Tiny

Tiny YC Application

Fall 2024Active

Tiny 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
3
Status
Active
Launched
2024

Founders

  • Edward Zhang
    Edward ZhangCo-Founder and CTO

What Tiny does

At Tiny, we’re building a new kind of ERP system for factories where AI agents automate repetitive workflows. Made for the four million factories still primarily relying on Excel. LLMs now unlock their troves of siloed unstructured data. We see a massive opportunity to build a compound startup and, beyond that, tap into network effects to unlock just-in-time manufacturing across entire supply chains.

Tiny's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tiny

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

ERP system for factories

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

We are building Tiny, an ERP system for factories that automates repetitive workflows using AI agents. Our platform helps factories that still rely heavily on Excel to unlock their siloed, unstructured data with large language models. This automation reduces manual work and inefficiencies in manufacturing operations.

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

We live in Singapore, Singapore, and the company would remain based here after YC with remote work as needed.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Singapore because it's a manufacturing hub with many factories stuck in old workflows. Being here lets us stay close to our early users and understand their real problems intimately.

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 Tiny YC application?

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

What YC batch was Tiny in?

Tiny was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2024 batch.

Who founded Tiny?

Tiny was founded by Edward Zhang.

What does Tiny do?

A new kind of ERP system for factories

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Tiny's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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