Trope YC Application

Summer 2026Active

San Francisco

Trope went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 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 2026
Industry: B2B
Location: San Francisco
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Matthew ChowFounder/CEO
Victor VannaraFounder/CTO

What Trope does

Trope deploys custom AI agents into ERPs for mid-market companies. Every ERP is heavily customized, so useful agents need custom deployment too. Trope’s AI FDE learns each business and ERP, then builds and deploys agents, turning the last mile from services into software.

Trope's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Trope, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Trope

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Custom AI agents for mid-market ERPs

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

Trope deploys custom AI agents directly inside mid-market ERPs. Our AI FDE learns each unique ERP configuration and business process, then builds and deploys agents that automate and streamline real workflows - turning what is usually custom consulting work into repeatable software.

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

We're based in San Francisco, CA, and the company will stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center for B2B SaaS and AI startups, and it's where our early users are. We're close to our target market and the technical community here.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Trope YC application?

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