Application YC di Carrot Labs

Winter 2026Active

Carrot Labs ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2026 come azienda B2B. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2026
Settore: B2B
Dimensione team: 2
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2026

Founder

Christopher AckerFounder
Yuta BabaFounder

Cosa fa Carrot Labs

The problem: AI spend is scattered across multiple provider billing consoles that don't talk to each other. Teams can't answer simple questions like "which customer is driving our Anthropic bill?" or "is this feature profitable after AI costs?" without manually pulling data from each provider and stitching it together in a spreadsheet. What SuperPenguin does: SuperPenguin tracks AI spend across 14 providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Modal, Cursor and more). Zero-code setup: connect an API key and costs sync automatically with model-level breakdowns, trends, and forecasts. Per-request attribution: add two lines of Python SDK to tag every AI call by customer, feature, or team. Slack alerts on budget thresholds and spend anomalies. Most teams are set up in under five minutes. We help companies see where their AI money goes and whether it's worth it.

Application YC di Carrot Labs, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Carrot Labs, batch Winter 2026. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Carrot Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Cost Management: Track AI spend by provider

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

We built SuperPenguin, a platform that tracks and attributes AI spending across 14 providers including OpenAI and Anthropic. It connects to billing APIs with zero code, breaks down costs by model and request, and allows tagging via a small Python SDK to link spend to customers, features, or teams. We alert users on Slack when budgets or anomalies happen, helping teams understand exactly where their AI dollars go and if features are profitable.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the main hub for AI startups and our users. Being here helps us stay close to early customers and the ecosystem we're building in.

21 risposte in più nell'application completa

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference sono nella versione completa. Crea un account gratuito per aprirla in YC Insights, accanto a ogni altro batch YC.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Carrot Labs?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Carrot Labs (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Carrot Labs si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.

A quale batch YC apparteneva Carrot Labs?

Carrot Labs apparteneva al batch Winter 2026 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato Carrot Labs?

Carrot Labs è stato fondato da Christopher Acker, Yuta Baba.

Cosa fa Carrot Labs?

AI Cost Management: Track and attribute AI spend across every provider

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

Crea un account Round Funded gratuito. La versione completa di 26 risposte della application di Carrot Labs, e di ogni altro batch YC, è in YC Insights.