YC Summer 2026 (S26) company

FlowManual

AI for Construction's Back Office.

About FlowManual

FlowManual is the all-in-one AI bidding and purchasing platform for both general and specialty construction contractors. Built by two engineers and Harvard dropouts, FlowManual automates the buying process during pre-construction. With FlowManual, specialty contractors win more work while general contractors deliver at higher standards.

Public traction evidence

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  1. LinkedIn

    Founder says the team raised $500K with YC. Post names FlowManual YC S26.

    Founder says the team raised $500K with YC. Post names FlowManual YC S26.

  2. LinkedIn

    Official company account introduces FlowManual as an AI-native back office for construction contractors. Author name identifies FlowManual as YC S26.

    Official company account introduces FlowManual as an AI-native back office for construction contractors. Author name identifies FlowManual as YC S26.

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    Fable 5 is incredibly smart and accurate, but Sol is almost as smart but way cheaper. The choice is obvious for me and a lot of my peers

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    The highest leverage I have gotten from getting into YC is the energy. It's been a while since I have felt this way and it feels amazing and super motivating when everyone around you is changing the world

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    The domestic LLM race between Anthropic and OpenAI is interesting to watch, but China has consistently shown they can play too. First wit...

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    Michael Lin (@immichaellin) on X

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    Anthropic has amazingly intelligent models, but the past week or so has been disappointing to say the least

    Anthropic has amazingly intelligent models, but the past week or so has been disappointing to say the least

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    Legacy industries like construction are struggling to adopt new technologies, often due to a lack of education in AI. I'm curious to what...

    Legacy industries like construction are struggling to adopt new technologies, often due to a lack of education in AI. I'm curious to what will happen to these industries once the older generation retires and AI is finally adopted