Vooma YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Vooma went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 30
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Jesse BuckinghamFounder
Mike CarterFounder

What Vooma does

Vooma is the AI agent for logistics. We help our customers automate manual tasks and focus on work that drives business value. Mike built self driving trucks as a founding engineer at Kodiak Robotics (prev. Uber, Otto) and led their motion planning and safety teams. Jesse grew a private equity backed logistics software company from $2M to $20M+ as CEO.

Vooma's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vooma, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vooma

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automation platform for logistics

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

We built an AI agent that automates manual, repetitive tasks in logistics operations. Our product helps logistics teams reduce time spent on routine workflows like scheduling, tracking, and coordination, so they can focus on higher-value work.

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

We live and work in San Francisco. The company is based here now and will remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where both founders live and where our early customers are concentrated. It's the right place to build a logistics AI platform because of the tech ecosystem and access to talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vooma YC application?

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