Candidature YC de Valgo

Winter 2026Active

Valgo a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2026 en tant qu'entreprise B2B. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2026
Secteur d'activité: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Taille de l'équipe: 3
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2025

Fondateurs

Robert MossCo-Founder and CEO
Sydney KatzCo-Founder and CTO
Jon QianCo-founder and President

Ce que fait Valgo

Insurers struggle to price autonomous systems because the historical data simply doesn't exist. Your car insurance draws from over 30 billion claims records, but autonomous trucks and robots have nearly zero. Valgo is the risk quantification platform that closes that gap. We are building probabilistic models of routes, tasks, and environments from the bottom up. We output a simulated loss estimate that insurers need to price coverage. Valgo is the foundational layer that gives insurance providers confidence to properly price autonomy risk. Our team combines expertise in risk estimation for autonomy with deep experience in the insurance industry. Sydney and Robert are Stanford PhDs with leading expertise in safety of physical AI systems. Sydney wrote the textbook on validating safety-critical systems and teaches the course at Stanford. Robert spent 7 years at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on the core team that designed and validated an FAA-certified aircraft collision avoidance system, now a worldwide standard. Jon is a Sloan Fellow from the Stanford GSB and an actuary who spent over 12 years in insurance leadership and led over $5 billion in M&A as head of corporate development for one of the largest insurers in Asia-Pacific.

Candidature YC de Valgo, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Valgo, promotion Winter 2026. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

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Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Valgo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Insurance risk layer for physical AI

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

We build probabilistic models simulating autonomous routes, tasks, and environments to estimate loss events. Our platform outputs simulated loss estimates insurers use to price coverage for autonomous trucks and robots, where no historical claims data exists.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team resides and where the concentration of insurance and autonomy technology companies is highest, making it the best location for product development and customer engagement.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Valgo ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Valgo (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Valgo se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Valgo appartenait-il ?

Valgo faisait partie du batch Winter 2026 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Valgo ?

Valgo a été fondé par Robert Moss, Sydney Katz, Jon Qian.

Que fait Valgo ?

Insurance risk layer for physical AI

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de Valgo en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.