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Carson

Carson is a desktop AI app that generates custom, sharable workspaces

Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveB2B

What they do

Problem

Teams struggle to efficiently collaborate with AI on complex, task-specific work using generic chat interfaces and scattered tools.

Solution

A desktop AI app that generates custom, shareable workspaces in seconds to replace the chat box and enable collaborative AI-driven workflows.

Who it's for

Teams at businesses who collaborate on important operational and client-facing tasks (e.g., insurance claims processing, customer emailing).

Founders

Sid Menon
Founder

building the future of human-computer interaction | prev @ Palantir, Harvard.

Ketan Agrawal
Founder

Building for the future of knowledge work. prev: AI/ML engineering at Snowflake, Robust Intelligence, Stanford Symbolic Systems/CS

Milan Bhandari
Founder

Working on replacing the chat box @ Carson. Prev: Bolto (YC S23), Palantir, Harvard CS '21

Alex Iansiti
Founder

Building pragmatic generative ui. Prev: Flowcode, Pinterest, Harvard CS '21

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