telli YC Application

Fall 2024Active

telli went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 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: Fall 2024
Industry: B2B
Team size: 16
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Finn zur Muehlenco-founder
Philipp Baumannsco-founder
Seb Hapte-Selassieco-founder

What telli does

telli is building AI voice agents that convert leads into sales opportunities for B2C companies. For example, a leading home-buying platform is using telli to fully automate their pre-qualification. We are serving customers in energy, real estate, medical products, and home services. You might think that these B2C companies want to do more self-serve and less outreach. But the truth is outbound calls are what really drive conversion. Historically, managing these calls has been complex and expensive - costing companies hundreds of thousands of dollars. With telli, for the first time, B2C companies can automate the role of a pre-sales agent, end to end.

telli's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

telli, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

telli

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI phone agents that convert leads

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

We build AI voice agents that automate outbound calls for B2C companies. Our product converts leads into sales opportunities by automating pre-qualification calls end to end. Customers use this to reduce the cost and complexity of managing outbound calls and increase conversion rates.

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

We live in Berlin, Germany, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Berlin is where our team and early customers are. The talent pool and ecosystem here fit our needs well. We can operate efficiently and scale the business from Berlin.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real telli YC application?

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