Waydev AI YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Waydev AI 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: B2BProductivity
Team size: 13
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Alex CirceiFounder

What Waydev AI does

Waydev tracks AI-generated code from commit to production. AI Checkpoints capture which agent wrote the code, tokens consumed, cost per PR, acceptance rate, and whether it deployed. Compare Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code on real production outcomes. Measure AI adoption by team, monthly spend, avg tokens per developer, and total tokens used. The Waydev Agent answers plain-English questions about your AI investment. Built for VPs of Engineering and CTOs. Trusted by Dropbox, American Express, Caterpillar, and PwC.

Waydev AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Waydev AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Adoption, Impact, and ROI for engineering

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

We built Waydev to track AI-written code from commit through production. It captures who wrote the code, cost per PR, token usage, AI model performance, and deployment acceptance rates. This helps CTOs and VPs of Engineering understand AI adoption, compare tools like Copilot and Claude Code, and measure actual return on AI coding investments.

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

We live and work in Menlo Park, CA, and plan to keep Waydev based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Menlo Park puts us in Silicon Valley, close to potential customers and engineers who use AI coding tools. Being local helps build credibility and access to early users.

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 Waydev AI YC application?

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