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Instead of using four different apps for Banking, Payments, Expense Management & Bill Splitting, users can keep and manage their money on Shelf, and pay anywhere effortlessly.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=65508&key=user_uploads/365732/54d561c6-d375-498a-90c0-66bbd9fba12c)\n\n### **🚨The Problem:**\n\n**70% of the expenses made by Young Professionals are Shared!**\n\nPeople in the early stages of their career usually shift to the tier 1 & 2 cities of India where their companies are based. In these cities, they live with their friends in shared apartments and have a lot of common expenses such as → Rent, House-Help, Cook, Groceries, Online Food Ordering, Entertainment, Travel, and Utilities just to name a few. There are also a lot of alluring activities that they partake in with their friends & colleagues which just adds up to a big amount at the end of the month.\n\nIn all these scenarios there is usually only one person who pays, then he/she tracks/splits the amount, then constantly asks for their money back (only to get it back after 2 months), and in the entire duration they suffer a dent which disrupts their monthly budget and there is almost negligible savings (Gosh! Even sounds painful).\n\n**The current banking system does not understand this!**\n\n### **💡The Solution:**\n\n**⚡One-Stop Financial App for all the needs of Young Professionals⚡**\n\nAs a Neobank, Shelf not only caters to your banking & payments needs, but we also help you manage your spending and pay as a group from the getgo! When you’re using Shelf, you need not have 4 different apps for banking, payments, tracking expenses, and splitting bills, you can just keep your money on Shelf and pay anywhere with a simple slide.\n\nWe’re helping you:\n\n1. Pay for only your share even in a group payment ✅ \n2. Save more and have increased spending capacity ✅ \n3. Reduce the Time and Effort needed for banking ✅ \n\nYeah, Shelf gets you. It’s a Neobank for Young Professionals made by Young Professionals ;)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=65508&key=user_uploads/365732/265fa696-b0c6-4a05-9a1f-65710f6a87d5)\n\nThe products we are providing:\n\n* **Personal Shelf:** Budget what you’re gonna spend and where.\n* **Shared Shelf:** For common expenses with your friends\n* **Shelf Cards (launching soon):** A super card to serve all your payment-related needs (Interchangeable Group & Personal card)\n\n### **👨‍💻 The Team:**\n\nParas & I, are 2021 graduates from IIT Roorkee and have known each other since 2017. We have worked on multiple projects together in and out of college. Being Young Professionals ourselves and frustrated by the shortcomings of the current banking system, we have set out to solve the financial problems faced by this user segment 🎯\n\n### **💛 Liked the Product?**\n\n[Sign Up](https://bit.ly/shelf_earlyaccess) for early access. We would really appreciate your suggestions & feedback!\\\nReach out to us at [vedant@shelfpay.in](mailto:vedant@shelfpay.in) & [paras@shelfpay.in](mailto:paras@shelfpay.in)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/H2a-shelf-neobank-for-young-professionals-in-india", "votes": 311, "created_at": "2022-08-20T08:38:23.553Z" } ] }, { "id": 27921, "name": "Homeflow", "slug": "homeflow", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/cfb9cc8d9dd9147ff98523666ebfa64cc90b36a9.png", "website": "https://www.homeflow.me/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Homeflow is the first digital platform that gives larger real estate investors a single place to purchase and manage insurance for their portfolio. 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Prior to Homeflow, he led Growth Initiatives at Hippo Insurance and was a VC associate at the Westly Group. \n\nPerry earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, and in his free time, he enjoys woodworking, snowboarding, and trying new restaurants. ", "is_active": false, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/perryha95/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/6a6e74d57fcf7600f00e803bf5d01b7a0c3549e4.jpg" }, { "user_id": 607000, "full_name": "Christian Green", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Christian previously served as the founding engineer at Homeflow (W23), an insurance marketplace for landlords to compare quotes and purchase a policy online. He started his career at Ethos Group, an insurance company in Dallas, and was more recently a staff engineer at Mosaic (joinmosaic.com), a fintech unicorn. \n\nChristian earned a BS in Computer Science at SMU, and he enjoys playing golf and board games with friends and family.", "is_active": false, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmgreen", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/b7300f4b45592f918385cc760c0028203c132d32.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 70501, "title": "Homeflow 🏠 - Simplifying insurance for large real estate investors", "tagline": "Meet Homeflow, the first digital platform that gives real estate investors a single place to purchase and manage their insurance", "body": "**tl;dr:** Homeflow is the first digital platform that gives large real estate investors a single place to purchase and manage insurance for their portfolio. Rather than having policies spread out between multiple agents/brokers, real estate managers can use Homeflow to view their policies, change coverages, and get quotes for upcoming acquisitions.\n\nHi everyone, we’re Perry and Christian, co-founders of Homeflow.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70501&key=user_uploads/437987/6f1b3243-2701-4977-80af-bd2a8ae8254b)\n\n### **🤔 Why are we the right ones to work on this?**\n\n[Perry](https://www.linkedin.com/in/perryha95/) was the 5th business hire at Hippo Insurance and was there through the IPO, building and leading the sales operations team. \n\n[Christian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmgreen/) was the youngest staff engineer at Mosaic, a unicorn proptech company, where he led engineering for a new business line that grew to $10M ARR in 6 months. \n\n### **❌ What’s the problem?**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70501&key=user_uploads/437987/48a1f68f-5a21-48cc-9fb3-01549b851641)\n\nLarger real estate investors deal with inefficiencies when managing their insurance. For example, one of our partners has 200 units, and their insurance was placed with 5 different brokers across 6 insurance companies (carriers). This occurs because 1) insurance brokers are often state-specific since insurance is regulated and licensed on a state-by-state basis and 2) the insurance carriers that sell 1-4 family unit properties are frequently different from the ones that sell 5+ family unit properties. \n\nAlso, real estate investors with a traditional broker still need to call or email if they want to get an updated policy document or file a claim. As a result, the insurance experience has been highly service-dependent, only as good as the broker. \n\n### **👨🏼‍💻 What have we built?**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70501&key=user_uploads/437987/25f86ff3-7933-4817-a28d-95f00690b83e)\n\nHomeflow is the first digital platform that gives real estate investors a single place to purchase and manage insurance for their portfolio. Homeflow’s nationwide footprint and 50+ carriers provide real estate investors with a single platform for all of their insurance needs. Real estate investors can also use Homeflow’s self-service platform to view all policy documents, manage their claims, or request changes to their policy. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70501&key=user_uploads/437987/90d4c705-24af-4724-bec9-541202333dad)\n\n### **👋 Asks:**\n\nAre you (or someone you know) a real estate investor looking to simplify and save on your insurance? Feel free to reach out to [founders@homeflow.me](mailto:founders@homeflow.me) or book a [meeting with us here](https://calendly.com/perry-rentr/30min). We would love to connect and hear if we can help you more effectively manage your insurance coverage.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IL7-homeflow-simplifying-insurance-for-large-real-estate-investors", "votes": 99, "created_at": "2023-03-23T18:23:37.359Z" } ] }, { "id": 29112, "name": "Foundation", "slug": "foundation-2", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/9dd20033ab143f980f73115add9045604e7e9b6b.png", "website": "https://buildwithfoundation.com/", "all_locations": "Boulder, CO, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Foundation is the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. By bringing the new home shopping, purchase, and ownership experience online, Foundation helps homebuilders sell more homes, more profitably, to happier customers.", "one_liner": "Shopify for Homebuilders", "team_size": 4, "industry": "Real Estate and Construction", "subindustry": "Real Estate and Construction -> Housing and Real Estate", "launched_at": 1693591286, "tags": [ "SaaS", "Real Estate", "B2B", "Proptech", "AI Assistant" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2023", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Real Estate and Construction", "Housing and Real Estate" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": [ { "question": "How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)", "answer": "Our founding team met while working at Opendoor. Two of us (Derek &Luke) worked together on the partnerships team, which grew to become a major driver of customer acquisition at Opendoor, while Graham was one of the first people on the original version of Opendoor Mortgage. The Homebuilder business was Opendoor’s first partner channel AND first billion-dollar partner channel. As these builders got to know Opendoor, they’d get to know our products — and started wrapping their heads around how modern digital products could help them transform their businesses. We started Foundation to meet this growing demand." }, { "question": "What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?", "answer": "The core problem we’re solving is that today, most of the consumer experience in homebuilding is still offline. Our buyer experience platform brings homebuilders online to help them sell more homes, at higher margins, to happier home buyers. One way to think about this is to ask a question: why do you have a better app for tracking your pizza delivery than you do for the biggest purchase of your life? Almost nobody in Silicon Valley understands homebuilding in the U.S. Just the Top 300 U.S. homebuilders — what some folks call “production builders” — build and sell >$250 BILLION (with a B) worth of homes a year, and spend $10B+ on technology, customer acquisition, and commissions. These builders don’t build homes on Sand Hill Road. But once you get outside of the Silicon Valley bubble, you learn how important homebuilding is in the U.S. Yes, it’s economically important — this is a massive corner of the American economy — but homebuilding also has huge cultural significance. Go talk to someone from Texas, or Florida, or a normal midwestern city: either they’ve thought about buying a new construction home, or their friends & family have, or they know someone who works in homebuilding." }, { "question": "What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?", "answer": "The U.S. is underbuilt by anywhere from 2M-6M+ homes. By helping bring homebuilding online, we help builders run better businesses — and do our small part to help get more homes built for American families. Beyond the new construction industry, we believe more broadly that the entire economy is still coming online. Parts of residential real estate have resisted this, but it’s happening. Foundation has the opportunity to become the platform for homeownership — not another search portal, but an actual digitally-native checkout and ownership experience." } ], "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/foundation-2", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2023/foundation-2.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "Boulder", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundation-tech/", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/9dd20033ab143f980f73115add9045604e7e9b6b.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Garry Tan", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/garry-tan" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 17250, "full_name": "Luke Groesbeck", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Luke is the cofounder of Foundation, the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. Prior to foundation, Luke has spent 15+ helping start & scale ventured-backed startups as a founder, PM, and product exec.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/lukegroesbeck", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/newgroesbeck", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/02b5ad3bdba5368a335d4705c26ea6f51ba0e4a5.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1514484, "full_name": "Derek Schairer", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Derek is the co-founder of Foundation, the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. Prior to Foundation, he was the former GM of Opendoor’s homebuilder business, which he turned into the company's first $1b+ partnership channel. Previously, he worked at one of the nation's largest homebuilders, Lennar, and has 15+ years in the homebuilding industry. 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In most American cities, most homeowners have either considered buying a new construction home, have already bought one, or know someone who works in or around the new construction industry.\n\nThe U.S. is also significantly underbuilt from a housing perspective — estimates suggest that we’re anywhere from 2M-6M homes short of the inventory needed to house American families. To bridge this gap, it’s going to be the big “production” builders who do much of the heavy lifting.\n\n### The opportunity: bring a massive industry online\n\nDespite how central homebuilding is to the U.S. economy & culture, large parts of the industry run almost entirely offline. After working closely with homebuilder partners for years at Opendoor, Foundation’s [founding team](https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundation-tech/) realized how big of an opportunity this is.\n\nA simple question we ask: “Why do you have an app for tracking your pizza delivery, but not one for the biggest purchase of your life?” With [the launch of Foundation’s buyer experience platform](https://buildwithfoundation.com/), this finally changes.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=78242&key=user_uploads/17250/224f88b6-3d32-435a-b9c9-90fd77e1ef64)\n\nBy bringing the home purchase and ownership experience online, Foundation’s buyer experience platform helps homebuilders sell more homes, at higher margins, to happier buyers.\n\nOur first customers go live in Q1 2024, and the early response we’ve gotten — everyone from leading national builders who sell tens of thousands of homes a year, to forward-thinking, fast-growing regional and local builders — shows the tide is finally turning.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/KLy-foundation-the-buyer-experience-platform-for-new-homes", "votes": 16, "created_at": "2024-02-07T19:21:11.036Z" } ] }, { "id": 29161, "name": "Goldbridge", "slug": "goldbridge", "former_names": [ "Player One", "Story Quest", "StoryQuest", "Goldbridge", "StoryQuest" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/4d6bc2a399aaabb43bac34995b9a37125e0e1426.png", "website": "https://www.goldbridgebanking.com/", "all_locations": "", "long_description": "Goldbridge is building the financial operating system for the largest asset class in the world – real estate. More than $1T in rent flows through landlord bank accounts annually, with roughly a quarter locked in idle reserves and security deposits – and billions more leaking from unnecessary property expenses. And with $2.5T in real estate loans about to mature in 2027/28, property owners are desperate to boost their income ASAP. \r\n\r\nGoldbridge solves this problem by creating the first AI-powered banking platform for real estate owners. We are backed by Y Combinator and other world-class investors, and our founding team includes a 2x YC founder, former White House advisor, and 100-unit real estate owner/operator with deep industry expertise. Come help us redefine the future of real estate.", "one_liner": "Ramp for Real Estate", "team_size": 3, "industry": "Real Estate and Construction", "subindustry": "Real Estate and Construction -> Housing and Real Estate", "launched_at": 1763193418, "tags": [ "Real Estate", "Finance", "Proptech", "Neobank", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Fall 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Real Estate and Construction", "Housing and Real Estate" ], "regions": [ "Unspecified" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/goldbridge", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/fall-2025/goldbridge.json", "year_founded": 2025, "city": null, "country": null, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/goldbridgebanking", "x_url": "https://x.com/trygoldbridge", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/4d6bc2a399aaabb43bac34995b9a37125e0e1426.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "David Lieb", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/david-lieb" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 95578, "full_name": "Alvin Salehi", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Alvin Salehi is a 2x YC founder and CEO of Goldbridge, the all-in-one financial platform for real estate owners. He's also the co-founder of Shef, a Series B marketplace that enables anyone to cook and sell food from home. Salehi previously served as Senior Technology Advisor at the White House, where he authored the country’s first federal open source software policy and spearheaded its regulatory enforcement. Salehi also co-founded Code.gov and is a Venture Partner at NextGen VP.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/alvandsalehi", "x_url": "https://x.com/alvinsalehi_", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/88f4952ce02c85916f2d3f52626af96bc7a6209b.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1476984, "full_name": "Greg Rami", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Greg Rami is the Co-Founder of Goldbridge, the all-in-one financial platform built for real estate owners. With a broad engineering background spanning Android and iOS native development, web and backend systems, while leading teams at high-growth companies. He also brings training and practical experience in machine learning and data visualization from work at the NIST and NIH. Greg holds dual master's degrees in Computer Science and Business Management.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/gregrami", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/63e203577934eb66e97525d7594dba8380397c26.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 95598, "title": "Goldbridge – Ramp for Real Estate 🏠", "tagline": "The all-in-one financial platform for real estate owners. Banking + intelligence + automation, custom-built for property owners & operators.", "body": "**Tl;dr:** We can increase a real estate owner’s property values by 20 percent in less than three months. We already have thousands of units on board and just signed a strategic partnership deal with a company that puts us in front of 8M units in 2026.\n\nWe’re [Alvin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinsalehi/) & [Greg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrami/) and we’re the founders of [Goldbridge](https://www.goldbridgebanking.com/). Alvin’s first YC company, Shef (W19), is a homemade food marketplace that helped change state laws across the country so that people could legally cook and sell food from home. They raised over $100M, scaled Shef nationally, and built it into a Series B company that continues to grow rapidly across the country.\n\nNow we’re building Goldbridge, the financial operating system for real estate – and we built it from the ground up based on our personal experience owning and operating residential properties.\n\n**THE PROBLEM**\n\nOver **$1 trillion** **of rent** flows through landlords’ bank accounts every year, and nearly 25% of it sits idle in reserves and deposits. In other words, **real estate banking is fundamentally broken**:\n\n* Traditional banks don’t understand real estate cashflows\n* Property management systems don’t handle money movement, treasury, or yield\n* Operators juggle multiple bank accounts, spreadsheets, and manual reconciliations\n* Billions are lost every year in missed yield, overpayments, and operational inefficiencies\n\nThis is one of the largest underserved financial categories in the country.\n\n**WHY WE BUILT GOLDBRIDGE**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95598&key=user_uploads/95578/286eb9a4-254e-43a5-b09c-1e451fbb85ce)\n\nAs the son of immigrants, Alvin grew up in a motel and helped his parents manage properties growing up. Now he owns 81 units in the Bay Area, and he’s personally experienced how painful it is to manage property finances once you hit mid-market scale (50+ units).\n\nBy modernizing his banking stack, renegotiating contracts, appealing his property tax bills, applying for government rebates, optimizing maintenance spend, and restructuring rent collections, Alvin took his 81-unit portfolio from **–2% burn → +36% cashflow in just a few months.**\n\nWe’ve now replicated this for other property owners, and the patterns are universal.\n\n**OUR SOLUTION**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95598&key=user_uploads/95578/de43ac4b-4268-4af9-8522-7410002f340c)\n\n**1. Banking Built for Real Estate**\n\nHigh yield operating accounts, reserve accounts, and automated reconciliations across your entire portfolio of properties -- all under one FDIC-backed infrastructure.\n\n**2. Automated Savings & Earnings Optimization**\n\nGoldbridge automatically surfaces:\n\n* Property-tax reassessment opportunities\n* Vendor contract renegotiation opportunities\n* Government rebate and incentive programs\n* Utility bill errors\n* Idle cash yield optimization\n* Reserve allocation improvements\n\nBecause Goldbridge sits at the **banking + transaction layer**, we have access to data that is cleaner, richer, and more accurate than generic financial platforms. On top of that, we can actually move money for owners intelligently and safely rather than just highlighting the issues that need to be resolved and throwing the manual work back onto their plates.\n\n**WHY NOW**\n\n**1. A $2.5T Refi Wall Is Coming (2027–2028)**\n\nAn estimated $2.5 trillion in real estate loans will mature soon, which is making owners desperate to improve their property finances. They will need pristine financials, liquidity discipline, and real-time visibility into how their money moves.\n\n**2. LLMs Unlock Automation in a Data-Dense Industry**\n\nNeedless to say, real estate produces massive amounts of invoices, leases, utility bills, tax docs, contracts, rent rolls, and loan agreements. What previously took days to review and reconcile can now be done in minutes.\n\n**TRACTION**\n\nWe’re moving extremely fast. We already have **thousands of units** on board and just signed a strategic partnership deal with a company that puts us in front of **8M units** in 2026.\n\n**FOUNDERS**\n\n**Alvin Salehi (Co-Founder/CEO)**\n\n* 2x YC founder\n* Multifamily owner/operator (100+ units)\n* Co-founder of [Shef](https://shef.com/) (Series B)\n* Fmr Senior Tech Advisor @ White House\n\n**Greg Rami (Co-Founder/CTO)**\n\n* 15+ yrs eng experience with Data/ML/SWE; full stack + mobile native\n* Built parallel data processing for physics models @ NIST\n* Led engineering teams at high-growth companies\n\n**GET IN TOUCH**\n\nGoldbridge is building the financial OS for a trillion-dollar vertical. Drop us a line anytime if you’d like to chat – [**founders@goldbridgebanking.com**](mailto:founders@goldbridgebanking.com).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Oru-goldbridge-ramp-for-real-estate", "votes": 22, "created_at": "2025-11-18T14:39:13.062Z" } ] }, { "id": 29284, "name": "AveryIQ", "slug": "averyiq", "former_names": [ "Starlight Charging", "Avery HQ", "Avery" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e9858815bbd831276cdcb1d662f0a88316f786e6.png", "website": "https://averyiq.com", "all_locations": "Austin, TX, USA", "long_description": "Avery helps property managers fill vacancies faster and resolve maintenance requests automatically. 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We [built tools](https://partner.starlightcharging.com) to help you launch and scale your EV charging business – everything from site analysis and installation management (through our national network of certified electrical contractors) to payment collection.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87003&key=user_uploads/157923/54fdff9a-ce05-4576-aa6f-2e7f72d01086)\n\n\n\n### **Problem:**\n\nThe US needs 100x more EV charging stations to be installed in the next 10 years if gasoline cars will be replaced by EVs. Rather than leaving this work up to the oil companies, who will drag their feet, we think blitzscaling charging needs to be done right, and done soon. \n\nAs with most real estate, not all locations are created equal. It’s hard to predict which potential installation sites will see high utilization and profitability. What’s more, running an installation process in commercial environments (like multifamily apartment buildings or condos) is complicated and overwhelming.\n\n### **Our Solution:**\n\n We are empowering the hard-working electricians of the world to not only solve the charging gap, but also be financially rewarded for doing so. We built magical software that can help analyze millions of candidate charging station locations for profitability, and manage the installation process – everything from permitting and contracts to material and labor management. We built integrations with over 30 different EVSE manufacturers, so that you can operate different charging station models all from one dashboard.  \n\nAfter installation, operating a charging station business does require some ongoing work – stations need to be regularly inspected, updated, and retail prices need to be adjusted for fluctuations in energy prices.  Starlight’s all-in-one platform streamlines this part of the business for you.  Just like a vending machine, as people use your charging stations, you’ll collect small amounts of revenue day-after-day.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87003&key=user_uploads/157923/0f3aa3f4-742c-4b3c-ba9c-92a4882d5d23)\n\n**How did we get here?**\\\nWe have spent several years honing our own EV charging station operation through [Starlight Charging](http://www.starlightcharging.com/) – we have installed and operate ports all across the country. 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Propaya customers save 90% of lease review processing time and cost compared to before.\n\n---\n\n### **Why is this important?**\n\nManaging commercial real estate leases is a complex, time-intensive, and error-prone process. Each lease often runs dozens of pages, filled with intricate clauses that require meticulous review. Traditional manual methods slow operations and increase the risk of errors, leading to financial losses, missed opportunities, and legal disputes.\n\n**The Numbers Tell the Story:**\n\n* **Time-Consuming Processes:** Manual lease reviews are labor-intensive, with automation capable of reducing review time by 90%.\n* **Prevalence of Errors:** 78% of companies have errors in their lease data due to outdated information, underscoring the critical need for regular data updates.\n* **Financial Impact:** On average, businesses lose $15 million each year due to hidden commercial lease costs like overlooked clauses and inaccuracies.\n\n**The Business Opportunity:** The lease abstraction service market is booming, valued at $4.48 billion in 2024 and projected to grow to $5.92 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 7.2%. As leases become more complex, the demand for accurate, efficient, and automated lease management solutions is growing. AI-powered tools, like Propaya’s, are emerging as essential solutions for property managers, asset managers, and real estate professionals.\n\nAs leases become more complex, the demand for accurate, efficient, and automated lease management solutions is increasing. AI-powered tools, like Propaya’s, are emerging as essential solutions for property managers, asset managers, and real estate professionals.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=86065&key=user_uploads/1991246/932b8123-c043-4c6f-b8da-23d9fad8a069)\n\n---\n\n### **Our Solution**\n\nPropaya simplifies lease management with AI-powered tools:\n\n* **Lease Abstractions:** Quickly transform lengthy, complex lease agreements into concise, searchable summaries.\n* **Lease Reviews:** Ensure compliance and catch critical clauses with automated checks that reduce the risk of errors.\n* **Custom Output:** Propaya seamlessly adapts to your existing workflows by generating forms and reports that match your current style and format. 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We’d love to connect with them!\n\nYou can reach us at [**founders@propaya.com**](mailto:founders@propaya.com) or schedule a call via [www.propaya.com](https://www.propaya.com). You can also follow our LinkedIn here. \n\n---", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MO9-propaya-ai-commercial-lease-abstractions-and-reviews", "votes": 25, "created_at": "2024-12-05T15:22:11.428Z" }, { "id": 83562, "title": "🏠 Propaya - AI-powered Property Management Software", "tagline": " Upload your lease; we will handle the rest.", "body": "**tl;dr:** Propaya simplifies the complexities of property management. Our platform automates routine tasks, provides real-time insights, and reduces the administrative load, empowering property managers to focus on what truly matters—growing their business. Available now at [Propaya.com](http://Propaya.com)\n\n**Meet the founding team behind Propaya - Jake & Reader!**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83562&key=user_uploads/1991246/217611dd-ab8e-412e-8020-18621ae6643d)\n\n**From left to right:**\n\n🧠 [**Jake**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-golas/) is our analytical brain: CTO of Propaya, CS degree in 3½ years, former full stack software engineer at Epic Systems. Chat with him about #AI #Azure #dotnet\n\n**❤️** [**Reader**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reader-wang-70bb31166/) keeps an eye on the bigger picture: CEO of Propaya, 7+ years in real estate management and tech innovation, former SpaceX Engineer, and an MS from Stanford. Chat with him about #propertymanagement #proptech #realestate #propertymanagement\n\n---\n\n**Why is smart property management essential?** 🧐\n\nProperty management is evolving rapidly, and staying ahead requires adopting tools that simplify operations and drive growth. With increased demand for remote work and digital solutions, property managers are under pressure to do more with less—Propaya helps you meet that challenge.\n\n---\n\nWe created Propaya because we understand the personal day-to-day challenges property managers face, from handling tenant requests and maintenance scheduling to managing finances and compliance. Our platform was built to automate these repetitive tasks, giving you back precious time and providing actionable insights to make informed decisions.\n\n---\n\n**The Propaya Advantage** 🎉\n\n* **Automated workflows:** Say goodbye to manual data entry and hello to efficiency. Propaya handles everything from lease renewals to maintenance requests with ease. Just upload your lease PDF, and we will take it from there.\n* **Finance management:** Upload a receipt, and we'll keep your expenses organized and securely stored, forming detailed expense data sheets to make tax season easy.\n* **Automated calendar and alerts:** Stay on top of every task with our integrated calendar and alert system. 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He worked as a real estate agent for several years, managing client relationships and transactions. In startups, he specialized in customer success and implementation, focusing on improving client experiences and efficiency.\n\nGrowing up in a townhome community, Allen has firsthand insight into HOA governance challenges and opportunities. This perspective, combined with his expertise, drives his passion for creating innovative HOA management.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/allenliou1", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/allenliou_", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/77f12e3c595734f30784d24dcd1bb86bcdfd3fa8.jpg" }, { "user_id": 279288, "full_name": "Shreyas Bharadwaj", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Shreyas has a strong background in AI/ML, having worked as a data scientist at startups and most recently at the RAND Corporation, where he developed experimental ML products for the DoD.\n\nHis journey with HOAs began with his own condo ownership, where encountering massive inefficiencies in community operations led him to join the HOA board. At Assembly, Shreyas leverages his technical expertise and passion for safeguarding homeowners' investments to build the next-generation of HOA management.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/shreyas-assembly", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/c10e44e5bedc8e30346a2fa04931f64b404ce67b.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 67836, "title": "Senior Community Association (HOA) Manager", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembly-hoa/jobs/zfZd80w-senior-community-association-hoa-manager", "location": "Glendale, CA, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Operations", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "$70K - $90K", "equity_range": "0.05% - 0.10%", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] }, { "id": 69860, "title": "Founding Engineer (Full-Stack) ", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembly-hoa/jobs/9R7bAZy-founding-engineer-full-stack", "location": "San Mateo, CA, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "$150K - $200K", "equity_range": "1.00% - 2.00%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [ "Google Cloud", "Kubernetes", "Node.js", "React", "TypeScript", "Firebase", "Docker", "Next.js" ] }, { "id": 88866, "title": "Senior Community Association (HOA) Manager", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembly-hoa/jobs/D9FlMf3-senior-community-association-hoa-manager", "location": "Long Beach, CA, US / Riverside, CA, US / CA, US / Remote (CA, US)", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Operations", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "$70K - $90K", "equity_range": "0.05% - 0.10%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] }, { "id": 101992, "title": "Director of Business Development, San Francisco Bay Area", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembly-hoa/jobs/UMqAWkR-director-of-business-development-san-francisco-bay-area", "location": "San Mateo, CA, US / Remote (San Mateo, CA, US)", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Sales", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "$90K - $140K", "equity_range": "", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] }, { "id": 113865, "title": "Founding Engineer (Full-Stack) ", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/assembly-hoa/jobs/enznpU7-founding-engineer-full-stack", "location": "Los Angeles, CA, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "$150K - $200K", "equity_range": "1.00% - 2.00%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] } ], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 82995, "title": "🏘️ Assembly HOA: Modern tech-enabled HOA management", "tagline": "Your HOA probably sucks. We can help.", "body": "TL;DR; [Assembly](https://assemblyhoa.com/) provides tech-enabled HOA management for your community and [Atlas](https://atlas.assemblyhoa.com/sign-in), a free AI-copilot to help you navigate your HOA.\n\n[Allen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenliou1/) and [Shreyas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyas-assembly/) here from Assembly!\n\nWe started Assembly because we were fed up with slow, inefficient, and costly HOAs that often make homeowners feel like renters, powerless against poor management. What’s the point of homeownership if you feel this way?\n\nAssembly leverages the latest in fintech and AI to automate HOA operations and provide real-time information to homeowners. Our cutting-edge software, combined with top-tier HOA managers, ensures that your most valuable asset is protected while delivering a modern, transparent experience you’d expect in 2024.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82995&key=user_uploads/383321/c99c2211-0986-4274-a34b-2471debedbf8)\n\nWe’re live with 26 communities across Greater Los Angeles and SF Bay Area and a [4\\.9 star rating on Google.](https://g.co/kgs/kYqnUpb)\n\n**Ask:** If you or anyone you know is an HOA board member or a homeowner struggling with their HOA, we’d love to bring your HOA over to Assembly! Please reach out to us at 213 282 8809 or [allen@assemblyhoa.com](mailto:allen@assemblyhoa.com) to learn how we can help or book time directly: \n\n### But wait, there’s more!\n\nTo help any homeowner faster than waiting for the HOA to switch HOA management companies, we’re launching Assembly Atlas, your free AI HOA copilot to help you navigate your HOA. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82995&key=user_uploads/383321/e676505c-c487-4d70-8596-8ee0566e2745)\n\nAtlas reads through your HOA’s governing documents (CC&Rs, Bylaws, and Rules & Regs) and generates simple cards to help you get clarity about what you can and can’t do in your community. 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Previously invested in real estate at Rockbridge Capital and researched real estate at Wharton. \n\nFormer investor at Future Back Ventures and consultant at Bain & Co. Supported operations at Cruise ($1B-exit; YC)\n\nStudied finance & real estate at Wharton. Minored in computer science.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-amore-6391a7129/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/aa5e00d5b819e5b9f128969ea9afab6699492b6f.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1690470, "full_name": "Samuel Li", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Building AI agents for property accounting.\n\nFormer software engineer at Rippling, where I led projects within Time Products and Global Payroll.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelli97/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/757c8a6e40af57fcde1875c50a12a673a0c3be1f.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 87175, "title": "Founding Software Engineer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ironledger-ai/jobs/e381x9h-founding-software-engineer", "location": "New York, NY, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "$150K - $200K", "equity_range": "0.50% - 1.50%", "experience": "3+ years", "visa": "Will sponsor", "skills": [] }, { "id": 108865, "title": "Founding Sales Development Representative (SDR)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ironledger-ai/jobs/fTDgp5J-founding-sales-development-representative-sdr", "location": "New York, NY, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Sales", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "$60K - $150K", "equity_range": "", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] } ], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 92570, "title": "IronLedger.ai: AI agents for property accounting", "tagline": "Eliminate 100s of hours from your property accounting workflows", "body": "Hi all, we’re Nick & Sam and the co-founders of [IronLedger](https://www.ironledger.ai/?utm_source=yc-launch&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=yc-launch-2025).\n\nIronLedger provides AI agents for property accounting, starting with accounts payable. **We already eliminate 100s of hours of expense work for 1000s of multifamily units every month.**\n\nIf you know any property owners, managers or accountants, we can save them 100s of hours and $1000s in accounting spend per month. Reach out to [sales@ironledger.ai](mailto:sales@ironledger.ai) for them to take advantage of our special Launch Deal: _25% off your first month + cancel anytime (ends 08/08/25)._\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHruoQipavM\n\n# **Today, property accounting is a massive headache**\n\nFor every 1,000 multifamily units, someone on your accounting team is stuck analyzing 400+ transactions. They’re flipping between Yardi, Excel and Outlook, while texting property managers for more detail. It’s not uncommon for this process to take a full week of every month. Accounting teams also have to balance billbacks, bank reconciliations and dozens of other workflows. As an owner or manager, the stress of maintaining accurate financials and finding quality accountants, takes energy away from growing your business. \n\nTraditional thinking is to throw more headcount at the problem or outsource accounting. But these are expensive, time consuming, and low quality options.\n\n# **Enter IronLedger**\n\nIronLedger offers the first AI agents for property accounting. Using AI, IronLedger can read, code and collect relevant details from every transaction. It tracks invoices over email, receipts over text and proactively communicates directly with other humans (vendors, managers or maintenance teams) so you don’t have to. IronLedger makes your data immediately accessible, so accountants and asset managers can start closing your books in days, not weeks.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=92570&key=user_uploads/2556851/109de86c-2701-46e9-9eae-754dbc73cb02)\n\nIronLedger also codes as well as your best accountant. Using thousands of historical transactions, the right context, and novel LLM techniques, we can code your expenses with >99% accuracy. Low confidence transactions are proactively flagged for review.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=92570&key=user_uploads/2556851/98d16650-f1c6-429c-9777-ff476e537ea6)\n\nSetup requires <2 hours of your time and IronLedger is immediately built into your existing team’s workflows. \n\nStop your accounts payable headache today. Partner with [IronLedger](https://www.ironledger.ai/?utm_source=yc-launch&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=yc-launch-2025) ([sales@ironledger.com](mailto:sales@ironledger.com)).\n\n# **About us**\n\nNick (CEO) was previously a consultant at Bain & Co and venture investor with Future Back Ventures. He is a passive real estate investor and his family developed & managed commercial real estate. Sam (CTO) was previously a tech lead at Rippling and built core Rippling HRIS systems as they scaled from 300 to 5K+ employees.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=92570&key=user_uploads/2556851/4a60808c-d7d1-4e75-8723-3294de26a55e)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/O54-ironledger-ai-ai-agents-for-property-accounting", "votes": 53, "created_at": "2025-07-30T17:58:11.550Z" } ] }, { "id": 30847, "name": "Brickwise", "slug": "brickwise", "former_names": [ "Brickwise", "Brickwise AI" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/48c389a46401af22e7cde8396ad1941ad05a7401.png", "website": "https://www.brickwiseai.com", "all_locations": "London, England, United Kingdom", "long_description": "We've built an AI property manager that automates maintenance requests, handling tenant calls and messages 24/7, following up by chasing contractors and resolving issues.\r\n\r\nWe're based in London, but have over 10 customers throughout the world, from San Francisco to Dubai. We have a reliable sales pipeline, including a >$1m cARR enterprise contract. Since our formation 6 months ago, we have raised over $3M in funding.\r\n\r\nIsmail, co-founder & CEO, is an ex-Founder at LiveLink AI, where he raised $3M, growing the platform to editing 150k videos per month. He also built his own prop firm to $500k ARR.\r\n\r\nElias, co-founder & CTO, was an early engineer at a YC backed company, acquired by Google. While a senior engineer at Google for 5 years, he took the product from $50k ARR to >$100m. CS at Bristol, MBA from Imperial.", "one_liner": "AI property manager for landlords and estate agents", "team_size": 12, "industry": "Real Estate and Construction", "subindustry": "Real Estate and Construction -> Housing and Real Estate", "launched_at": 1762137164, "tags": [], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Fall 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Real Estate and Construction", "Housing and Real Estate" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom", "Europe" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": [ { "question": "How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)", "answer": "Hey everyone [👋](https://emojipedia.org/waving-hand)\r\n\r\nWe’re [Ismail](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeilani) & [Elias](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaskassell/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABeEg0EB4O6J8hjKE8dqLAnLjFXI3sosGQs) - co-founders of [Brickwise](https://www.brickwiseai.com).\r\n\r\n**Brickwise is building an AI property manager that automates maintenance for landlords and property managers.**\r\n\r\nLandlord’s usually get into property as a great way to make money. They quickly realise it requires a lot of work, so they hand tihngs over to property managers. On average, 1 property manager is hired for every 60 properties. It’s always just been the cost of property management.\r\n\r\nBrickwise is making it possible to deliver profits and margins that just hasn’t been possible pre-AI.\r\n\r\n**_Ask_:** Are you a landlord or property managers? Or, do you know landlord’s or property managers? I’d love to speak to them directly: [ismail@brickwiseai.com](mailto:ismail@brickwiseai.com)" }, { "question": "What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?", "answer": "There are 240,000 property management firms in the US. They spend \\~$56bn per year on salaries to manage properties. This reality is true pretty much everywhere in the world. In Europe, 214,000 firms spend \\~$35bn on salaries.\r\n\r\nAnd this just represents half the problem (literally). Roughly 50% of landlord’s are so put off by the cost of using a property manager, they choose to manage it themselves. \r\n\r\nUnfortunately, this just hasn’t been solvable before. The more properties you have, the more people you need. 1 person can only answer so many emails or respond to so many calls. \r\n\r\nWe’ve been there before - building a small property management firm over-seeing 130 properties. We understand the nuances of managing properties from maintenance issues to evictions. \r\n\r\nWe also understand why, only now, technology has made it possible to change this. 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Ex-Google, ex-Dataform early hire.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaskassell/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/db06ea2a6d5048ea8866c05d0f827d3c2db14198.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 114095, "title": "Sales Development Representative (SDR) - £40k-£50k Base (£70k+ Uncapped OTE)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/brickwise/jobs/RGpTj8P-sales-development-representative-sdr-40k-50k-base-70k-uncapped-ote", "location": "England, GB", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Sales", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "£70K - £100K GBP", "equity_range": "0.10% - 0.30%", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required", "skills": [] } ], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 95234, "title": "Brickwise - AI Property Manager 🏡", "tagline": "Automating maintenance for landlords and property managers", "body": "Hey everyone[ 👋](https://emojipedia.org/waving-hand)\n\nWe’re[ Ismail](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeilani) &[ Elias](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaskassell/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABeEg0EB4O6J8hjKE8dqLAnLjFXI3sosGQs) - co-founders of[ Brickwise](https://www.brickwiseai.com).\n\n# **TL;DR**\n\n**Brickwise is building an AI property manager that automates maintenance for landlords and property managers.**\n\nLandlords usually get into property as a way to make money. They quickly realise it requires a lot of work, so they hand things over to property managers. On average, 1 property manager is hired for every 120 properties. That’s just the cost of property management.\n\nBrickwise is making it possible to deliver profits and margins that haven’t been possible pre-AI.\n\nOur Launch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDJyMnw8jpE\n\n**Ask:** Are you a landlord or property manager? Or, do you know landlords or property managers? I’d love to speak to them directly: [ismail@brickwiseai.com](mailto:ismail@brickwiseai.com)\n\n---\n\n# **Problem ❌**\n\nThere are 240,000 property management firms in the US. They spend \\~$56bn per year on salaries to manage properties. This reality is true pretty much everywhere in the world. In Europe, 214,000 firms spend \\~$35bn on salaries.\n\nHow are these salaries financed? On average, an owner has to pay 10% of their monthly rent (before mortgages, taxes, repairs) to property managers.\n\nThis represents half the problem (literally). 50% of landlords are so put off by the cost of using a property manager, they choose to manage it themselves.\n\nUnfortunately, this just hasn’t been solvable before. The more properties you have, the more people you need. One person can only answer so many emails or respond to so many calls.\n\nAs a team, we’ve been there before, building a small property management firm overseeing 130 properties. We understand the nuances of managing properties, from maintenance issues to evictions.\n\nWe also understand why only now technology has made it possible to change this.\n\n# **Solution ✅**\n\nBrickwise will one day automate the entire property lifecycle. We’re starting by making the most labour-intensive part as automated as possible: maintenance.\n\n**Part 1 - 24/7 support via call, email and text**\n\nTenants are given a phone number and email that they can contact 24/7 (you can also try it yourself!)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95234&key=user_uploads/190230/ef9b52f3-74fb-4132-a7ac-b10c4fc328b7)\n\nOur AI agent does more than just triage and arrange visits. It actually understands issues and suggests fixes on the spot.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95234&key=user_uploads/190230/106cee28-b84f-49cb-ac19-ecfc8c643333)\n\n**Part 2 - Organising and arranging contractors**\n\nOf course, not all issues can be resolved over call or text. Often, someone needs to take a look. This usually involves a series of phone calls between the property manager, the tenant and the contractor. When you’re managing thousands of properties, resolutions take time. Reasons include (but are not limited to):\n\n* Someone’s out of office\n* You’ve been assigned a new property manager\n* The contractor didn’t pick up their phone (and your property manager forgot to call back)\n* It’s a weekend and your issue isn’t urgent\n* They’re getting multiple quotes because the repair is expensive\n\nWhatever the reason, everyone is unhappy when things take long. The beauty of AI is its ability to speak to many people at the same time. This means as soon as our agent picks up an issue, it is able to contact dozens of contractors (external or internal) at the same time.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95234&key=user_uploads/190230/f8bbbc58-1056-4271-a561-5c56357a6f7b)\n\n**Part 3 - Keeping everyone updated, like “real life read receipts”**\n\nProperty managers are always kept in the loop with everything the agent is doing, giving them the exact oversight they need. At the same time, tenants are always updated with how things are progressing. These systems are automated, and most importantly scalable. We can manage instant updates for thousands of tenants.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95234&key=user_uploads/190230/065b1dd8-e4e4-42f8-aee2-5be5f1c1facb)\n\n# Ask 💬\n\nIf you are, or you know any of the following, I’d love to hear from you:\n\n**Property Managers**\\\nYou’re probably managing hundreds or thousands of properties and are figuring out if this AI thing makes any sense for you. Is it as good as it sounds? Does it integrate into my current PMS?\n\n**Landlords**\\\nYou might be a professional landlord, or you might be a software engineer running the family property business on the side. You’d rather not, but there’s no one else that’s able to do it.\n\nYou can reach out to us at [ismail@brickwiseai.com](mailto:ismail@brickwiseai.com)\n\n# Team\n\nIsmail is an ex-Googler and previously the founder of LiveLink, an AI video editing platform that edited 150k videos per month for over 1000 customers. They raised $3m. He also ran his own property business helping oversee 130 properties.\n\nElias was an early engineer at Dataform (YC W18) who were acquired by Google. At Google he worked in the core team that grew Dataform’s revenue at Google from 0 to $100m in 4 years. He left Google to create Busbysims, a platform for engineers to design systems, before starting Brickwise.\n\nFun fact: Elias was the only member of the Dataform team who did NOT want to take the acquisition!", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Om2-brickwise-ai-property-manager", "votes": 3092, "created_at": "2025-11-05T23:24:34.432Z" } ] }, { "id": 30956, "name": "Automax.ai", "slug": "automax-ai", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/f265caa416fd1f57b94ea1289947654c7e9e7877.png", "website": "https://automax.ai", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Automax.ai does property appraisals faster and more transparent. 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Automax first started as internal tooling to automate their manual Excel and report processes. That side project grew to power **3,000+ reports** a month for some of the largest appraisal firms nationwide.\n\nWhile building that out, we realized the root problem wasn’t tools - it was the appraisal workflow itself: subjective, opaque, and built for a workforce with a median age of 62.\n\nWith new top down regulation called UAD 3.6 coming in January and reshaping the entire reporting format & data guidelines, appraisals are about to experience its biggest reset in decades with **20% of the workforce retiring** and turn times set to expand from the current **5-7 day** average to **several week long**.\n\nHere’s how an Automax appraisal works:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95483&key=user_uploads/1939136/5b40d57c-0f8b-45e3-a2a6-12cf719dc5a9)\n\nAutomax sends a certified inspector to scan the property with our mobile app- LiDAR and CV extract 150+ attributes: dimensions, condition, finishes, layout, and more.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95483&key=user_uploads/1939136/daeb1912-773d-4586-8901-1d114c13b2be)\n\nThat data feeds into AI Agents trained to follow the appraisal process, which generate a full valuation in under 10 minutes by reconciling market data, selecting and scoring comps, cleaning faulty inputs, and adjusting for subtle market signals (like how an upward-sloping backyard might impact site value uniquely in your neighborhood). A licensed staff appraiser then reviews, edits, and signs the report using **Appraisal Copilot**- our suite of AI tools for order management and review- interrogating data, tracing comps, and re-running analyses in context.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95483&key=user_uploads/1939136/954b1daf-7763-4d75-b86d-70ce54236749)\n\nThe result: a fully Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac compliant appraisal, **delivered on the same day**.\n\n**Ask:**\n\n* Today we’re taking appraisal orders across all of California & Colorado (with new states added each week)- if you or someone you know regularly orders appraisals (real-estate transactions, mortgage, tax, insurance, investment, etc), [**book a call with us here**](https://calendly.com/automax-ai/meet-with-automax-ai) and we’ll do your first appraisal for free.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=95483&key=user_uploads/1939136/f7764b5c-5c45-4036-9490-910123208e70)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Oq3-automax-ai-powered-property-appraisals-in-minutes", "votes": 20, "created_at": "2025-11-13T07:15:30.643Z" } ] }, { "id": 31257, "name": "Atlia", "slug": "atlia", "former_names": [ "Odyssey" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7a4b2fb5aaa99f5f795d2aa898508681eae26222.png", "website": "https://www.atlia.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "We use AI agents to manage short-term rental properties by running operations completely autonomously. 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But in reality, every Airbnb is a tiny hotel and a nightmare of operations. Every reservation restarts the operational clock: prices must be adjusted, guests screened, messages answered, cleaners scheduled, access coordinated, supplies restocked, and maintenance handled, often overnight or between back-to-back stays.\n\nAnd in traditional short-term property management companies, operational failures are common, and they can quickly become very costly:\n\n* A missed cleaning becomes a bad review\n* A poorly screened guest becomes property damage\n* A neglected maintenance issue becomes an issued refund or lost booking\n\nOn top of these operational failures, the average management company takes 15–30% of rental revenue, often alongside cleaning, maintenance, and other fees.\n\nWe’ve been property managers for the past year and ran into the same lose-lose choice every owner faces: manage a 24/7 hospitality business yourself, or hand over a quarter of your revenue to a management company whose costs increase with every property it adds.\n\n## The Solution\n\nWe are building a new type of property management company, with infrastructure built for agents and human-computer-interaction from the ground up. By replacing the layers of coordination and operational overhead built into traditional management companies, we provide a much better service at a much lower fee.\n\nWe center around a simple premise: owners shouldn’t have to choose between good service and reasonable fees. With our model, **owners take home 10–20% more and guests have a more premium experience.**\n\n## Team\n\nWe’re Shaan and Edmond, longtime friends, Duke roommates, and property managers.\n\nEdmond previously built AI voice agents at Rilla, LLM agents at S&P Global, and data pipelines at Vanguard. He has been managing rentals for a year, experiencing the owner’s dilemma firsthand.\n\nShaan previously designed GPU hardware at Apple, brain-computer interface research at Yale, computer architecture research at Duke. He also has been managing Airbnbs and longer-term rentals for a year and a half.\n\n## The Ask\n\nWe are live in 80 properties today, and would love to have you join us.\n\n**If you own a short-term rental** (such as an Airbnb), we can help you generate more revenue while providing better experiences to guests and giving you that peace of mind that your property is in good hands.\n\n**If you are considering investing in a short-term rental,** we can help turn your investment into a much more lucrative investment vehicle.\n\nYou can reach out to us at [founders@atlia.com](mailto:founders@atlia.com). And schedule a free property review at [www.atlia.com](http://www.atlia.com).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/SAV-atlia-the-ai-native-str-property-management-company", "votes": 11, "created_at": "2026-07-29T17:19:12.682Z" } ] }, { "id": 32195, "name": "RealPact", "slug": "realpact", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/0066aaeaa91920faf3f4b4ee35ce9e7c2bc99740.png", "website": "https://realpact.ai", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "RealPact builds AI agents that handle the paperwork behind real estate transactions. They find property records like deeds, tax records, permits, parcel data, and MLS information, then use that data to fill out contracts, organize documents, track deadlines, and help brokerages close deals faster.\r\n\r\nWe are starting by automating transactions and will expand into other parts of brokerage operations. Much of the software used across the real estate industry is outdated. 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It has an infrastructure problem.\n\nWhile nearly every major industry is using AI to move faster, reduce manual work, and automate operations, real estate agents are still managing some of the largest financial transactions in the world through disconnected software, email threads, repetitive data entry, and paperwork.\n\nAgents should be spending their time winning clients, advising buyers and sellers, and closing deals. Instead, they lose hours gathering property information, filling out the same details across multiple forms, tracking deadlines, and coordinating every party involved in a transaction.\n\nThat is why we are building RealPact.\n\nRealPact is not another tool for completing one form or managing one part of a deal. We are building the intelligent transaction infrastructure for real estate agents and brokerages: a system that can understand a transaction, automate the paperwork, coordinate every party, track every deadline, and carry a deal from the first conversation to closing.\n\nMost real estate software stores the work. RealPact does the work.\\\n\\\n\n\nWe are already working with several major brokerages in New Hampshire and rolling out RealPact across their teams.\n\n“RealPact feels magical. We have never seen anything like it in real estate, and we believe it is going to change the industry for good.”\n\nSpenser Molloy\\\nOwner, NextHome Modern Realty\n\nOur long-term vision is simple: give every real estate agent an intelligent operating system that handles the transaction work behind the scenes, so they can spend more time building relationships, serving clients, and closing deals.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/ST4-realpact-ai-native-os-for-real-estate-brokerages", "votes": 8, "created_at": "2026-08-06T19:56:18.877Z" } ] }, { "id": 32751, "name": "Vestris", "slug": "vestris", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e17d90c0a32a27bdb75bac6bb8a2ca4e0ad1646d.png", "website": "https://vestris.ai/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Vestris automates title processing end-to-end, from contract to close, so title shops can close more deals with fewer processors. 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You're ready to purchase, the contract is signed, everything is in place.\n\nAnd you're recommended a settlement company, and told to buy title insurance.\n\nMost homeowners couldn't tell you what title insurance actually buys them. In a nutshell: **you're paying for the peace of mind that the property you're buying has no open claims against it** — payments a title company makes on your behalf.\n\nBut it's also a process that takes weeks. Behind the phone, you've got lawyers processing files, manually checking emails, and scanning two seemingly identical documents for changes.\n\nMeanwhile, the incumbent software is a decade-old, per-file database whose premium plans put it out of reach for the small and mid-size shops that make up most of the market.\n\n### The Solution\n\nVestris runs the file end to end:\n\n**Reads everything on arrival** — every document that hits a processor's inbox is routed to the right order, new contracts spin up new files, and the routine back-and-forth is handled, so the first 30% of a file is done before a human even looks.\n\n**Does the math** — logs into county tax and land portals to pull up-to-date figures, then prorates taxes, utilities, HOA dues, and special assessments to the settlement date on that county's convention, every figure traced back to its source.\n\n**Drafts the commitment** — building Schedule A from the vesting and legal description and Schedule B from the exceptions in the record, the work a small shop waits a week and pays an abstractor hundreds for.\n\n**Closes it out** — reconciling the closing disclosure against the settlement statement, handling the lender back-and-forth, and showing the processor exactly what changed, so no one's squinting at two seemingly identical PDFs.\n\nEvery step still goes through human approval. What changes is bandwidth: **a mom-and-pop shop never has to turn down an order because they're swamped**, and they get to spend their time on the in-person care that made buyers seek them out in the first place.\n\n### The Team\n\nWe're Aahil and Josh, best friends and UMich roommates.\n\nAahil previously built SafeKids and holds three USPTO patents. He spent the summer closing files at a title shop, seeing the processor's grind firsthand.\n\nJosh previously built live-telemetry and communication systems for Michigan's Formula SAE team. He worked the same title desk, and stole the cubicle with the monitor 😠\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=109429&key=user_uploads/3411947/af48be0b-23b2-4cb5-9c1c-4eb5c7b45e50)\n\n### Our Ask\n\nWe're running Vestris in parallel at a title shop that settles millions in deals a month.\n\nIf you know anyone at **a title agency, escrow, or settlement company** — we'd love an intro.\n\nAnd if you've ever bought or sold a home, reach out! You probably have strong feelings about the title process :)\n\nYou can reach us at [founders@vestris.ai](mailto:founders@vestris.ai), or better yet, give us a call at +1 (571) 466 7878.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/SSz-vestris-al-native-title-processing-service", "votes": 15, "created_at": "2026-08-06T19:00:00.169Z" } ] } ]