Vapi YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Vapi went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 50
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Jordan DearsleyFounder
Nikhil GuptaFounder

Vapi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vapi, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vapi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Voice AI for developers

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

We're building a voice AI platform focused specifically on developers. Our product lets engineering, product, and design teams build and integrate voice interfaces into their apps and tools quickly. It handles understanding developer language and workflow, enabling hands-free coding and voice control tailored to their environment.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is currently located. It has the developer and startup community critical for building a voice AI product aimed at developer workflows.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vapi YC application?

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