Vibe Kanban YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Vibe Kanban went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Louis Knight-WebbFounder
Gabriel Gordon-HallFounder

What Vibe Kanban does

As AI agents become more capable at writing code, developers are spending more of their time planning and reviewing what those agents produce. Vibe Kanban helps them do exactly that, seamlessly integrating with leading coding agents like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex.

Vibe Kanban's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vibe Kanban, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vibe Kanban

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Plan and review AI generated code

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

We build Vibe Kanban, a tool that helps developers plan and review code written by AI agents. It integrates with coding assistants like Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex so users can manage AI output more effectively within their existing workflows.

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

We live in London, England, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in London where we have our team and network. Staying here allows us to build on local talent and maintain focus on product development before any moves.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vibe Kanban YC application?

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