Stayflexi YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Stayflexi went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2B
Team size: 58
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Venkatesh SakamuriFounder
Preetam Mohan ShettyFounder
Krishna Sasank TalasilaFounder

What Stayflexi does

Stayflexi is a revolutionary platform designed to simplify hotel and vacation rental operations, while increasing revenues from unsold rooms and amenities. By harnessing the power of automation, Stayflexi eliminates the need for manual processes and provides a seamless, positive customer experience for guests. Founded by computer science majors from Carnegie Mellon and Cornell, Stayflexi was born out of the need to solve the problems experienced by hosts and travelers. With Stayflexi, you can rest assured that your guests will be given the best possible experience and that you will be able to maximize profits on your unsold rooms. Stayflexi platform is helping over 3000 hotels in 16 different countries and growing rapidly.

Stayflexi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Stayflexi, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Stayflexi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Operating System for Hotels and Vacation Rentals

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

We built Stayflexi to automate hotel and vacation rental operations. The platform replaces manual processes and helps hosts improve guest experiences while increasing revenue from unsold rooms and amenities. It is designed to be the operating system hotels and vacation rentals rely on every day.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and Stayflexi would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right mix of talent, investors, and customer proximity for a travel-tech B2B company. Being here helps us move faster and connect with large hotel partners and tech communities.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Stayflexi YC application?

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