Squid YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Squid went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a Industrials 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: IndustrialsEnergy
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Conor JonesCo-Founder / CEO
George KolokotronisCo-Founder / CTO

What Squid does

We believe the electricity grid is the most important machine on Earth. If we want electrification to move fast, the teams planning and operating networks need software that is as modern as the challenge. Our thesis is simple. Better decisions come from one unified, trusted network model. When everyone works from the same model, planning becomes consistent, assumptions are visible, and progress stops getting lost in spreadsheets and static reports. Squid is AI powered grid planning in your browser. We have spent years inside National Grid, Octopus Energy, and AWS, building and learning what breaks. Now we are building what we wished existed.

Squid's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Squid, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Squid

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agents for power grid planning

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

We build AI-powered software that runs in your browser to unify planning teams around a single trusted model of the electricity grid. Our product replaces spreadsheets and disconnected reports with one shared, consistent source of truth for network planning and operations.

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

We live in London, and our company is based here now and would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

London is a global energy and tech hub with close access to power grid operators and energy companies. Being here keeps us close to our customers and key industry networks.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Squid YC application?

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