SubImage YC Application
SubImage went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 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 2025
- Industry
- B2BSecurity
- Team size
- 5
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2025
Founders
Alex ChantavyCo-founder & CEO
Kunaal SikkaCo-founder & President
What SubImage does
SubImage builds maps of your infrastructure to give you visibility on what assets you have and how they relate to each other. This enables any security team to deeply understand their environments and reduce risk. SubImage is a managed offering built around the Cartography open-source project, and is founded by members of Cartography's original team.
SubImage's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
SubImage, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
SubImage
Software that maps your infrastructure
We make SubImage, a managed software product built around the Cartography open-source project. It maps your infrastructure assets and their relationships so security teams can clearly understand what they have and where the risks lie. This helps companies see their environment in ways traditional security tools don't capture, reducing blind spots and making risk easier to manage.
We live and are based in San Francisco, CA, USA. After YC, we will remain here.
San Francisco is where our team and security customers are concentrated. Being close to customers and other startups lets us iterate faster and build a strong security engineering network.
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 SubImage YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from SubImage's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like SubImage would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was SubImage in?
SubImage was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.
Who founded SubImage?
SubImage was founded by Alex Chantavy, Kunaal Sikka.
What does SubImage do?
Software that maps your infrastructure. Open core alternative to Wiz
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of SubImage's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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