YC Reject Pitch Night, hosted by Sanscritic @ Workato HQ

Rejected by YC? Good. Now come prove them wrong. YC Reject Pitch Night brings together ambitious founders, investors, operators, and startup supporters for an evening featuring companies that are still building—regardless of who said no. Selected founders will take the stage to pitch their startups, share what they are building, and connect with people who care more about momentum than credentials. Expect raw ideas, determined builders, honest feedback, and a room full of people betting on themselves. Apply to pitch or RSVP to support the next generation of founders. ​​​​Submit your pitch deck here YC Reject Pitch Night is an independent event and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Y Combinator. ​Sponsor About TheAgentic:TheAgentic provides complete infrastructure for production-ready AI agents, currently powering companies in biotech, healthtech, cybersecurity, and fintech where accuracy isn't optional.TheAgentic’s Sanscritic is a universal reasoning layer for AI, separating how systems think from the models they run on. Instead of relying on fragile prompts or locked-in model behavior, Sanscritic lets you design, control, and own your reasoning logic across any model, workflow, or domain. TheAgentic’s Launchpad program partners with early-stage startups to build AI products on our infrastructure at zero cost and zero equity. TheAgentic’s Prometheus program lets domain experts and consultants turn their knowledge into revenue-generating AI products, without building or running a startup themselves ​Host About Workato:​Workato is an enterprise automation and integration platform that orchestrates workflows across applications, data, and systems enabling secure, governed execution of complex processes as organizations adopt AI agents at scale. You can explore Workato's end-to-end capabilities here. About Sanscritic:Sanscritic is building the reasoning layer for the next generation of AI systems. Through its NeoLab, Sanscritic develops meta-reasoning systems, domain foundation models, and infrastructure for more reliable, specialized, and verifiable AI. Join us to learn how Sanscritic is pushing beyond generic LLMs toward AI that can reason, evaluate, and operate in high-stakes domains. ​​Agenda 5:00 - 5:45pm: Registration and networking5:45 - 6:15pm: Intro to TheAgentic and Workato6:15 - 7:30pm: Startup pitches7:30 - 8:30pm: Open networking