Verdant YC Application

Summer 2026Active

Washington

Verdant went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 batch as a Government 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: Government
Location: Washington
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Aidan NgFounder
Jason YiFounder

What Verdant does

Verdant prepares local governments for the agentic era. Agents will interact with local governments at volumes and speeds that legacy software and workflows can't handle. Verdant builds both the system of record for agents and internal agents that let local government workflows keep up. We're starting with permitting, the highest-volume workflow in local government that requires judgement.

Verdant's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Verdant

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI infrastructure for local government permitting.

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

We build Verdant, an AI system of record for local governments. Our product handles high-volume workflows - starting with permitting - by powering both agent-facing interfaces and internal agent workflows. Local governments use Verdant to keep up with the rapid pace and volume of requests that legacy systems can't handle. We prepare them for a future where AI agents handle real transactions with governments at scale.

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

We live in Washington, DC, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are in Washington, DC, because it's the hub for US local government and policy, making it the best place to build for this market.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Verdant YC application?

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