Tire Swing YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Tire Swing 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: B2BLegal
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Paul WittenFounder
Lucas IrvineFounder

What Tire Swing does

Tire Swing uses AI to power resident and applicant eligibility evaluations for affordable housing. Our software manages the resident certification and recertification process end-to-end for public and private properties supported by Project Based Rental Assistance, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, and Housing Vouchers. It serves as a drop-in replacement for third-party consultants and auditors, and helps compliance staff complete their work faster and more accurately.

Tire Swing's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tire Swing, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tire Swing

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Powered Affordable Housing Eligibility

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

We built software that handles resident eligibility evaluations and compliance for affordable housing properties. It manages certification and recertification processes on properties using subsidies like Project Based Rental Assistance, LIHTC, and Housing Vouchers. Our product replaces consultants and auditors, helping compliance staff finish work faster and with fewer errors.

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

We live in New York, NY, and will keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Affordable housing compliance is a major issue in New York where we live and work. Being local lets us build strong relationships with property managers and understand the nuances of the market and regulations.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tire Swing YC application?

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