Smobi YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Smobi 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: B2BMarketing
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Kunal PuriFounder

What Smobi does

Smobi is the AI-powered platform for branded, interactive business messaging, starting with RCS. We help businesses send rich, personalized messages that drive engagement, build trust, and create real conversations.

Smobi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Smobi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Send texts your customers actually want over RCS

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

We're building an AI-powered platform that lets businesses send rich, personalized messages through RCS. Unlike regular SMS, RCS supports interactive and branded content that makes conversations more engaging. Our API helps marketing teams create messages their customers want to read and respond to.

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

We live in New York, NY, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in New York where much of our early customer base is located and where we have strong networks for both business and technical recruiting. Staying local makes it easier to close deals and iterate based on real customer feedback.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Smobi YC application?

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