GUILD
GUILD is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in New York City, NY, USA. Team of 2.
About GUILD
Summary
GUILD manufactures aerospace parts for the U.S. defense market, competing directly for government contracts rather than serving as a sub-tier vendor. Its AI-native operating model connects requirements, pricing, supplier sourcing, compliance, and delivery inside a single system, replacing the fragmented manual coordination that slows traditional defense supply chains. Each contract feeds the system so that cost and lead time drop with scale.
Go-to-market
GUILD sells directly to the U.S. government, winning defense contracts and delivering finished parts to government customers, with the operating system designed to compound efficiency across successive contract wins.
From the Y Combinator listing
Making aerospace parts faster and cheaper for defense
GUILD is making aerospace parts faster and cheaper than today’s defense supply chain. We win defense contracts, automate manufacturing, and deliver to the government's door. We’ve built an AI-native operating model for defense contracting: a company brain that connects requirements, pricing, supplier capability, compliance, manufacturing, finance, and delivery so each contract makes the next one faster and cheaper.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Defense
- New York City, NY, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Erim Gurlemis
- Kaya Celebi
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