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Tsenta
YC S26San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 2 employees · Hiring · 7 known investors
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Tsenta automates job applications by monitoring 50,000+ career pages across major applicant tracking systems and submitting tailored, ATS-optimized applications within minutes of job postings. The platform serves active job seekers seeking to increase application volume and speed while maintaining quality application materials.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S26)
Tsenta was founded in 2026 by Agnay Srivastava and Pulkit Gupta.
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Investors · 7
Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
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Amino CapitalreportedPalo Alto · $100K – $10M
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Blast.Clubreported$5.5M
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CRV (Charles River Ventures)reportedBay Area · $250K – $5M
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Lyra Capital Pty LtdreportedSydney
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Manresa VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $3M
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Sandwith Ventures, LLCreported
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The YC application· Summer 2026 batch
Alumni Q&A
- 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?)
- The two founders are international students at Rose-Hulman who applied to more than 3,000 jobs combined in the past year. Frustrated by repeatedly re-entering the same information into systems like Workday, they built Tsenta for themselves during their summer internships and launched it from their dorm.
- What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?
- The founders note that students typically apply to 200-400 jobs per cycle and spend 15-30 minutes each on data entry into application forms. They found existing tools to be either opaque cloud services or slow Chrome extensions, both priced out of reach for students, so they built on-device automation that fills out forms end-to-end.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Tsenta do?
- Tsenta automates job applications by monitoring 50,000+ career pages across major applicant tracking systems and submitting tailored, ATS-optimized applications within minutes of job postings. The platform serves active job seekers seeking to increase application volume and speed while maintaining quality application materials.
- Who founded Tsenta?
- Tsenta was founded by Agnay Srivastava, Pulkit Gupta in 2026.
- Who are Tsenta's investors?
- Tsenta's investors include Y Combinator, Amino Capital, Blast.Club, CRV (Charles River Ventures), Lyra Capital Pty Ltd, Manresa Ventures, Sandwith Ventures, LLC.
- Where is Tsenta headquartered?
- Tsenta is headquartered in San Francisco, US.