Prism YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Prism went through Y Combinator in the Spring 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: Spring 2026
Industry: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Theo KitsbergFounder
Axel La PiraFounder

What Prism does

Prism is an AI-native recruiting agency. We use software and agents to find companies better people faster.

Prism's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Prism, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Prism

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native recruiting agency

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

We built Prism to find better candidates faster for companies by combining AI agents and custom software. Our platform automates sourcing and screening, letting companies access top talent without the usual recruiting bottlenecks.

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

We're based in London, United Kingdom, and plan to stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

London is where we live and built the product. It's a major hub for tech and recruiting, so it makes sense to keep the company 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 Prism YC application?

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