Carrot Labs YC 지원서

Winter 2026Active

Carrot Labs은(는) Winter 2026 배치에서 B2B 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Winter 2026
산업: B2B
팀 규모: 2
상태: Active
출시됨: 2026

창업자

Christopher AckerFounder
Yuta BabaFounder

Carrot Labs의 사업 내용

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.

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Y Combinator 지원

Carrot Labs, Winter 2026 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

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.

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Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference는 전체 버전에 있습니다. 무료 계정을 만들어 YC Insights에서 모든 YC 배치 옆에 열어보세요.

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Carrot Labs의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

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