Smartbase YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Smartbase 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: B2BOperations
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Sam GoldmanCo-Founder & CEO
Taira FujiokaCo-Founder & CTO

What Smartbase does

Smartbase is an AI-native ERP for manufacturers. We have traditional ERP features like inventory management, and we use AI to automate office work like quoting and order entry. In the past six weeks, we’ve grown from $0 to $171k in contracted ARR.

Smartbase's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Smartbase

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native ERP for manufacturers

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

We built Smartbase, an ERP system tailored for manufacturers that combines standard features like inventory management with AI tools that automate office tasks such as quoting and order entry. It helps manufacturers save time and reduce errors in operations that still rely heavily on manual work.

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 as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the best access to engineering talent, AI resources, and the manufacturing-tech startup community we want to be part of.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Smartbase YC application?

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