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Founders

Who writes code, or does other technical work on your product? Was any of it done by a non-founder? Please explain.

Are you looking for a cofounder?

How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet? Have any of the founders not met in person?

Founder Video

Please record a one-minute video introducing the founder(s).*

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Company

Company name*

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.*

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Company URL, if any

If you have a demo, what's the url? Demo can be anything that shows us how the product works.

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Please provide a link to the product, if any.

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What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

Explain your decision regarding location.

Progress

How far along are you?

How long have each of you been working on this? How much of that has been full-time? Please explain.

What tech stack are you using, or planning to use, to build this product? Include AI models and AI coding tools you use.

Optional: attach a coding agent session you're particularly proud of.

Are people using your product?

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Do you have revenue?

Yes No

Anything else you would like us to know regarding your revenue or growth rate?

If you are applying with the same idea as a previous batch, did anything change? If you applied with a different idea, why did you pivot and what did you learn from the last idea?

If you have already participated or committed to participate in an incubator, “accelerator” or “pre-accelerator” program, please tell us about it.

Idea

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you're making?

Who are your target customers? How many of them are there?

Who are your competitors? What do you understand about your business that they don't?

How will you get users? If you've already launched, what is your growth like?

How do or will you make money? How much could you make?

(We realize you can't know precisely, but give your best estimate)

Describe the next few stages in developing your product. For each stage, how much time and money will it take?

If you were accepted into YC, what could you accomplish by Demo Day?

Does your product need regulatory approval (i.e., FDA)?

Please describe the scientific basis for your product.

What experimental data (if any) do you have showing that this would work?

Which category best applies to your company?

If you had any other ideas you considered applying with, please list them. One may be something we've been waiting for. Often when we fund people it's to do something they list here and not in the main application.

Equity

Have you formed ANY legal entity yet?

This may be in the US, in your home country or in another country.

Yes No

Have you taken any investment yet?

Yes No

How much money do you spend per month?

How much money does your company have in the bank now?

How long is your runway? (e.g. 5 months)

Are you currently fundraising?

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Batch Preference

What batch do you want to apply for?

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What convinced you to apply to Y Combinator? Did someone encourage you to apply? Have you been to any YC events?

How did you hear about Y Combinator?

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