Torus YC Application
San Francisco
Torus went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 batch as a Industrials 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 2026
- Industry
- Industrials
- Location
- San Francisco
- Team size
- 6
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Marcus LimaFounder/CEO
Rahul ThayilFounder/CTO
What Torus does
Torus lets engineering firms and project owners build infrastructure 10x faster to reindustrialize America and the West. We're working with multiple Fortune 500 companies to build critical infrastructure including data centers and critical energy installations.
Torus's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Torus, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Torus
Legora for physical engineering firms
Torus is an AI-driven platform that lets engineering firms and project owners build physical infrastructure faster. Our product helps manage and accelerate the development of projects like data centers and energy installations, working directly with Fortune 500s. We focus on industrial firms in the US and allied countries that need to move quickly and efficiently. We're building the core software tools to make physical engineering move at software speed.
We live in San Francisco and base the company here.
San Francisco has the density of engineering talent and ambition we want. Being here puts us close to early customers, investors, and other builders in industrial tech.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Torus YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Torus's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Torus would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Torus in?
Torus was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.
Who founded Torus?
Torus was founded by Marcus Lima, Rahul Thayil.
What does Torus do?
Legora for physical engineering firms
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Torus's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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