Toma YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Toma went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2024
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 20
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Monik PamechaFounder
Anthony KrivonosFounder

What Toma does

At Toma, we are building the AI software suite for underserved industries, starting with Automotive. We started as a voice AI infrastructure company and still are our own biggest customer to this day. Our product empowers hundreds of businesses with a world-class AI receptionist and customer support platform. Toma’s AI agents engage in thousands of customer interactions every day and generate millions of dollars worth of revenue. Why Automotive first? It is a sleeping giant contributing trillions of dollars to the GDP. The industry and its processes are ready for disruption. Toma is bringing AI to all operations in the industry while working hand-in-hand with some of the biggest names, such as the Car Dealership Guy, and public companies like Lithia Motors and AutoNatio. Toma is backed by the best investors in Silicon Valley, including Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator.

Toma's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Toma, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Toma

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI for Underserved Industries

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

We are building an AI software suite starting with Automotive. Our main product is an AI receptionist and customer support platform that handles thousands of calls and interactions every day for hundreds of businesses. It automates operational workflows and customer engagement within dealerships and automotive service providers, improving efficiency and revenue.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco offers access to talent, investors, and proximity to key partners in automotive and AI tech. This location enables us to recruit engineers and build relationships with public automotive companies like Lithia Motors and AutoNation.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Toma YC application?

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