Alt-X YC 지원서

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Alt-X은(는) Winter 2026 배치에서 Fintech 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Winter 2026
산업: Fintech
팀 규모: 2
상태: Active
출시됨: 2025

창업자

Ryan SamadiFounder
Michael WachsmanFounder

Alt-X의 사업 내용

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.

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Alt-X, Winter 2026 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

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Batch Preference1

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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Alt-X의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 Alt-X의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. Alt-X과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.