reduce support tickets, improve customer relationships, and deliver upsells.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.
San Francisco is where we both live and work, and it's the best place to access talent and customers in the B2B SaaS space we're targeting.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Signals YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Signals's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Signals would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Signals in?
Signals was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2026 batch.
Who founded Signals?
Signals was founded by Ilya Valmianski, Alejandro Zaniolo.
What does Signals do?
Proactive AI customer support that engages high-value users
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Signals's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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