Surface Labs YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Surface Labs 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: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Saharsh AgrawalCo-Founder/ CEO
Arjun SahaiCo-Founder/ CTO

What Surface Labs does

Surface Labs helps B2B companies capture, qualify, and convert inbound leads through intelligent contact forms. We replace tools like HubSpot Forms, Zapier, and Chili Piper with a single platform that embeds on any site with one line of code. Our AI agents handle lead capture, enrichment, routing, follow-up, and CRO testing - automating what used to require full marketing ops teams. Customers see a 30% lift in conversions in under 2 weeks, and our partial response capture feature collects 50% more emails from form drop-offs.

Surface Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Surface Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-powered marketing ops platform

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

We built an AI-powered marketing ops platform that automates capturing, qualifying, and converting inbound leads through intelligent, embedded website forms. Our AI handles lead capture, enrichment, routing, follow-up, and conversion rate optimization testing - all replacing tools like HubSpot Forms, Zapier, and Chili Piper with a single line of code.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based there now and will stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco because it's where we live and it's the center for SaaS startups and marketing tech; being here helps us stay close to customers and investors.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Surface Labs YC application?

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