GuruHotel
YC W20 · 500 Global 2021 · Active · AI-native direct booking infrastructure for global hospitality
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 RoomblockerShared: hotel booking, travelInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCS15 |
 ConduitShared: global hospitality, travel, systemActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW24 |
 ZaplarShared: booking engine, hotel, pmsActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 GetGoingShared: hotel booking, travel, onlineInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCS12 |
 EasolShared: sell directly, travel, bookingActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS18 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 OLSETShared: hotel reservation, hotel bookingNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | 500 GlobalGA 7 |
 DirectbookerShared: direct booking, otas, hotelNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | Plug and Play |
 Inmobapp SLShared: hotel booking, userNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | 500 Global2012 |
 SafaraShared: hotel bookingNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | ArcArc 2022 |
 HotelverseShared: hotel reservation, booking, hospitalityNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | Plug and Play |
Also from W20 in AI
All of W20
Programs
| Program | Cohort | Source |
|---|---|---|
 Y Combinator | W20 · Winter 2020 | YC Page |
 500 Global | 2021 | 500 Global Page |
About GuruHotel
GuruHotel is building the AI-native booking protocol that will power direct hotel reservations in the next decade, effectively becoming "Stripe for hotel bookings" and ending OTAs' $370B stranglehold on hospitality distribution. For 25 years, hotel ecommerce has been broken. Independent hotels lack the infrastructure to sell directly online, forcing them to pay OTAs 20-40% commissions on 40-60% of their bookings. Hotel websites don't convert (<0.5% vs. 5-10% in modern ecommerce), booking engines redirect users, payments are fragmented, and inventory is trapped in legacy PMS systems. More critically: AI agents cannot book hotels directly today. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, none can complete a hotel transaction end-to-end because inventory isn't exposed in a machine-readable format. GuruHotel has built the complete solution: a full-stack ecommerce platform (website + native booking engine + checkout + payments + AI-ready APIs) that integrates directly with hotel PMS systems, enabling both humans and AI agents to book directly.
- YC batch
- W20 · Winter 2020
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 12
- Location
- Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico; Remote
- Checked
- 34m ago
GuruHotel: questions
Which YC batch was GuruHotel in?
GuruHotel was in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch (W20).
Which accelerators did GuruHotel go through?
GuruHotel is listed by Y Combinator (W20), 500 Global (Global 2021).
Is GuruHotel still active?
Y Combinator lists GuruHotel as active.
Where is GuruHotel based?
GuruHotel lists Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico; Remote as its location on YC's directory.
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