Carrot Labs YC Başvurusu

Winter 2026Active

Carrot Labs, B2B şirketi olarak Winter 2026 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Winter 2026
Sektör: B2B
Ekip büyüklüğü: 2
Durum: Active
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2026

Kurucular

Christopher AckerFounder
Yuta BabaFounder

Carrot Labs ne yapar

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.

Carrot Labs'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Carrot Labs, Winter 2026 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

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.

Tam başvuruda 21 ek cevap

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference tam sürümde. YC Insights'ta, diğer her YC grubu yanında açmak için ücretsiz bir hesap oluşturun.

Tüm başvuruyu gör

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

Bu, Carrot Labs şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

Hayır. Y Combinator gönderilen başvuruları gizli tutar. Bu bir yeniden yapılandırmadır: gerçek YC form soruları, Carrot Labs'in kamuya açık verilerinden (lansman notları, kurucu geçmişleri, ürün açıklaması) yanıtlanmıştır. Carrot Labs gibi bir şirketin YC'ye kendisini nasıl sunacağını gösterir, gönderdikleri metni değil.