TENDERD YC Application

Summer 2018Active

TENDERD went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2B
Team size: 60
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Arjun MohanFounder

What TENDERD does

TENDERD is an AI and IoT platform that helps companies manage and optimize their physical operations. By connecting and analyzing data from fleets, equipment, and worksites in real time, TENDERD enables organizations to improve safety, productivity, and sustainability while reducing fuel use, emissions, and downtime. Trusted by leading energy, logistics, and infrastructure companies, TENDERD turns operational data into actionable intelligence for smarter, more efficient field operations.

TENDERD's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

TENDERD, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

TENDERD

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Platform for Efficient and Sustainable Operations

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

We built an AI and IoT platform that connects fleets, equipment, and worksites in real time to help companies in energy, logistics, construction, and mining improve safety and productivity. Our platform collects and analyzes operational data to reduce fuel use, cut downtime, and lower emissions for field operations.

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

We live and are based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Dubai is central to the industries we serve like energy and logistics in the Middle East. Being local gives us direct access to customers and their operations, which is crucial to build and improve a platform that relies on real-time operational data.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real TENDERD YC application?

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