Founder LinkedIn:
Ananth Sankaralingam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ananth-s
Akshay Mistry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaymistry-

Founded: 2026
Incorporated: Chromie.dev, Inc.; California filing dated August 6, 2026
Status: Active
Funding history: Backed by Y Combinator, Summer 2026 batch
Funding amount: Not publicly disclosed
Acquisition: None publicly disclosed
Operating traction: Supports contractors associated with 100+ prime awards and more than $250M in obligated contract value; reported 3x monthly proposal output for participating teams.
Product evolution: Earlier 2026 public materials described a deterministic browser-agent and Chrome-extension platform; current official positioning is government-contracting workflow software.

Problem Statement
Manual portals + fragmented data + institutional knowledge loss -> slow qualification and inconsistent bids.
No solution -> missed opportunities, wasted proposal labor, weaker positioning, and lower win probability.
Alternatives -> SAM.gov and state portals, spreadsheets, consultants, incumbent GovCon intelligence platforms, and internal BD/capture teams.

UNIT METRICS (to be removed later)
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Unit Metric | Number
Prime Awards Supported | 100+
Obligated Value | $250M+
Proposal Output | 3x
Team Size | 2
YC Batch Year | 2026
Revenue | N/D
Gross Margin | N/D
CAC Payback | N/D
Win Rate | N/D
Inference Cost | N/D

Due Diligence Segment
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Market & Sector Thesis: Government contractors operate in a large, data-heavy market where opportunity discovery, capture, proposal, and institutional knowledge remain fragmented. AI-native workflow software can improve bid-selection speed and proposal throughput, but accuracy, traceability, security, and domain expertise are critical adoption requirements.
Market Sizing: YC cites approximately $800B in annual U.S. government contract spending; Chromie's specific SAM and SOM are not publicly disclosed.
Operating Traction: Publicly reported traction includes 100+ prime awards supported, over $250M in obligated contract value, 3x monthly proposal output, multiple users, and federal plus state/local customers.
Direct Competition: GovDash, GovTribe, HigherGov, and GovWin IQ/Deltek; all operate in the U.S. government-contracting intelligence, capture, proposal, or workflow-software market. Competitor employee counts and comparable company-stage data were not consistently publicly disclosed.

MOAT Durability: Potential advantages include a structured Company Brain, traceable solicitation intelligence, proprietary pursuit data, government-domain workflows, and feedback from award outcomes. The moat could weaken if larger GovCon platforms replicate the workflow, if foundation-model vendors commoditize extraction and proposal generation, or if customers do not contribute enough proprietary data to improve outcomes.

Plausible probable AI models used: Specific model names are not publicly disclosed. Verified technology claims include AI-assisted solicitation extraction, fit scoring, PWin models backtested against millions of verified award outcomes, and deterministic tooling for workflow execution.

Tech used underneath: SAM.gov and SLED procurement-source monitoring; deterministic tooling; solicitation document parsing; structured requirement extraction; fit scoring; PWin modeling; audit-trace and source mapping. Specific cloud, database, orchestration, and foundation-model vendors were not publicly disclosed.

Sources:
Official website — https://www.chromie.dev/ — accessed August 25, 2026
Y Combinator company profile — https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/chromie — accessed August 25, 2026
Official LinkedIn company page — https://www.linkedin.com/company/chromie-dev/ — accessed August 25, 2026

California registration listing — https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/san-francisco/chromie-dev-inc — updated August 11, 2026
GovDash — https://www.govdash.com/ — accessed August 25, 2026
GovTribe — https://govtribe.com/ — accessed August 25, 2026
HigherGov — https://www.highergov.com/ — accessed August 25, 2026