Whitespace YC Application
San Francisco
Whitespace went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 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 2026
- Industry
- B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
- Location
- San Francisco
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Alex TungFounder/CEO
Leon YaoFounder/CTO
What Whitespace does
Whitespace is the AI operating system for wholesale distribution. We give wholesale distributors self-improving AI agents that learn their business and do work like inventory planning, customer service, and order processing.
Whitespace's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Whitespace, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Whitespace
AI Operating System for Wholesale Distribution
We're building Whitespace, an AI operating system for wholesale distributors. Our product gives distributors self-improving AI agents that handle real work like inventory planning, customer service, and order processing. The idea is to become a foundational part of every wholesale business by automating decisions and workflows that still take up entire teams' time today.
San Francisco, CA. The company will remain based here after YC.
San Francisco is the center of AI and SaaS, and is close to our early customers. The network here matters for both fundraising and hiring.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Whitespace YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Whitespace's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Whitespace would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Whitespace in?
Whitespace was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.
Who founded Whitespace?
Whitespace was founded by Alex Tung, Leon Yao.
What does Whitespace do?
AI Operating System for Wholesale Distribution
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Whitespace's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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