Aplicación YC de Alt-X

Winter 2026Active

Alt-X pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2026 como una empresa de Fintech. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2026
Industria: Fintech
Tamaño del equipo: 2
Estado: Active
Lanzado: 2025

Fundadores

Ryan SamadiFounder
Michael WachsmanFounder

Lo que hace Alt-X

Alt-X is building the AI-native liquidity layer for private markets. Private markets have created trillions of dollars in value, yet remain fragmented, illiquid, and inaccessible. While public markets benefit from exchanges, market makers, brokerages, and data infrastructure, private markets still rely on brokers, spreadsheets, and manual workflows to connect buyers and sellers. Alt-X uses AI to automate the core functions required to make private assets liquid. We streamline diligence, valuation, investor matching, and transaction execution, reducing the friction that makes private-market transactions slow, expensive, and opaque today. Our initial focus is venture-backed secondaries. We source opportunities from founders, employees, and early investors while building a network of accredited investors seeking exposure to the world's most valuable private companies. Over time, we believe every private asset - from startup equity to private credit and alternative investments - will require modern liquidity infrastructure. Building trusted infrastructure for private markets is difficult. Transactions involve complex diligence, fragmented information, transfer restrictions, and significant compliance requirements. Alt-X is focused on creating systems that can support real transactions at scale, not just marketplace listings. Ryan Samadi (Stanford CS/AI, former Citadel commodities trader) and Michael Wachsman (Cornell CS, infrastructure engineer) are building Alt-X because they believe ownership of innovation should be more liquid, transparent, and accessible. Today, Alt-X has sourced over $1.5 million in transaction opportunities and assembled a network of 40 accredited investors representing hundreds of millions of dollars in investable assets. Our mission is to democratize ownership of innovation by building the financial infrastructure that private markets have never had.

Aplicación YC de Alt-X, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

Alt-X, batch Winter 2026. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

Alt-X

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automation for institutional-grade financial modeling in Excel

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

We're building an AI-native liquidity layer for private markets, automating diligence, valuation, investor matching, and transaction execution to make private assets more liquid and accessible. Our initial product targets venture-backed secondaries by connecting founders, employees, and early investors with accredited investors through a streamlined platform.

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

We live in Los Angeles, CA, and the company will remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Los Angeles where we both live and work; this allows us to build effectively with no relocation needed and stay close to our early network and market.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Alt-X?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Alt-X (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Alt-X se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Alt-X?

Alt-X formó parte del batch Winter 2026 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó Alt-X?

Alt-X fue fundado por Ryan Samadi, Michael Wachsman.

¿A qué se dedica Alt-X?

Automation for institutional-grade financial modeling in Excel

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Alt-X, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.