Wingman

Wingman YC Application

Summer 2019Acquired

Wingman went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry
B2BSales
Team size
10
Status
Acquired
Launched
2019

Founders

  • Muralidharan Venkatasubramanian
    Muralidharan VenkatasubramanianFounder
  • Shruti Kapoor
    Shruti KapoorFounder
  • Srikar Yekollu
    Srikar YekolluFounder

What Wingman does

Wingman is a software for sales teams that listens to sales calls and automatically surfaces suggestions to sales reps in real-time. The sales calls are also transcribed and analysed for postmortems, reviews and coaching.

Wingman's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Wingman, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Wingman

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Real-time coaching for inside sales reps

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

We built software that listens to inside sales calls, transcribes them, and gives reps real-time suggestions during their conversations. After calls, it enables reviews and coaching through call analytics and transcripts to improve sales outcomes.

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

We live in Bengaluru, KA, India, where the company is based and will continue to be based after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are here because it's where we live and work, and India has a strong sales tech market and engineering talent that fits our product and customers well.

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 Wingman YC application?

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

What YC batch was Wingman in?

Wingman was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2019 batch.

Who founded Wingman?

Wingman was founded by Muralidharan Venkatasubramanian, Shruti Kapoor, Srikar Yekollu.

What does Wingman do?

Wingman helps inside sales reps with coaching while they're on a call.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Wingman's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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