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Prompts are delivered in response to what is happening in a conversation. The goal of these prompts is to get more reps achieving quota and to reduce the time it takes to start attaining quota.\r\n\r\nPrompts are action-oriented steps toward empathetic listening and effective discovery. Examples include 'pause' (when talking too much), 'set next steps' (when wrapping up a call without them), and 'ask current state' (when encountering objections).\r\n\r\nTrellus is backed by Y Combinator and founded by former MIT researchers.", "one_liner": "Real-time sales coach for SDRs ", "team_size": 3, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B -> Sales", "launched_at": 1660574140, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "SaaS", "B2B", "Sales", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2022", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B", "Sales" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trellus", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2022/trellus.json", "year_founded": 2022, "city": "New York City", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/trytrellus/about/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/trellusai", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6ac35e11423cda97ca4eaf626723895e8148a986.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": null, "founders": [ { "user_id": 832328, "full_name": "Ajinkya Nene", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Ajinkya completed his masters and bachelors in computer science from MIT where he focused on applied ML systems. He has experience in running top-level strategy projects as part of his experience at McKinsey & Co. and has been programming for over a decade. \n\n", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajinkya-nene-6200b871/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/ajinkya_nene", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/5b8445e19f47f997e5d0d26b04c89753439aadff.jpg" }, { "user_id": 826752, "full_name": "Craig Bonnoit", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Craig has nearly a decade of professional experience leading teams and developing software. His works has spanned multiple domains including real-time autonomous systems and financial derivative pricing. He previously completed a PhD in Physics at MIT focused on computational techniques for experimental data analysis in strongly correlated materials.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-bonnoit/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/craig_bonnoit", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/bcd470a2232e1be82cb9c30c630f8ef6fd7b16d8.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [ { "title": "Enterprise insights from YC S22 Demo Day | Wing Venture Capital", "url": "https://www.wing.vc/content/enterprise-insights-from-yc-s22-demo-day", "date": "Jan 16, 2023" }, { "title": "Sales Tech Trends to Watch in 2023 and Beyond", "url": "https://reply.io/sales-trends-2023/", "date": "Dec 22, 2022" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 119735, "title": "Trellus: From call list to callback inside Attio and GoHighLevel", "tagline": "Power and parallel dialing, call notes, and CRM-linked follow-up—without a CSV handoff.", "body": "Hi YC—we're Trellus (W22). We build a power and parallel dialer that works inside the CRM your team already uses.\n\nA call block shouldn't leave you with two lists to reconcile: one in the CRM and another in a dialer. And “call me Friday” shouldn't end up on a sticky note.\n\nWe've previously introduced our Attio and GoHighLevel integrations here. This launch brings the full workflow into focus: start with your CRM audience, have the conversation, save the result, and leave a callback attached to the right record.\n\n## Attio: your People list is the call list\n\nOpen a supported People list or Tasks view, map your phone fields, and choose power dialing or up to five parallel lines on an eligible plan. Keep the person context available while you call.\n\nAfterward, save the outcome and summary to Attio. With the right workspace permissions, Trellus can maintain structured call attributes; otherwise, details go into an Attio note. A requested follow-up can become a Person-linked Trellus Callback Task with a due date.\n\n[Watch the Attio walkthrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1wfr5A9uUc)\n\n## GoHighLevel: work the Smart List, then finish the contact\n\nStart in the active HighLevel location's Contacts Smart List. Trellus uses the filtered audience and valid contact phone numbers without a CSV export. Choose power or parallel dialing based on your plan.\n\nWhen the call ends, save a contact note with the selected outcome and available summary, apply a chosen HighLevel tag, and create a contact-linked callback task. Opportunity pipeline or stage views are available when confirmed during setup. Agency-branded domains need compatible site access and a setup check.\n\n[Watch the GoHighLevel walkthrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTAieDWJms)\n\n## Try it on the call block you already run\n\nBring one real CRM view and the follow-up your reps need to save. That's a better starting point than migrating your whole sales process.\n\nThese workflows are for teams running repeatable outbound blocks. If you only make a few calls a day, basic click-to-call may be enough. Calling modes and coaching depend on your Trellus access and workspace setup.\n\n[Explore Trellus for Attio](https://www.trellus.ai/integrations/attio?utm_source=launch_yc&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=attio_ghl_call_to_callback_20261006&utm_content=attio) · [Explore Trellus for GoHighLevel](https://www.trellus.ai/integrations/gohighlevel?utm_source=launch_yc&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=attio_ghl_call_to_callback_20261006&utm_content=gohighlevel)\n\nTell us which CRM view you call from and what needs to happen after a conversation. We'd love your feedback.\n\n![Trellus connected-call screen alongside a GoHighLevel Contacts Smart List, using demo contacts](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/633ef5e495fbc54172ea70ad/6a9f50a21e95ee66a59e2d14_trellus-gohighlevel-complete-workflow-2026-09-07.png)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/V9D-trellus-from-call-list-to-callback-inside-attio-and-gohighlevel", "votes": 2, "created_at": "2026-10-07T14:16:07.449Z" }, { "id": 112632, "title": "Trellus: Embedded dialing, Salesfloor, and live coaching at half the price of Nooks", "tagline": "Run more outbound calls with embedded power and parallel dialing, a live Salesfloor, and real-time coaching in one platform.", "body": "\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=112632&key=user_uploads/832328/f3d998f2-1dec-4aa3-b5ce-2e40154d9dfd)\n\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=112632&key=user_uploads/832328/88403df8-0b92-475b-bde6-87ed22e349db)\n\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=112632&key=user_uploads/832328/fb0a9225-9c8c-4266-8352-9a976fe560e6)\n\nHey everyone — we're Ajinkya and Craig from Trellus (YC W22).\n\n**TL;DR:** Trellus combines embedded power and parallel dialing, a collaborative Salesfloor, and live AI coaching in one product. Reps can dial up to five lines from supported CRM, sales-engagement, prospecting, and spreadsheet workflows. Managers can run call blocks, listen to live calls, coach reps, and pull people into private huddles without leaving the floor. Trellus is typically about half the price of Nooks for teams buying a comparable dialing and Salesfloor workflow.\n\n## The problem\n\nOutbound teams usually stitch together a dialer, their CRM or sales-engagement platform, a virtual sales floor, call recording, analytics, and a coaching tool. Reps bounce between tabs. Managers see the call after it is over. Remote call blocks lose the energy and fast feedback of a real sales floor.\n\nWe built Trellus so the list, the call, the team room, and the coaching loop can stay connected.\n\n## What a call block looks like in Trellus\n\n1. A rep opens the workflow they already use in a supported platform such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Apollo, Attio, lemlist, GoHighLevel, or Google Sheets.\n2. Trellus adds one-line power dialing or up to five-line parallel dialing directly to that workflow, so the rep does not have to rebuild the list in a separate dialer.\n3. The team joins a shared Salesfloor to dial together, see who is active, chat, and celebrate wins.\n4. Managers can listen to live calls and coach in the moment. Trellus can also surface real-time guidance for objections, discovery, pacing, and next steps.\n5. When a conversation needs privacy, a manager can pull a rep or small group into an audio huddle and return them to the shared floor when it is over.\n6. Calls are transcribed and available for team analytics and review after the block.\n\n## One product for the whole calling workflow\n\n* Embedded power dialing and up to five-line parallel dialing\n* Voicemail drops, phone-number rotation, and number-health workflows\n* A live Salesfloor for remote and hybrid call blocks\n* Private manager-rep huddles inside the floor\n* Live listening and real-time coaching\n* Transcripts, call review, scoring, and team analytics\n* Practice conversations with AI roleplay bots\n\nTrellus works on top of the sales tools your team already uses, so reps keep the account context and workflow they know. You get the high-volume dialing and collaborative floor experience without buying a separate product for every step.\n\n## Why we think this matters\n\nNooks helped establish the modern parallel-dialer-plus-salesfloor category. Trellus gives teams that same core buying outcome—more live conversations and a shared place to run call blocks—while adding embedded workflows and live coaching in one product at roughly half the price.\n\nWe are building for sales leaders who want more activity without treating reps like call-center seats, and for reps who want help during the conversation rather than another dashboard after it.\n\n## Our ask\n\nIf your team runs outbound call blocks, try Trellus and tell us where your current workflow breaks. 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Turn Sheets or GoHighLevel into a full dialing sequencer.\n\nTLDR: Trellus is an AI-powered parallel-dialer + sales coach to help you book 5x more meetings on your cold calls that works natively inside your CRM or SEP (we also support Salesloft, Hubspot, Outreach, Amplemarket, Apollo, Clay, Zoho, Salesforce)\n\nReps using Trellus have seen a 2-3X increase in the number of dials and 25-50+% increases in meeting booked conversion rates — AI assistants are the future of cold calling.\n\nGrab time with our team directly at [www.trellus.ai](https://www.trellus.ai) to get access.\n\nWatch a video on how it works (eg in Google Sheets): \n\nHow it works\n\n1. Download the Chrome extension at and activate parallel dialing\n2. Load up any contact list in GHL or any sheet in Google Sheets, and map your columns to the right fields - Trellus works across all major SEP/CRM platforms\n3. Start parallel dialing and begin booking more meetings\n\nFeatures\n\n1. 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Download the Chrome extension at and activate parallel dialing\n2. Load up any contact list in Attio\n3. Start parallel dialing and begin booking more meetings\n\nFeatures\n\n1. Seamless integration into your dialer platform of choice (e.g., simply add the Chrome extension)\n2. Parallel or power dialing (takes notes, dispositions calls, hangs up on voicemails)\n3. Real-time AI coaching based on events that occur in the calls\n4. Real-time transcription for all your dials", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PSN-trellus-parallel-power-dial-directly-inside-of-attio", "votes": 6, "created_at": "2026-02-16T19:56:18.096Z" }, { "id": 94302, "title": "Trellus: Real-time AI + Call Quality assistant for ViciDial", "tagline": "Get a real-time AI assistant + automatic call QA for all calls placed through ViciDIAL ", "body": "**TLDR**: [_Trellus_](https://trellus.ai/) _is an_ [_AI powered real time sales coach_](https://www.trellus.ai/post/how-does-real-time-sales-ai-coaching-work) _for sales development reps in their cold calls. It guides reps to exceed quota by identifying common situations in sales calls and delivering simple action-oriented suggestions at the moment they are needed. Trellus also completes all post-call work for reps including note-taking and call summarization._ [_Real-time AI is the future of sales support_](https://www.trellus.ai/post/real-time-ai-sales-coaching) _- check out our chrome extension today_ [_here_](https://app.trellus.ai/install-now)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94302&key=user_uploads/832328/a165ef44-7cbf-407c-9c33-2bd363d0af1f)\n\n# **The Problem**\n\n**For sales reps** - it is hard to master all the skills necessary to have consistent and repeatable success in prospecting calls. A few examples of what reps need to stay on top of in each call:\n\n1. Who the prospect is and how to build rapport\n2. [What to respond to common cold call objections](https://www.trellus.ai/post/five-common-cold-call-objections)\n3. Any qualification questions that need to be worked through - and the prospect's response\n4. Their own delivery cadence - tempo, talk time, etc.\n5. When to go for the close and book the next steps\n\n**For managers** - it is hard to effectively supervise and train a team of reps since a team of reps has far more (combined) hours to make calls than a manager has time to review them. Existing sales intelligence tools like Gong / Chorus are commonly used for recording and review but offer limited help in coaching reps because [the analytics are less focused on prospecting calls and the feedback is often delayed.](https://www.trellus.ai/post/sales-coaching-is-broken)\n\n# **The Solution**\n\nTrellus solves these issues by giving your sales reps a real-time AI-powered sales coach that is available 24x7 to them. Trellus enables your reps to deliver the right message at the right moment to your prospects.\n\nWe do this by mixing a blend of behavioral and content coaching suggestions to help your sales reps learn best-in-class sales techniques.\n\n### **Features**\n\n* Seamless integration into your dialer platform of choice (it’s as simple as downloading our chrome extension)\n* Behavioral coaching on monologues, cadence with a whole host of features coming soon (filler words, pauses, tone)\n* Objection handling for classic cold call objections (e.g., “I’m not interested) with the ability for your sales enablement team to customize suggested responses for your reps\n* Battle cards for competitors (e.g., “I use X”) - whenever one of your competitors is mentioned on a call, your rep will get suggested talking points\n* Real-time transcription for all your dials\n* Real-time localized data on your prospects (e.g., news, weather) to provide additional data sales reps can leverage to build repertoire\n* Automatic call summarization and disposition entry\n\n### **How you can get started!**\n\n**1) Take it for a spin!** Trellus is totally free for individuals to try out - they can get started in less than 5 seconds by downloading our chrome extension [here](https://app.trellus.ai/demo)\n\n**2) Talk to us!** If you’re interested in trialing Trellus with your sales reps, [grab a quick time slot](https://calendly.com/ajinkya_nene/general-meeting) for a white-glove onboarding or let us know in the comments!", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OX0-trellus-real-time-ai-call-quality-assistant-for-vicidial", "votes": 8, "created_at": "2025-10-03T01:06:47.186Z" }, { "id": 93555, "title": "Trellus: Parallel/Power Dial directly inside of Google Sheets and GoHighLevel", "tagline": "Embedded parallel dialing natively inside of Google Sheets and GoHighLevel within minutes", "body": "Trellus allows you to parallel dial directly in Google Sheets or GoHighLevel. Turn Sheets or GoHighLevel into a full dialing sequencer.\n\nTLDR: Trellus is an AI-powered parallel-dialer + sales coach to help you book 5x more meetings on your cold calls that works natively inside your CRM or SEP (we also support Salesloft, Hubspot, Outreach, Amplemarket, Apollo, Clay, Zoho, Salesforce)\n\nReps using Trellus have seen a 2-3X increase in the number of dials and 25-50+% increases in meeting booked conversion rates — AI assistants are the future of cold calling.\n\nGrab time with our team directly at https://calendly.com/ajinkya_nene/meeting to get access.\n\nWatch a video on how it works: https://www.tella.tv/video/parallel-dialing-in-google-sheets-ghuy\n\nHow it works\n\n1. Download the Chrome extension at https://app.trellus.ai/install and activate parallel dialing\n2. Load up any contact list in GHL or any sheet in Google Sheets, and map your columns to the right fields\n3. Start parallel dialing and begin booking more meetings\n\nFeatures\n\n1. Seamless integration into your dialer platform of choice (e.g., simply add the Chrome extension)\n2. Parallel or power dialing (takes notes, dispositions calls, hangs up on voicemails)\n3. Real-time AI coaching based on events that occur in the calls\n4. Real-time transcription for all your dials\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93555&key=user_uploads/832328/3daf29f0-1be2-4cdc-abc0-135e42133a70)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OKx-trellus-parallel-power-dial-directly-inside-of-google-sheets-and-gohighlevel", "votes": 8, "created_at": "2025-09-04T15:02:03.441Z" }, { "id": 88465, "title": "Trellus: Parallel Dial directly inside of Clay", "tagline": "Trellus allows you to parallel dial natively inside of Clay within minutes", "body": "# **Trellus allows you to parallel dial directly in Clay - allowing you to turn Clay into a full dialing sequencer**\n\n**TLDR**: [_Trellus_](https://trellus.ai/) _is an_ [AI powered parallel-dialer + sales coach](https://trellus.ai/) to help you book 5x more meetings on your cold calls that works natively inside your CRM or SEP (we also support Salesloft, Hubspot, Outreach, Amplemarket, Apollo)\n\nReps using Trellus have seen a 2-3X increase in number of dials and 25-50+% increases in meeting booked conversion rates — [_AI assistants are the future of cold calling._](https://www.trellus.ai/post/real-time-ai-sales-coaching)\\\n\\\n_Grab time with our team directly _[_here_](https://calendly.com/ajinkya_nene/clay-parallel)_ to get access_\n\n# **How it works**\n\n1. Download the chrome extension at and activate parallel dialing\n2. Load up any clay list and map your columns to the right fields\n3. Start parallel dialing and begin booking more meetings\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=88465&key=user_uploads/832328/5499360e-cb6a-49d6-8762-d111a6e15830)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=88465&key=user_uploads/832328/c42858db-bd7f-4bfe-bce1-ef7ca6c6b53b)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=88465&key=user_uploads/832328/92a5df42-b068-496b-be27-bbd6329aac4c)\n\n**Features**\n\n* Seamless integration into your dialer platform of choice (e.g. Clay - simply add the chrome extension)\n* Parallel dialing (takes notes, dispositions calls, hangs up on voicemails)\n* Real-time AI coaching based of events that occur in the calls\n* Real-time transcription for all your dials", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/N0r-trellus-parallel-dial-directly-inside-of-clay", "votes": 6, "created_at": "2025-03-11T14:52:46.229Z" }, { "id": 86681, "title": "Trellus - Parallel Dial Directly Inside Hubspot, Salesloft, Outreach, or Apollo", "tagline": "Trellus native parallel dialer allows users to dial 5x the number of contacts while staying in the platforms they're used to.", "body": "**TLDR**: [Trellus](https://trellus.ai/) _is an_ [AI-powered parallel-dialer](https://www.trellus.ai/post/auto-dialer-vs-parallel-dialer-whats-the-best-choice-for-your-sales-team) _+ sales coach_ that helps you book 5x more meetings on your cold calls. Trellus automates all calling activity (e.g., call dispositions, call notes, choosing which prospects to dial, hanging up on voicemails, etc.) and works natively inside your sales enablement platform or CRM (specifically Outreach, Hubspot, Salesloft, or Apollo).\n\n# Trellus is a chrome extension that turns your SEP or CRM into a parallel dialer. Trellus is also half the price of any competing platform like Nooks or Orum.\n\nBelow is an image of how Trellus operates on top of Outreach. Here’s a [clickable demo](https://app.storylane.io/share/tgkyvivx5ays) that walks you through how it works on different platforms.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=86681&key=user_uploads/832328/55ff7ef6-064f-4efd-9250-d93761f08f42)\n\nReps using Trellus have seen a 3-5x increase in their cold call output. It’s as simple as adding our Chrome extension [here.](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trellus/enhpjjojmnlnaokmppkkifgaonfojigl)\n\n### **What You Can Expect**\n\nWithin the first week of using Trellus, you can expect your reps to easily place 150+ calls/day directly inside their platform. With standard connection rates of around 10-15%, you can expect reps to have around 10-20 conversations/day.\n\nThere’s limited set-up and training required, given that Trellus works in your existing tech stack, reducing any context switching.\n\n### **How Parallel Dialing Works**\n\n1. Trellus automatically detects voicemails or busy tones to hang up/drop VMs for you automaticall.y\n2. Trellus automatically detects bad numbers and removes them from your system\n3. Trellus automatically detects live connections and routes your reps within seconds of the call to avoid any awkward pauses\n4. Trellus fully syncs with your CRM/SEP to ensure all call logs and records stay consistent with your expectations\n5. Trellus provides automatic AI notes and coaching on every call to ensure your reps are conducting quality calls\n\n### **How To Get Started**\n\n1. Download the chrome extension [here](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trellus/enhpjjojmnlnaokmppkkifgaonfojigl)\n2. Grab time with us [here](https://calendly.com/ajinkya_nene/15min)\n\n ---\n\nHappy dialing!", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MY5-trellus-parallel-dial-directly-inside-hubspot-salesloft-outreach-or-apollo", "votes": 11, "created_at": "2025-01-08T15:14:41.021Z" }, { "id": 83230, "title": "Trellus - Add AI to Salesloft, Outreach, Hubspot, or Apollo", "tagline": "Trellus adds an AI copilot for cold calling/cold emailing to existing sales platforms.", "body": "# Trellus adds an AI copilot for outbound sales to Salesloft, Outreach, Hubspot, Apollo, and others. \n\n### **Reps today face tool fatigue**\n\nSales reps today face tons of tool fatigue when doing their outbound work. It’s a constant balance of managing what’s the latest and greatest in AI with their core tech stack. At [Trellus](https://www.trellus.ai/), we took the view that reps should be able to still live in their existing tools while getting all the benefits of the newest advances in AI.\n\n### **TRELLUS repurposes your existing sales stack with the latest ai tools**\n\nTrellus uses a [Chrome extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trellus/enhpjjojmnlnaokmppkkifgaonfojigl) (free to try out!) to inject AI assistance across your workflow - whether that be in researching a prospect, automating your dial work, or deciding what to write as part of your sales emails. By doing this, you can easily **2-3x** your output in your existing stack **without spending $$$$.**\n\n**Get Custom AI Emails directly in your tech stack**\n\nTrellus learns your company’s value prop, understands your prospects, and analyzes previous conversations, all in an effort to generate a personalized AI email that you can send off with one click.\n\n![Trellus AI Copilot Walkthrough 🤖](https://www.tella.tv/api/stories/cm02hdd3t000603lc7fbh9htu/thumb.gif?version=2024-08-20T14:07:08.783Z&resolution=640x360&inpoint=105000)\n\n**Automate all non-dialing work with Trellus’ embedded AI power dialer**\n\nTrellus will automate every single button click you do inside your current dialing tool to make sure you can enter the flow state. Even better, we have Spotify and YouTube integrations that will let you blast tunes while dialing.\n\n![Trellus AI Copilot Walkthrough 🤖](https://www.tella.tv/api/stories/cm02hdd3t000603lc7fbh9htu/thumb.gif?version=2024-08-20T14:07:08.783Z&resolution=640x360&inpoint=167000)\n\n**Get real-time AI suggestions on your cold calls on what to say**\n\nTrellus will give you real-time suggestions and context on your calls. Whether that be on what opener you should use or how to objection handle, Trellus will be there to guide you through the call effectively.\n\n![Trellus AI Copilot Walkthrough 🤖](https://www.tella.tv/api/stories/cm02hdd3t000603lc7fbh9htu/thumb.gif?version=2024-08-20T14:07:08.783Z&resolution=640x360&inpoint=175000)\n\n**Get Automatic Custom AI Research on your prospects with 1-click**\n\nTrellus will analyze the prospect’s website to understand any information you may need on them to better your outbound to them.\n\n![Trellus AI Copilot Walkthrough 🤖](https://www.tella.tv/api/stories/cm02hdd3t000603lc7fbh9htu/thumb.gif?version=2024-08-20T14:07:08.783Z&resolution=640x360&inpoint=175000)\n\n**Watch our full video walk through at** \n\n**Get started today by grabbing the **[**free Trellus extension**](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trellus/enhpjjojmnlnaokmppkkifgaonfojigl)** or learning more about us** [**HERE.**](https://www.trellus.ai/)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83230&key=user_uploads/832328/7083fc17-24ff-4091-be93-f95beae9dba1)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LeQ-trellus-add-ai-to-salesloft-outreach-hubspot-or-apollo", "votes": 12, "created_at": "2024-08-20T18:14:34.698Z" }, { "id": 77167, "title": "Trellus: An embedded AI auto-dialer that's 5x cheaper than any parallel dialer", "tagline": "The 10x you need for your cold calls ", "body": "**TLDR**: [_Trellus_](https://trellus.ai/) _is an_ [_AI powered auto-dialer + sales coach_](https://trellus.ai/autodialer) to help you book 5x more meetings on your cold calls. Trellus automates all calling activity (e.g., call dispositions, call notes, choosing which prospects to dial, hanging up on voicemails, etc.) while giving your reps real-time suggestions on what to say durinng the call.\n\nReps using Trellus have seen a 2-3X increase in number of dials and 25-50+% increases in meeting booked conversion rates — [_AI assistants are the future of cold calling._](https://www.trellus.ai/post/real-time-ai-sales-coaching)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=77167&key=user_uploads/832328/655782f0-f7cd-4077-8237-b86caca1ca2f)\n\n### **The Problem**\n\nCold calling without automation is inefficient due to low pickup rates and often times reps are not effectively able to convert prospects who do pick up.\n\nOn the flip side, parallel dialers that offer automation solutions cost $$$ (upwards of $300/rep/month for their base packages).\n\n### **The Solution**\n\nTrellus offers an affordable solution that provides not just call automations but also an AI-powered real-time assistant.\n\nOur AI models automate all mundane calling tasks so that reps are given more time to sell rather than do admin work.\n\n### **Features**\n\n* Seamless integration into your dialer platform of choice (it’s as simple as downloading our chrome extension)\n* Automated dialer (takes notes, dispositions calls, hangs up on voicemails)\n* Real-time AI coaching based of events that occur in the calls\n* Real-time transcription for all your dials\n\n### **How you can get started!**\n\n**1) Check out a demo** [here.](https://trellus.ai/autodialer)\n\n**2) Talk to us!** If you’re interested in trialing Trellus with your sales reps, [grab a quick time slot](https://calendly.com/ajinkya_nene/general-meeting) for a white-glove onboarding or send us an email at [founders@trellus.ai.](mailto:founders@trellus.ai)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/K4d-trellus-an-embedded-ai-auto-dialer-that-s-5x-cheaper-than-any-parallel-dialer", "votes": 6, "created_at": "2024-01-02T20:31:00.659Z" }, { "id": 68816, "title": "Trellus - real-time sales AI coach for cold calls", "tagline": "Trellus - the AI copilot to supercharge your cold call outbound (join 400+ reps and counting today!)", "body": "**TLDR**: [_Trellus_](https://trellus.ai/) _is an_ [_AI powered real time sales coach_](https://www.trellus.ai/post/how-does-real-time-sales-ai-coaching-work) _for sales development reps in their cold calls. It guides reps to exceed quota by identifying common situations in sales calls and delivering simple action-oriented suggestions at the moment they are needed. Trellus also completes all post-call work for reps including note-taking and call summarization._ [_Real-time AI is the future of sales support_](https://www.trellus.ai/post/real-time-ai-sales-coaching) _- check out our chrome extension today_ [_here_](https://app.trellus.ai/install-now)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=68816&key=user_uploads/832328/639aa519-23ad-4c93-a11a-bdbcd74084f0)\n\n# **The Problem**\n\n**For sales reps** - it is hard to master all the skills necessary to have consistent and repeatable success in prospecting calls. A few examples of what reps need to stay on top of in each call:\n\n1. Who the prospect is and how to build rapport\n2. [What to respond to common cold call objections](https://www.trellus.ai/post/five-common-cold-call-objections)\n3. Any qualification questions that need to be worked through - and the prospect's response\n4. Their own delivery cadence - tempo, talk time, etc.\n5. When to go for the close and book the next steps\n\n**For managers** - it is hard to effectively supervise and train a team of reps since a team of reps has far more (combined) hours to make calls than a manager has time to review them. Existing sales intelligence tools like Gong / Chorus are commonly used for recording and review but offer limited help in coaching reps because [the analytics are less focused on prospecting calls and the feedback is often delayed.](https://www.trellus.ai/post/sales-coaching-is-broken)\n\n# **The Solution**\n\nTrellus solves these issues by giving your sales reps a real-time AI-powered sales coach that is available 24x7 to them. Trellus enables your reps to deliver the right message at the right moment to your prospects.\n\nWe do this by mixing a blend of behavioral and content coaching suggestions to help your sales reps learn best-in-class sales techniques.\n\n### **Features**\n\n* Seamless integration into your dialer platform of choice (it’s as simple as downloading our chrome extension)\n* Behavioral coaching on monologues, cadence with a whole host of features coming soon (filler words, pauses, tone)\n* Objection handling for classic cold call objections (e.g., “I’m not interested) with the ability for your sales enablement team to customize suggested responses for your reps\n* Battle cards for competitors (e.g., “I use X”) - whenever one of your competitors is mentioned on a call, your rep will get suggested talking points\n* Real-time transcription for all your dials\n* Real-time localized data on your prospects (e.g., news, weather) to provide additional data sales reps can leverage to build repertoire\n* Automatic call summarization and disposition entry\n\n### **How you can get started!**\n\n**1) Check out a demo** [here](https://app.trellus.ai/demo)\n\n**2) Take it for a spin!** Trellus is totally free for individuals to try out - they can get started in less than 5 seconds by downloading our chrome extension [here](https://app.trellus.ai/demo)\n\n**3) Talk to us!** If you’re interested in trialing Trellus with your sales reps, [grab a quick time slot](https://calendly.com/ajinkya_nene/general-meeting) for a white-glove onboarding or let us know in the comments!", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Htw-trellus-real-time-sales-ai-coach-for-cold-calls", "votes": 27, "created_at": "2023-01-29T21:04:03.414Z" } ] }, { "id": 25518, "name": "MySivi", "slug": "mysivi", "former_names": [ "NinjaSalary", "NinjaStudy", "Speakify", "Sivi (previously Speakify)", "Sivi" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/0d0608c9504f2b85980b6db17c332126c43441a4.png", "website": "https://www.mysivi.ai/", "all_locations": "Bengaluru, KA, India", "long_description": "MySivi is an AI-powered English learning app.\r\n\r\nLearn English Speaking The Fastest Way (AI + Human) 😀\r\nPracticing with AI English Tutor and Human is the fastest way to learn to speak. 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We have raised minimal funding and our bank balance is more than our funding today. We are growing more than 25% MoM for the last 6 months.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanghaiakshay/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/485b4cd1a2eba06c47b6c1ac8a0d5104d43f3151.jpg" }, { "user_id": 766099, "full_name": "Shivam Gupta", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "\"Learning and building things in the journey of one life.\"", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/shmgupta/", "x_url": "https://x.com/heyshivamgupta", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/f253bb941a9f76005944363750c927b0cc6be001.jpg" }, { "user_id": 859860, "full_name": "Anoop Jaiswal", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Anoop has 2+ years of working experience at Kredily. He has worked on areas of software development in HRMS area. 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Technology will ultimately fill that gap, AI-driven software will know your interests and your learning style so it can tailor content that will keep you engaged. It will measure your understanding. It will give immediate feedback, he said.\n\n## **AI x Education = SuperKalam**\n\nWe have built SuperKalam by thinking how education & learning can be delivered in the AI-first world.\n\nAt SuperKalam, we harness AI to democratize education, making it affordable and tailored to each student's needs. As an AI-driven personal mentor, SuperKalam helps students excel in the highly competitive UPSC Civil Services Examination.\n\nGuided by India’s top educators and the latest AI models, SuperKalam has already become the favorite personal mentor.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=81539&key=user_uploads/990441/393a67be-37ed-4037-815d-7e9eb074867a)\n\n### [**Join Us for a LIVE Session with SuperKalam to Decode UPSC Prelims 2024**](https://superkalam.com/upsc-prelims-2024-answer-key)\n\nThe UPSC Prelims 2024 is scheduled for June 16th. As soon as the exam concludes at 4:30 PM, we will be hosting a LIVE session with SuperKalam AI and our expert team.\n\nThis session is designed to provide students with the Answer Key for UPSC Prelims 2024, detailed explanations, and real-time doubt resolution, apart from Standard Sources of the UPSC Prelims 2024 GS Questions.\n\nImagine getting instant feedback on the Prelims answers for UPSC 2024, understanding the nuances behind each question, and analyzing previous years' trends to better prepare for future attempts. This session is not just about getting answers; it's about learning and growing with each step.\n\n> On June 16th at 5 PM, [**join here**](https://superkalam.com/upsc-prelims-2024-answer-key) for a one of a kind Free LIVE session where SuperKalam will solve the UPSC Prelims 2024 paper in real-time.\n\nIf you are UPSC 2024 or 2025/26 aspirant, [**click here**](https://superkalam.com/upsc-prelims-2024-answer-key) to:\n\n* **Get the Answer Key for UPSC Prelims 2024**: Accurate and immediate.\n* **Receive Detailed Explanations**: Understand the reasoning behind each answer.\n* **Resolve Your Doubts in Real-Time**: Ask questions and get instant responses.\n* **Analyze Trends**: Compare with previous years to spot patterns and prepare smarter.\n\n> Whether you are looking for the GS Paper I Answers 2024 Prelims or want to solidify your preparation strategy for UPSC 2025-26, SuperKalam is here to guide you. Let's decode the UPSC Prelims 2024 together and set the stage for your success.\n\nAll the best.\n\nContact: ask@kalam.in", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LD9-superkalam-ias-ai-powered-personal-super-mentor-for-the-upsc-exam", "votes": 18, "created_at": "2024-06-15T20:07:53.746Z" }, { "id": 73599, "title": "SuperKalam: AI-Powered Learning, Human-Driven Success", "tagline": "Solving the challenges of affordability and accessibility to great teachers in India", "body": "In India, more than 5 million students set their sights on top careers in Engineering, Medicine, and Civil Services each year. However, they face significant hurdles in finding great mentors and teachers. [SuperKalam](https://superkalam.com/), a revolutionary AI-backed education initiative, comes to the rescue, empowering students with access to personalized mentorship in a discipline-inculcating learning ecosystem.\n\n> SuperKalam prepares study plans and sets daily targets based on a student's progress, keeping track of common mistakes, performance and time spent on specific concepts or subjects. This innovative approach is already working wonders, and the aim is to scale this to reach 5 million students in India, starting with the Indian Civil Services Examination (UPSC).\n\nRead on to discover the magical superpowers of SuperKalam!\n\n[Vimal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vimalsinghrathore/), alongside [Aseem](https://www.linkedin.com/in/-aseemgupta/), is the driving force behind building superkalam.com\n\nVimal, one of India’s top educators for more than 7 years, has witnessed the rise of edtech from the unique perspective of both founder and teacher during his tenure at unacademy and subsequently while building out his first startup in education, [coursavy (acquired by unacademy)](https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-unicorn-unacademy-acquires-upsc-test-prep-platform-coursavy/)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73599&key=user_uploads/990441/aa5fca7e-ed8d-4ee3-9485-5a3f8b486782)\n\nCurrent Edtech solutions primarily involve one-way content delivery, where thousands of students merely consume the content without engaging in effective discussions with the teacher. This leads to a loss of curiosity and, eventually, to poor learning outcomes. Furthermore, an excess of content leads to a multitude of choices, often resulting in confusion and chaotic, unplanned preparation.\n\n**SuperKalam steps in to solve these issues with simplicity and focus.** Vimal has championed this process through his education initiatives over the past decade. Now, leveraging the latest AI technology, SuperKalam is fully equipped to scale founder’s counter-intuitive insights and learnings to assist millions of students in India, starting with the UPSC exam.\n\n### **Solution**\n\nWondering about the superpowers of SuperKalam? Let's uncover the magic.\n\nIt assists in creating a **personalised timetable**, sending **daily targets**, and tracking progress throughout the learning journey.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73599&key=user_uploads/990441/42988042-7dd4-41a8-854a-36180d858340)\n\nIt helps resolve doubts, aids in mastering concepts, and can **evaluate** a UPSC student’s handwritten answer in less than 60 seconds — a process that typically takes 2-4 weeks in the current education market.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73599&key=user_uploads/990441/bb9f8270-0139-4d0a-9f06-e9f5a506b94c)\n\nIt conducts **mock tests**, identifies students' strengths and weaknesses, and provides **progress reports** that foster self-awareness, unlocking their full potential.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73599&key=user_uploads/990441/8b7f2fdc-f768-407c-8266-ae3bf70607ff)\n\nDo share your experience or feedback with us at [vimal@kalam.in](mailto:vimal@kalam.in)\n\nSocial Media Pages:\n\n[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@superkalam_?sub_confirmation=1) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SuperKalam_) \\\n\\\n**Thankyou!**", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/J95-superkalam-ai-powered-learning-human-driven-success", "votes": 155, "created_at": "2023-07-31T13:48:28.716Z" }, { "id": 69590, "title": "qoohoo - monetize your audience across all platforms", "tagline": "experience swift monetization tools to scale your revenue as a creator.", "body": "**tl;dr:** qoohoo helps creators to grow, manage and monetise their audience across all platforms. Creators on qoohoo earn swiftly from their micro-content, courses & subscriptions directly on Whatsapp and Telegram unlocking massive growth potential. **Check out our** [**product**](https://qoohoo.in/)**.**\n\nHello everyone, we are [Aseem](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/594687) & [Vimal](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/990441), the team behind [qoohoo](https://qoohoo.in/).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=69590&key=user_uploads/990441/0058114c-2b3e-4ddd-aeee-90f327d47b20)\n\n### **Problem**\n\nCommunities on Telegram and WhatsApp have been growing at a rapid pace, especially in the last few years. Creators tend to bring their audience from social media to messaging apps, but they don't have a way to monetize or manage them effectively. \n\nThey are currently managing their backend operations in a chaotic, error-prone, and time-consuming way, manually handling payments and adding/removing users separately.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=69590&key=user_uploads/990441/010078e6-3abc-4907-9a23-f8702f004f53)\n\nBesides monetisation, creators need help with _audience growth, retention_, and _reactivation_. **They are missing critical audience insights, behaviour and nudges to grow their business effectively to their full potential.**\n\nThis problem was first faced by Vimal while running his edtech startup - coursavy, where communities of students & LIVE courses were the core. He used to create a telegram channel for each course and manually managed the operations. His brother is also a [_YouTuber in music learning_](https://www.youtube.com/@MusicwaleLessons/featured) facing similar issues while running classes on Whatsapp.\n\nThis experience gave us a ring-side view of the problem and the scale.\n\n### **Solution**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=69590&key=user_uploads/990441/92fd5d84-0568-4e39-a74a-0af7b6787233)\n\nCreators on qoohoo can quickly launch their micro-content, courses & subscriptions directly on Whatsapp and Telegram unlocking massive growth potential.\n\nIf we take simplicity & speed into account, _what whatsapp is for personal communication, qoohoo is for creators. It’s that simple!_\n\nIn February alone, our creators are earning close to **$500K** in the field of Art, Music, Education and Finance.\n\n_One of our_ creators’ earnings has surged from **$10K** to **$125K** per month in just 10 months of using our product. She leverages YouTube for distribution and qoohoo for monetization.\n\n### **Ask & Deal**\n\nToday we are launching our global version, now anyone across any nation can use qoohoo easily. This is a beta release, we will keep on adding all the new tools going forward.\n\n**Check out our product** at \n\n* It will be super nice if you could use our product & share your experience, we are available at [founders@qoohoo.in](mailto:founders@qoohoo.in)\n* If you have creators or startups in your circle who are running their communities & courses, do connect us with them. (We have special offers for YC companies & referrals :)\n\nLet's keep building and moving forward! Thanks for your support. 🙏", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/I6Q-qoohoo-monetize-your-audience-across-all-platforms", "votes": 366, "created_at": "2023-02-23T14:45:45.871Z" } ] }, { "id": 28019, "name": "inBuild", "slug": "inbuild", "former_names": [ "inBuild, Inc." ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/565db1f58d2ff6409bb5c8eb3aefcdbc3f515329.png", "website": "https://www.inbuild.ai/", "all_locations": "Wilmington, DE, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Aspen, CO, USA", "long_description": "inBuild boosts revenue for home builders by automating the thousands of invoices they receive for every project. For example, when a subcontractor sends an invoice for work they completed, inBuild checks the cost against the project budget, handles any approvals, pays the bill, and updates Quickbooks.", "one_liner": "Workflow Automation for Construction Finance ", "team_size": 12, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B", "launched_at": 1671544099, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Fintech", "Payments", "Construction", "Proptech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2023", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": [ { "question": "How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)", "answer": "After working as the financial controller for a large general contractor in Aspen, Ty concluded that construction finances have unusually complex life cycles and very antiquated and disparate solutions. He was frustrated after trying every software available in pursuit of solving the problem for the GC. Ty went to his brother Ian who was assisting in the acquisition of Finvera, a San Francisco-based startup. He presented the idea of starting their own company to build a platform that solved the problems Ty felt firsthand. " }, { "question": "How have you kept in touch with the YC community and continued to use YC resources & programs since the batch ended?", "answer": "We’re inspired and motivated by the success stories of Y Combinator alumni, like Stripe, PlanGrid, Balance, and so many others. Our goal is for inBuild to one day be as recognizable as these brands." } ], "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/inbuild", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2023/inbuild.json", "year_founded": 2021, "city": "Wilmington", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/inbuildai", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/inBuildai", "fb_url": "https://www.facebook.com/inbuildai/", "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/inbuild", "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/565db1f58d2ff6409bb5c8eb3aefcdbc3f515329.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [ "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/875592d00dd8384733ae6195339cef74a9c83eee.png", "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/9adcf53414f51f23528554f41094d52b1bfc7721.png" ], "primary_partner": { "name": "Brad Flora", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/brad-flora" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1115776, "full_name": "Ty Sharp", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Co-Founder & CEO at inBuild. \n\nPreviously CFO at Sweeney Development, an Aspen-based General Contractor building $350M in construction volume. \n\nExpressing my creativity through building things that people love. ", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ty-sharp-59b907123/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/TySharp_iB", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/0785b1afc15abda180559ab1e04b44c3910316f9.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1128556, "full_name": "Ian Sharp", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Co-Founder of inBuild. Supercharging financial management for builders.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianwsharp/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/iansharp_iB", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/9acffdb84bc4856934580f69f6d084eb5fbb1c59.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 63775, "title": "Founding Engineer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/inbuild/jobs/F5QTABH-founding-engineer", "location": "Boise, ID, US / Santa Barbara, CA, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "$100K - $200K", "equity_range": "0.50% - 1.50%", "experience": "6+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [ "Amazon Web Services (AWS)", "Android", "Django", "Go", "iOS", "JavaScript", "Python", "React", "XML", "DynamoDB", "Flutter" ] } ], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 70189, "title": "inBuild - Financial automation for home builders", "tagline": "Spend time building, not processing documents.", "body": "Hi there! [Ty](https://twitter.com/tysharp_ib) and [Ian Sharp](https://twitter.com/iansharp_iB) here from [inBuild](https://www.inbuild.ai/).\n\nOur team is building a platform that automates the workflow of financial documents by plugging into email accounts, extracting incoming documents, and processing them all the way into existing accounting systems.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70189&key=user_uploads/1115776/47d121da-2a70-4dfb-b36e-9af7ab09ab36)\n\nOver the last 12 months, inBuild has processed over $450M of invoice volume with over $8M flowing through the platform daily.\n\nCustomers rave about inBuild saying:\n\n“You often hear 'under promise and over deliver'. I don't believe that is the business model of inBuild, but they continually over-deliver.“ - Joey Zikor, CFO at [Finbro Construction](https://www.finbroconstruction.com/)\n\n### Problem\n\nFinancial management should be seamless, but construction companies are faced with…\n\n* high document volumes.\n* no industry standardizations.\n* complicated approval workflows.\n* outdated legacy software (yuck 🤮)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70189&key=user_uploads/1115776/b71952c8-eb4d-4d6c-bc97-8c2b92c153df)\n\n### Solution\n\nA simple interface that works for you not against you, by…\n\n* ingesting incoming emails.\n* customizing account details.\n* learning from interaction.\n* automating document lifecycles.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70189&key=user_uploads/1115776/c39a25f3-9256-4a43-8e2d-ce0546f5c823)\n\n### Team\n\nTy was the CFO of a large luxury home builder and was working with real estate developers that collectively process over $250M in construction volume each year. His brother Ian was the Director of Growth at Gainfully, a Series A startup based in the Bay Area, and assisted in the company's successful acquisition.\n\nThe brothers teamed up to tackle this challenge after cold-calling over 2,000 home builders. What they learned was that a custom home takes 18-24 months to build and during that time the contractor will receive more than 18,000 invoices from vendors and subs, each with as many as 100 line items that all need to be verified and cross-checked to budgets and contracts. The process desperately needs to be automated and we have the backgrounds to make that happen.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70189&key=user_uploads/1115776/441f1209-cad6-4c31-a995-f7b161c267c0)\n\n### Asks\n\nPlease reach out if you know any…\n\n* [referrals to home builders](mailto:sales@inbuild.ai).\n* [talented individuals looking for work](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/inbuild/jobs).\n* [connections to investors](mailto:founders@inbuild.ai).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IG5-inbuild-financial-automation-for-home-builders", "votes": 200, "created_at": "2023-03-11T19:49:23.880Z" } ] }, { "id": 28416, "name": "Pierre", "slug": "pierre", "former_names": [ "Umbrella Company" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b78dca2b9a7dd83a3f06b2d4efd75eb21f68233b.png", "website": "https://pierre.co", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "We are re-building code hosting, code review, and CI primitives from the metal, for the next generation of professional developers: Small, focused teams, working closely, augmented by AI.", "one_liner": "Pierre is a new, opinionated, git platform.", "team_size": 10, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B -> Engineering, Product and Design", "launched_at": 1677182558, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Developer Tools", "B2B", "Productivity", "Collaboration" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2023", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B", "Engineering, Product and Design" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pierre", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2023/pierre.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "", "x_url": "https://x.com/pierredotco", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b78dca2b9a7dd83a3f06b2d4efd75eb21f68233b.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Nicolas Dessaigne", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/nicolas-dessaigne" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1253715, "full_name": "Jacob Thornton", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Jacob Thornton has been doing software development in the bay area for over a decade, as an early employee at startups like Twitter, Medium, and Coinbase.\n\nDuring this time he contributed to several large open source projects (most notably as the co-creator of Twitter Bootstrap), given talks around the world (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIDb6VBO9os), and written several chapters in technical books (beautiful javascript, if Hemingway wrote javascript).", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-thornton-13a6a5162/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/fat", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/12170102c839a10c7f7a28f061f7b97c3d70f378.jpg" }, { "user_id": 46928, "full_name": "Ian Ownbey", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "I have worked for a number of consumer tech companies ranging from Twitter in 2010 to Coinbase in 2018. I started as a backend engineer using Ruby on Rails and then eventually moved up the stack to iOS engineering, React Native engineering and now mostly React. I enjoy hanging out with my cat when not working.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-ownbey-4aa5ba117", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/beda0dcd17ad0f5ebb42b391b4c8c1b7cc8560f1.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 69619, "title": "Pierre - A new way to review code", "tagline": "Pierre enables engineers, designers and business team members to discuss new features before they're merged.", "body": "Hi Everyone —\n\nWe are Ian and Jacob, and we are on a mission to modernize code reviews. Sign up for the alpha on [**HeyPierre.app**](http://heypierre.app/)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=69619&key=user_uploads/46928/b1f1d6e0-88b1-4a2e-b17c-0d5982d2543d)\n\nJacob (CEO) and Ian (CTO) met as early engineers at Twitter 14 years ago.\n\nJacob is the co-creator of Bootstrap (one of the largest and most popular open source communities on GitHub) and later went on to work as one of the first engineers at Medium. Ian was the first intern at Twitter, dropping out of college at 19 to TL the Twitter platform team.\n\nJacob and Ian co-founded a mobile app called Bumpers in 2016, which was eventually acquired by Coinbase. For the next 5 years, they led the Product Platform team at Coinbase and were the company-wide web and mobile DRIs.\n\n### Github doesn’t solve today’s biggest engineering problems\n\nIn the decade+ since Github was built, tools that prioritize real time collaboration and discussion (Figma, Notion, and Linear) have exploded in popularity, but the circa-2006 code review experience hasn’t materially changed.\n\nWe’re building a new way to review code, and we’re starting with pull requests. As engineers with more than 15 years of experience, we’ve seen firsthand how cumbersome a pull request review is using Github — often, pull requests lack necessary context, take too long to approve, and cannot be viewed by non-engineers for feedback. Github’s comment features make it difficult to manage a conversation over time, and discussion is lost when engineers switch to Slack or Hangouts.\n\n### Your code, conversations, and collaborators. Together.\n\nPierre enables engineers to shape the way that their code is reviewed. We’re starting with two of the biggest problems that engineers have:\n\n1. How do you set better context?\n2. How do you better manage discussions?\n\nWe’re taking features of the products you love most — the organized chats of iMessage, the real time collaboration of Figma, and the narrative structure of Notion — and we’re bringing it to code reviews.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=69619&key=user_uploads/46928/2f0b02fe-d44b-4605-a704-f66aa7736c4f)\n\nUsing Pierre, code review creators can:\n\n* Set context next to the code\n* Reorganize diffs intuitively\n* Break up large pull requests into digestible bites\n\nAnd code reviewers can:\n\n* Be anyone — no more waiting for the bug bash to get design and product feedback\n* Comment on anything — code, images or text\n* Conduct real-time conversations right next to the code\n* Get up-to-speed on changes more quickly\n\n### Why we built Pierre\n\nWe’ve been intimately using GitHub since it’s inception (Ian’s user id is #91). There’s been a lot to love about GitHub over the years, but innovation on the core experience is lagging and other pieces of our toolchain are making us expect more. This is only exasperated by Ian living in NYC and Jacob in SF.\n\nEngineers deserve a realtime, collaborative software platform optimized for productivity - instead of a slow, feed-based social network for coding.\n\n### Try Pierre Out!\n\n* Head to [**HeyPierre.app**](http://heypierre.app/) and sign up for our waitlist. We’re in closed alpha, but we can’t wait for you to try us out.\n* We’re looking for a handful of fast growing teams (with \\~25-50 engineers) to pilot us. If you know a team that could be a good fit, email [rachel@heypierre.app](mailto:rachel@heypierre.app). **Earn a $200 referral bonus for each paying team you bring in.**", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/I6t-pierre-a-new-way-to-review-code", "votes": 67, "created_at": "2023-02-23T20:27:31.367Z" } ] }, { "id": 28788, "name": "Hyperbound", "slug": "hyperbound", "former_names": [ "CleverCall", "Hyper" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d914e5099612c52b407ca205a19346b7915e770f.png", "website": "https://hyperbound.ai", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Hyperbound is the leading enterprise-first Revenue Activation Platform, pioneering a new category focused on turning insights into revenue-driving actions. 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Hyperbound ramps your reps faster and keeps them warmed up, increasing conversion rates on cold and discovery calls.\n\nTraditionally, it takes an average sales rep \\~400 cold call conversations to ramp up and consistently deliver the message in difficult situations. This organic process usually takes between 3 to 9 months. However, with Hyperbound, your reps can achieve that same level of proficiency in less than a week!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=77356&key=user_uploads/1403843/780bdcd3-23a7-4344-9482-de3c29ab1272)\n\n### **Long ramp and low conversion for your sales reps**\n\nEven with a parallel dialer, the best reps can only manage about 20 connections per day, resulting in approximately 3-5 conversations.\n\nIt takes an average cold-calling sales representative around 400 conversations to start meeting their quota, which traditionally could take anywhere between 3 to 9 months.\n\nHowever, reps who engage in daily roleplays during training, and to warmup before their calls have shown to meet their quotas up to 3x faster, and have a higher conversion rate.\n\n### **Your reps are forced to practice on your prospects**\n\nMastering cold and discovery calls is a challenging task that requires regular practice and reinforcement.\n\nBut here's the catch with roleplay. It's just awkward, eats up your managers' time, and puts a cap on how many reps each manager can handle.\n\nMost organizations lack the practice they need, forcing their representatives to practice on the few prospects they manage to connect with each day.\n\n### **Solution: The Hyperbound Platform**\n\nHyperbound is a simulated roleplay platform that can transform your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) descriptions into interactive AI agents in less than 20 minutes.\n\nOur simulations allow your representatives to ramp up quickly and stay prepared, increasing conversion rates on cold and discovery calls.\n\nWith Hyperbound, your representatives can reach the 400 conversations they need ramp up in under a week.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=77356&key=user_uploads/1403843/71c68268-3c8e-4486-9311-799a2a94d815)\n\n### **Features**\n\n* Create bots in less than 20 minutes to give your reps access to the wide range of personas you sell to. 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Let’s chat → [founders@hyperbound.ai](mailto:founders@hyperbound.ai)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/K7g-hyperbound-sales-call-roleplay-with-realistic-ai-buyers", "votes": 19, "created_at": "2024-01-09T21:04:35.250Z" }, { "id": 73368, "title": "🚀 Hyperbound: Hyper-personalize your sales emails at scale", "tagline": "Research, generate, and launch hundreds of personalized email campaigns with one click.", "body": "TL;DR **Say goodbye to generic templates—hyper-personalize your sales emails at scale with Hyperbound. Instantly research your prospects and link your company’s value prop to their specific needs.**\n\nWe research prospects from 40+ web sources, including LinkedIn, Google, TechCrunch, Gartner, Crunchbase, etc., and organize domain-specific data from tools like 6sense, ZoomInfo, Clearbit, and your chosen CRM. Our AI creates individual personas for each prospect and customizes a personalized sales email campaign in your voice to address their pain points and preferred communication style. Strict guardrails ensure reliably high-quality output, ready to send with your sales enablement platforms (Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo, HubSpot, etc) without the need for additional review.\n\n### 🚀 Our Team:\n\nHello World! We’re Atul and Sriharsha, the team behind Hyperbound! We’ve been close friends since high school. We have worked on everything from the ML behind Meta’s Ad Personalization to Salesforce’s Einstein Chatbots. We’re putting all our Salestech and NLP research experience into building the next generation of content personalization!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73368&key=user_uploads/1403843/ab287a55-7651-44d2-81a9-93ea9fb14d14)\n\n### 🧨 The Problem: Personalization isn’t scalable\n\n* **Sales emails, especially for B2B sales, must be personalized** to stand out in a crowded inbox. In B2B sales, time spent at the outbound stage can have a massive ROI. More high-quality outbound emails → more chance of contacting the lead that will convert.\n* **Personalized sales emails have at least **[**double**](https://woodpecker.co/blog/cold-email-statistics/#double-your-email-reply-rate-with-advanced-personalization)** the response rate** as basic templated emails, but researching your prospects and drafting exceptional personalized sales emails takes time.\n\n### 💡Our Solution: Reliably High-quality Automatic Personalization\n\nBook a demo at: [hyperbound.ai](http://hyperbound.ai)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73368&key=user_uploads/1403843/32f0bfd5-7f8e-45d1-a0a5-907d38252e83)\n\n* Research, generate, and launch hundreds of personalized email campaigns with one click\n* Integrate with your sales enablement tools, industry-specific data enrichment, and CRM of choice (ex: Outreach, ZoomInfo, Salesforce)\n* Maintain your voice — your emails sound like you!\n* Automatically identify personas and adjust messaging experimentally\n\n ![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73368&key=user_uploads/1403843/0406c269-1d99-49ad-ab51-e781c3c7fd04)\n\n * Connect your solution with the specific pain points of each prospect for optimal engagement\n * Subject lines that are tuned to the psychology of each prospect\n * Data-driven modeling adjusts email and subject wording for each persona\n* Improve your custom AI engine with natural language feedback\n\n ![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73368&key=user_uploads/1403843/84797afe-ef58-47cb-93df-dd22716c544f)\n\n* Enjoy tough guardrails — brand-safe messaging without hallucinations\n\n### 👋 Our Ask:\n\n* Reach out today to get access to our latest email personalization algorithm! Let us know if you’re interested in a pilot. Bonus points for feedback!\n* Have an outbound email campaign? Know anyone who does? Ask them to book a demo at [hyperbound.ai](http://hyperbound.ai) or drop us a note at [founders@hyperbound.ai](mailto:founders@hyperbound.ai)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/J5M-hyperbound-hyper-personalize-your-sales-emails-at-scale", "votes": 74, "created_at": "2023-07-24T19:12:59.775Z" } ] }, { "id": 28969, "name": "Studdy", "slug": "studdy", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/c0821a1683c61a3940f8574e68efe0f27f930177.png", "website": "https://www.studdyai.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "At Studdy, our mission is to unlock the full potential of the next generation by providing a personalized AI tutor for every student.\r\n\r\nStuddy is a multilingual tutor that uses AI, as well as advanced speech, text, and image recognition technology to supercharge students' ability to learn new subjects.\r\n\r\nWe believe that making self-learning as easy as possible for as many students as possible (no matter their cultural, social, or educational background) is the key to unlocking the full potential of students around the world.\r\n\r\nWe're a passionate team of AI experts, educators, and builders - if you also have a passion for transforming education we'd love to hear from you.\r\n\r\nShoot us a message at team@studdy.ai!", "one_liner": "An AI tutor that helps you study", "team_size": 4, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1688327880, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Education", "Consumer", "Edtech", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2023", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Education" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/studdy", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2023/studdy.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/studdyai", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/studdyai", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/c0821a1683c61a3940f8574e68efe0f27f930177.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Garry Tan", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/garry-tan" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1332645, "full_name": "Michael Lam", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Co-founder & CEO at Studdy", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/mikelam231", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/mike_lamma", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/61cd72de6866d065e238857e95103448fbf7eb21.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1383463, "full_name": "Alex Lanzoni", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Self-taught software engineer w/ 13 YoE\nLike building and video games", "is_active": false, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/alex-lanzoni", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/chad_syntax", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/096acf61a418174fbb54f420fe89ab79e44ad845.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 73856, "title": "Studdy: an AI tutor for every student", "tagline": "Snap, ask, and learn anything with Studdy Buddy", "body": "### TL;DR\n\nHave you ever been studying something and **wished you could instantly ask a question** about it to an expert? Now you can, with Studdy.\n\n[Studdy](https://studdy.ai/) is an AI tutor for students. Anytime you need help with schoolwork (or any material you’re reading), **just snap a picture to get instant help from Studdy Buddy**.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73856&key=user_uploads/1332645/ee2a0350-1b1c-4d20-aa05-b79c3254dfb0)\n\n### The problem\n\nStudents are not getting the help they need to succeed in school. Every year, [**65%+ of all U.S. eighth graders**](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/us/math-reading-scores-pandemic.html) score **“below proficient,” in reading comprehension and math.**\n\nThe problem is that **class sizes are too large** for teachers to provide enough 1:1 help to every kid. Districts can’t afford to hire more teachers, and parents are unable to help their kids at home because they don’t know the material either.\n\nWhen a student falls behind for just a couple of weeks, it can lead to a spiral of underachievement that ultimately leads to many kids giving up. Studdy is here to stop the spiral.\n\n### How Studdy Helps\n\nWhen students need extra help understanding material from class, **Studdy is available 24/7 to answer any questions and patiently explain any concepts**. Studdy never gets angry, impatient, or tired - and it loves answering follow up questions.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73856&key=user_uploads/1332645/bcb4d350-5c3e-474d-8a0e-ef6cf0ab1489)\n\nThings Studdy can do:\n\n* **Break problems down** into simple steps\n* Answer **unlimited follow up questions**\n* **Summarize** pages for you\n* **Test** your reading comprehension\n* Quiz you to make sure you **understand the “why”** of what you’re doing and aren’t just regurgitating homework steps\n* Frame problems and **draw relationships** for you\n* Speak to you at your grade level, **in your own language**\n* Plus more!\n\n ![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73856&key=user_uploads/1332645/bbb5e47e-6f23-4512-8723-d0fedc547559)\n\n\n### Studdy vs ChatGPT\n\nStuddy is purpose built for students:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73856&key=user_uploads/1332645/ef16271e-a1eb-4ed5-9b53-49a9c4756cca)\n\n### Our Story\n\nAlex and I built Studdy for our former selves (we were not good students back in the day). Too much lecturing would put us to sleep, and that caused issues when it came time to do homework.\n\nWe wished we had a tutor available 24/7 who could answer all of our questions at home - when we would try to catch up on the material we’d missed during class.\n\nAlex dropped out of college at 19 and he’s been plotting how to reform education ever since. I spent the last four years working in ed-tech and AI at Photomath, and then [@Speak](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/1443) (W17), where I helped build an AI language tutor on GPT3 & 4. Alex and I previously worked together [@Starcity](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/1431) (S16) before creating Studdy.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73856&key=user_uploads/1332645/c0dabeee-b4bf-4ddd-86c1-09d47515fe9b)\n\n### Our Ask\n\n* **Try** **our** [iOS App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/studdy-ai-pocket-tutor/id6450114499)!\n* **Share this post!** Send it to students, parents, teachers, friends.\n* If you know **any professors** who might want to **partner up on** **AI-Education Research**, we’d love to chat.\n* Shoot us a note at [**team@studdy.ai**](mailto:team@studdy.ai) if you’d like to help us\n* Leave us a kind review on the app store : )", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/JDE-studdy-an-ai-tutor-for-every-student", "votes": 61, "created_at": "2023-08-07T14:12:11.395Z" } ] }, { "id": 28997, "name": "Read Bean", "slug": "read-bean", "former_names": [ "Refond", "Glace", "Glaze" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/2edb78c6c7dfbdc3b8cbd1632fcf94f82d5bf32d.png", "website": "https://readbean.app/", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "Read Bean helps intermediate-advanced language learners and heritage speakers improve their literacy using real-world content. 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Instead of needing to know exactly what you want when shopping, you can find relevant and cool items from queries like “[simple and elegant dinner party outfit](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=simple%20and%20elegant%20dinner%20party%20outfit)” and “[what would Barbie and Ken wear to an investor meeting](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=what%20would%20barbie%20and%20ken%20wear%20to%20an%20investor%20meeting)”. We are 3 MIT founders who love fashion as much as we love coding. \n\n### **The Problem**\n\nWho knew spending money on clothes could be so full of friction and painful —\n\nyou are looking for a pair of linen pants, \n\nyou go on google shopping or an aggregator like Nordstrom, \n\nyou get literally 1000s of listings fed to you, \n\nyou go down the listings, 95% of which are pure noise and only 5% are actually interesting, \n\nyou couldn’t quite decide on anything, yet wasted 2 painful hours in the process. \n\n# **Glaze**\n\n### [**useglaze.com**](https://www.useglaze.com/)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73733&key=user_uploads/1371943/1b54d204-385e-4626-b268-4e94faed94cb)\n\n[Glaze](https://useglaze.com) makes finding clothes from trending, unique, high-quality brands easier and more fun. \n\nSearch anything — _we mean anything_ — to shop products from accurate search results powered by our AI. \n\nSome past queries from our real users\n\n* “[Y Combinator broke startup founder](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=y%20combinator%20broke%20startup%20founder)”\n* “[lit san francisco black sweater](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=lit%20san%20francisco%20black%20sweater)”\n* “[I'm Luke Skywalker](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=im%20luke%20skywalker)”\n* “[I like techno](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=I%20like%20techno)”\n* “[Male guest at a wedding in Italy this summer](https://www.useglaze.com/mens/search?query=Male%20guest%20at%20a%20wedding%20in%20Italy%20this%20summer)”\n* “[Comfortable, hip, and classy clothes for 40 years old](https://www.useglaze.com/search?query=Comfortable,%20hip,%20and%20classy%20clothes%20for%2040%20year%20old)”\n\n# **Our Team**\n\nWe became best friends while studying computer science at MIT. We’ve had many adventures together but our favorite was running campus-wide clothing pop-ups our senior year. We sold over 1000 pieces of clothes in <24 hrs and built a clothing reselling app for students.\n\nNow wanting to use AI to shape the future of online shopping, we’re building [Glaze](https://www.useglaze.com/) together.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=73733&key=user_uploads/1371943/572d11e3-6d03-45bb-8b48-0bfed801b608)\n\n_the team from left to right_\n\n[Savannah](https://www.linkedin.com/in/savannah-liu-291674197/): Built the refund payment pipeline at Amazon Advertising that handles $1.7B cash volume annually. Fun fact, she is also a fashion/lifestyle influencer with 100k+ followers. \n\n[Maggie](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiezhang84/): Wide range of industry experiences ranging from Bain to Bloomberg. She had a side hustle building her own slime e-commerce business, growing it to 200k+ Instagram followers. \n\n[Pearl](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pearlli98/): The ML goddess of the team. She optimized LLM training for an open-source chatbot at FAIR (Facebook AI Research) and built an ML pipeline for mobile game LTV prediction at Assetario. \n\n# **The Ask**\n\n* Try [useglaze.com](http://useglaze.com)\n* Share with friends and family \n* Give us feedback and schedule a shopping session with us at \n* Request more [brands](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBbv9SS_R6GKY-YxjFNy0pIdt3gp9kGgISglgW7jnSs7MzVQ/viewform)\n* If you have any connections to clothing brands, we would love to connect.\n\nWe hope you all have fun! 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We envision a world where everyone, regardless of location or background, has access to quality, affordable, personalized learning experiences." } ], "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mathos", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2024/mathos.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mathgptpro", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/MathGPTPro", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/f3f536ef35f5c7ee64be3f52c50f6a3f42790fd2.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Nicolas Dessaigne", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/nicolas-dessaigne" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1591931, "full_name": "Tianwei Yue", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "AI since 2015. RL & Robotics recently. Building language agents since 2022. 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Think of it as an LLM-powered feed delivering you useful content in short insights.\r\n\r\nFor example, if you’re building an AI voice agent, you’ll see the latest in speech-to-text models without having to actively search, go through a pile of research papers, or prompt an LLM.\r\n\r\nWe extract key takeaways from long-form content - allowing you to read as little or as much as you like from the original piece of information. 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Experience in mobile app development and interaction design.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carine-fattal/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/8bf49d9136545f833f883624a01d53f179f9028b.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 83843, "title": "et al. - Knowledge back on a scroll", "tagline": "Your daily feed of insights extracted from your go-to sources using LLMs.", "body": "**TL;DR** - et al. is a mobile app that brings together your newsletters, research papers, podcasts, and more in one place. Imagine a Twitter feed powered by LLMs delivering useful content in short-sentence insights.\n\n**Test our beta** [**here**](https://www.et-al.io/signup) - we need your feedback!\n\n\n\n## 🚫 **Unopened newsletters, lengthy reads, hidden links…**\n\nThere’s a ton of valuable content out there, but key insights are often buried in long formats or hidden behind multiple clicks. With faster consumption habits, finding specific information for work or topics you care about often ends up with you prompting an LLM or typing into a search bar.\n\nYou can subscribe to newsletters, but they tend to be lengthy and rarely specific enough for the applications or areas that matter to you. More than half of them remain unopened, and less than 1% actually lead to a click-through.\n\nThen, there are podcasts, web articles, and blog posts scattered across the web and your different devices. Not to mention research papers, which hold highly valuable insights but are hard to find through a simple browser search and often end up unnoticed.\n\n## 📜 **Knowledge back on a scroll**\n\net al. turns scrolling into a smarter habit. You tell us your interests and what sources you follow and we curate a personalized feed of short insights you can scroll through daily.\n\nWe use LLMs to extract content from your newsletters, research papers, podcasts, and more by navigating through all the relevant links to identify the original piece of information. We then generate insights directly from that source and allow you to read as little or as much as you want from the original content.\n\nWith et al., you get to build your knowledge, discover new interests, and stay on top of the breakthroughs that matter to you - all in one place.\n\n## 👥 **About Us**\n\nHey everyone — we’re [Carine](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carine-fattal/) and [Marie](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-van-der-klink/)! We’re design engineers who met five years ago during our Masters at Imperial College London. We previously worked together on a research app for students and researchers - through which we realized there’s a ton of valuable content locked away in long formats or hidden in unread emails. Now, we’re using LLMs to turn all this content into a personalized feed for smarter scrolling.\n\n## 💬 **Our Ask**\n\n**Test our beta** [**here**](https://www.et-al.io/signup) and give us feedback so we can turn et al. into your go-to app for knowledge.\n\n**Share the** [**link**](https://www.et-al.io/signup) with others if you like et al. or know someone who’d use it!\n\n**Drop us a message at** [**founders@et-al.io**](mailto:founders@et-al.io) - we’d love to hear your thoughts.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83843&key=user_uploads/1953355/ad1bbf2b-07ed-48c8-8e19-e5a5faad34b1)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LoJ-et-al-knowledge-back-on-a-scroll", "votes": 161, "created_at": "2024-09-08T02:46:12.668Z" } ] }, { "id": 29963, "name": "Capitol AI", "slug": "capitol-ai", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d21edd589862cd64f905545df119c53426538c8d.png", "website": "https://www.capitol.ai/", "all_locations": "Washington, DC, USA", "long_description": "Capitol AI is building a sovereign operating system for intelligence, designed for regulated, high-stakes institutions such as professional services firms, financial services, and government agencies. 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What were the big inflection points?", "answer": "Tom and I were collaborating on Covid-19 logistics applications leveraging AI models for HHS and the US DoD and the interfaces that prime USG integrators like IBM, SAP, and Deloitte produced were unusable. We saw an opportunity to develop integration and design standards for creating intelligent content leveraging models, and Capitol AI was born. We started the company with a contract from the 2nd largest health insurer in the US to automate data storytelling for their self-insured employer business line. We approached this problem with a mix of classical and bayesian statistical analysis and automating insight generation leveraging DBT. After GPT 3.5 was released we saw an opportunity to center our product stack around LLMs. We made a pivot away from healthcare and so that we could collect user data and feedback to move the product forward as quickly as possible. We now have built a product that is in high demand we just closed a $1.3m enterprise contract, with more to come. " }, { "question": "What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?", "answer": "In the future, all content and data publishers will have an AI research layer. 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One of the founding designers of Airbnb, Shaun has been named one of Business Insider’s Top 75 Designers in Technology. Shaun has designed software products for technology giants, the government, and its agencies, including Google, the White House, DoD, NASA, CDC, and Motorola. At Airbnb, Shaun worked side by side with CEO Brian Chesky. ", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunmodi/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/shaunmodi", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/9ae194cbc0574b7170365c07d2b00ca313f7747a.jpg" }, { "user_id": 2079920, "full_name": "thomas hallaran", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Software engineer and technical manager with a product mindset. Two decades of experience, including IC and Director positions in academia, venture backed startups, and the US Federal Government.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhallaran/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/2c1845b565cbe70e5f79c64541e056727aa150fc.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 83810, "title": "Capitol AI - Create powerful content from data", "tagline": "Infinitely smart research assistant + document editor that generates content from your data.", "body": "Hey! We're Shaun and Tom from [Capitol AI](https://www.capitol.ai), and we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Capitol 2.0.\n\n# **TL;DR**\n\nAfter we got into YC, we asked ourselves: “What would Microsoft Word look like if it were built in the age of AI?” Our answer: A product that seamlessly combines deep research, generative images + text, and AI-assisted editing.\n\n[**This is Capitol 2.0**](https://www.capitol.ai)\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcBHZ-cSYPZzPy48Nm-rz78AXUraAmaYG7sk-AXyR5-_p4cYGaj0-5uztAEO_pXY0r56gOz_hbUB-4-rhfcnbiBW5hV-31m9crYfEFGFfPmP-Zlcm7xFLJAdQgA0njg42wh1M8cPNv84VoBlZ4LmGBRoiN3?key=F5l7R5NSBH7WxKd4nIiTpg)\n\n**The Business Problem**\n\nContent creation for business users is a slow, disjointed process involving multiple tools like search, proprietary databases, spreadsheets, slides, PDFs, and word processors. This complexity limits businesses with data-driven content creation workflows from scaling their content production and selling more products.\n\n# **Our Solution**\n\nCapitol simplifies content creation by integrating research and editing into one seamless experience—automating tasks to supercharge productivity.\n\nCapitol AI empowers enterprise customers with an API/SDK that automates the research and content creation process. It gives them the tools to personalize and scale their product offerings with less headcount.\n\n[**Watch the video**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFymrPfE-nk)\n\n# **B2B Customers**\n\n**Enterprise** \\\n[Politico](https://www.politico.com), the global authority on the intersection of politics, policy, and power has exclusively partnered with Capitol to empower all [Politico Pro](https://www.politicopro.com/) users with AI content creation for policy and regulatory analysis.\n\n**Startups & SMB**\\\nFor startups and small businesses with repeatable data-driven processes like Cloud GTM provider [Invisory](https://invisory.co/) and the innovative AI-powered grant platform [AI Grants](https://www.aigrants.app/), Capitol is automating the creation of **revenue-generating** business documents with our API-accessible artifact generation pipeline.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83810&key=user_uploads/23932/0950a826-5715-468c-b4f8-f00190aa1a77)\n\n# **Why Now?**\n\nIn a time when publishers are increasingly being courted by AI model builders for licensing deals, Capitol AI is arming the rebels—helping publishers compete for attention and grow their customer base by automating content generation from their high-value data. Capitol will be the category-defining product to unlock this transformation.\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeIy5Y14hTVoYbNBzaWtye7QpqmqdiBdbKm2y2gR9eXkUoA3T5QxSunxXgkx5_xbhjBb1pvLJM8ob_XM73c0CHtCHUldMDuoFzZjctfWKOoyzJForUKh3CcS2kI8o1S3JG9TyVrGZsCgyDPF_1KpgZjniI?key=F5l7R5NSBH7WxKd4nIiTpg)\n\n# \n\n# **Tech**\n\nCapitol includes a proprietary model orchestration, eval framework, chain of thought reasoning, and RAG pipelines that work together to enable our customers to generate and iterate on content in our product or via API.\n\n# **How Capitol Works** \n\nRewrite, reformat, & transform your content\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfnE4np5a5RdEIJQCWpT_4uN5J7iIdkrQ5lgeGgyDcZp0it1eAwRI7XKVti4Kzbm_bqn_JXf39BlJhRwEvxy7vbpHSaxWiCX1Oz8KpmZzmay4tz7DXc8U_Rj5RXioSH1JxZaFSFUG-eAMK_jt0qmrLjBVkx?key=lcBvgZFvISlTTsrwNwpBug)\n\n\nType ‘/’ anywhere to generate new content in-line\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXexmXK1RLuHucEMVk-ervnI0_dyyjJCU5JvPdpOPnnBl0gi0IYBBrsNZqz5A-5gqP42_ablQrRdWE9eqlLQMxYQRIrKoTG6ew8P464tXf_Ucs9WUfYHa-kBj-RItpCXa_w7Y2BdLpyt61eVKLVfBovnl3A?key=lcBvgZFvISlTTsrwNwpBug)\n\n\nGenerate new content with a single click \n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeeLUmH9cppVSN5FGD9L1TfC8X5rDCgTyhx6hunL-s1wZLSq5kPzLWvvMkPCHrupc2z3efQfrO4wFzCq4Gqq1cJ9heMp1v9XXPeChbvN2bwMfZW2vLJT8E3weKkPwtov5b1nNUQ0A21qLfTTGIrOrUUvxoE?key=lcBvgZFvISlTTsrwNwpBug)\n\n### **🙏🏽 Our asks**\n\n# **1\\. Try Capitol**\n\nHead to [www.capitol.ai](http://www.capitol.ai) and try Capitol today. \\\nGet 3 months free with the special YC discount code **FOUNDERMODE**\n\n# **2\\. Integrate Capitol Into Your Product!**\n\nCapitol’s embedded content generation will transform your application’s user experience with real-time RAG and document creation from your data. By leveraging Capitol’s API/SDK, you can drive more engagement with your product and have more time with your users. Common use cases include:\n\n* Give your users the ability to create bespoke reports and insights, pulling forward hard-to-find data\n* Turn enterprise document search into a content generation flow\n* Transforming your knowledge base or help center into a more helpful experience for your customers\n* Let your users create social media content directly on your site\n\nContact us at [founders@capitol.ai](mailto:founders@capitol.ai)\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcQrF-ciwjn96Unv9Js-UbJ4o1bJLuLzP_2Ihg1yGe45RIxjluJG0mzQ2j1tweHYGwRX8UOeOBC1HGmbmqnbi_KPK-38xKhxlpp6qeBisC54g56Tj3BArNJKgZbG8VnRRkK9loy__0DHmRR_D_Gf56pMPoD?key=F5l7R5NSBH7WxKd4nIiTpg)\n\n# **Founders**\n\n* [Shaun Modi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunmodi/), CEO. One of the first product designers hired at Airbnb. Worked side by side with CEO Brian Chesky crafting the user experience of Airbnb. Fmr Google, Fmr Nasa, named one of Business Insider's Top 75 Designers in Technology. BFA from RISD.\n* [Tom Hallaran](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhallaran/), CTO. Fmr Director US AI Center of Excellence, Fmr VP of engineering at acquired adtech startup Selectable Media, Initial technical lead and architect of the largest political payment app in US. Undergrad from Columbia.\n\n[X](https://x.com/usecapitol), [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitolai/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/capitol.ai/)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Lnm-capitol-ai-create-powerful-content-from-data", "votes": 68, "created_at": "2024-09-06T04:52:46.055Z" } ] }, { "id": 29978, "name": "SimCare", "slug": "simcare", "former_names": [ "simhealth.ai", "Luna Sim (prev. simhealth.ai)", "Soma Lab", "SimCare AI" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/1907f0562c3999072b46993e335043d8a2316f2d.png", "website": "https://simcare.ai", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "SimCare is an all in one solution for training clinical skills in healthcare and behavioral health. From AI avatars that you can speak with, feedback systems trusted by the top programs in the country, to site placements tools that help you show your skills and find a job. SimCare is used across the board to train counselors, social workers, doctors and nurses.", "one_liner": "AI avatars to scale healthcare training.", "team_size": 7, "industry": "Healthcare", "subindustry": "Healthcare", "launched_at": 1719547782, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Education", "Healthcare", "Edtech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Healthcare" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/simcare", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2024/simcare.json", "year_founded": 2024, "city": "New York City", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/simcareyc", "x_url": "https://x.com/SimCareAI", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/1907f0562c3999072b46993e335043d8a2316f2d.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Nicolas Dessaigne", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/nicolas-dessaigne" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1053982, "full_name": "Vrishank Saini", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Vrishank Saini is a University of Chicago neuroscience undergrad with a knack for blending neuroscience and computer science to drive innovation in medical education. As the founder of Bioscope Wellness and Soma Lab, he's not just studying cross-disciplinary subjects—he's applying them, evidenced by his development of a mental health app that garnered national coverage and over 120,000 downloads.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrishanksaini/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/b1d76996a5de932e6f474ab083dabf18d8693a9e.jpg" }, { "user_id": 2094245, "full_name": "Tiko Bdoyan", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Founder at Soma Lab passionate about educational technology and the future of learning. Previously, I was a Machine Learning researcher and a varsity wrestler at the University of Chicago.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigran-bdoyan/details/experience/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/79b35bd7d21772ed4feb6fd99be9854a5a73285b.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 91257, "title": "Founding Engineer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/simcare/jobs/DLY8bc9-founding-engineer", "location": "New York, NY, US", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "$160K - $200K", "equity_range": "0.50% - 1.00%", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] } ], "news": [ { "title": "Meet The Med School Dropouts Using AI To Train Clinicians", "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/02/27/meet-the-med-school-dropouts-using-ai-to-train-clinicians/", "date": "Feb 27, 2025" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 85622, "title": "SimCare AI – Scaling Healthcare Training and Evaluation with AI Patients & Simulations", "tagline": "Conversations with AI patients to scale clinical training.", "body": "Hi everyone, we’re [Vrishank](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrishanksaini/) and [Tigran](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/soma-lab)[,](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/2094245) the team behind [SimCare AI](https://somalab.ai)**.**\n\n**tl;dr:** SimCare AI (prev. “Soma Lab”) creates AI-simulated conversations to scale healthcare training. Students and providers practice with our AI patients to build skills and get evaluated.\n\n**The Problem: Healthcare Training and Evaluation Isn’t Scalable**\n\nHealthcare still relies on slow, expensive methods like role-playing, in-person evaluations, and one-on-one interviews. These outdated approaches not only create bottlenecks in education and hiring but also cost institutions hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in faculty time, actor fees, and administrative overhead. Scaling these processes is critical, but traditional methods make it nearly impossible.\n\nWhile governments and accrediting bodies are pushing to expand healthcare workforces by increasing the number of schools and seats, the real bottleneck lies in non-didactic training. Schools have figured out how to scale lectures and coursework online, but they can’t scale the hands-on, interactive training required to meet competency-based accreditation standards like CACREP.\n\nAdding to the challenge, **it is illegal to practice counseling without direct clinical supervision** in the classroom or the proper licenses. Students can’t even practice these conversations with friends or family legally, which leaves schools dependent on expensive, resource-intensive methods like faculty supervised role-playing.\n\n# **The Solution: AI-Simulated Conversations at Scale**\n\nSimCare AI uses AI to create realistic, interactive conversations with patients that allow students and professionals to practice and be evaluated anytime, anywhere. Our simulations replace costly methods with scalable alternatives, saving institutions significant time and money. Our system provides a legal, scalable solution for hands-on training, enabling schools to bypass these restrictions, meet accreditation requirements, and expand rapidly without sacrificing quality.\n\nTherapy programs use SimCare AI to train students with AI patients, reducing reliance on actors. Companies use AI patients to assess job applicants and onboard new hires efficiently. Medical and social work programs prepare learners for real-world challenges without the need for resource-heavy manual evaluations.\n\nIn just **3 weeks**, we were able to close **30 pilots** with institutions like the University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech, University of Sydney, John Carroll University, and Western Carolina University.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85622&key=user_uploads/1053982/effe8dfb-c4cb-4b32-b0d5-03dee23e2036)\n\n### For example:\n\n* **Therapy and counseling schools** use SimCare AI to replace role-playing exercises with our AI patients that simulate realistic therapy sessions. Students can practice conversations anytime and get evaluated instantly, helping programs scale without relying on limited and expensive faculty or actors.\n* **Teletherapy companies** use SimCare AI to screen job applicants by testing their skills with AI patients, ensuring quality candidates are hired faster and cost-effectively. They also use SimCare AI for internal training to ensure company standards.\n* **Social work programs** use SimCare AI to train students with AI families and patients, evaluate them on critical interactions, and provide targeted remediation when needed.\n* **Medical schools** use SimCare AI to teach students how to handle patient interactions before they see real patients.\n\n# **The Team**\n\nWe met at the University of Chicago after joining the same fraternity. Vrishank failed a clinical communications test and couldn’t afford the $9,000 tutor fee. So instead, we built an AI clinical communications coach. Vrishank's score shot up, so we said screw it and launched the tool. In 3 weeks, we hit $5k MRR and 2.5k users. Seeing the impact this would have if applied to all of healthcare, we decided to build the AI infrastructure for healthcare training and evaluation.\n\nWhile in high school, Vrishank created a healthcare education app, which scaled to 120,000+ downloads in 6 months. Tigran was the lead machine learning researcher in a bioinformatics lab at the Luddy School of Informatics.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85622&key=user_uploads/1053982/5aa3f430-08fd-4595-bf57-4c917a6d8252)\n\n# **How You Can Help**\n\nShare this with anyone in healthcare or education who trains, hires, or evaluates students and professionals.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85622&key=user_uploads/1053982/43d2a87d-4ea5-4ecd-ad02-0f199ed84104)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MH0-simcare-ai-scaling-healthcare-training-and-evaluation-with-ai-patients-simulations", "votes": 41, "created_at": "2024-11-16T23:39:10.900Z" }, { "id": 83640, "title": "Soma Lab – Scaling clinical training with AI", "tagline": "Helping medical schools and hospitals train students and doctors. They practice on our AI simulations before seeing real patients.", "body": "Hi everyone, we’re Vrishank and Tigran[,](https://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/2094245) the team behind [**Soma Lab**](https://somalab.ai/)**.**\n\n**tl;dr:** Soma Lab helps medical schools and hospitals train students and doctors. They practice on our AI simulations before seeing real patients.\n\n**The problem: Medical education can't scale with outdated methods to meet the growing doctor demand.**\n\nThere’s a serious doctor shortage, and governments are responding by mandating increases in medical school seats.  Schools are still relying on outdated, unscalable approaches like using actors to simulate patients one by one. Medical schools need solutions that can expand with this demand without losing quality—to fix this, we’re helping medical schools and hospitals scale clinical training with AI.\n\n**The Solution: Scalable clinical training with AI**\n\nSoma Lab scales clinical training with AI simulations that let students practice patient interactions, moving beyond the outdated methods. Our platform provides realistic, on-demand practice that adapts to the needs of medical schools, allowing them to train more students effectively without sacrificing quality. We’re solving the bottleneck in clinical education, making it scalable, flexible, and fit for the future.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83640&key=user_uploads/1053982/ec01950e-358e-4305-b880-8a8f9d009f6d)\n\n**The Team**\n\nWe met at the University of Chicago after joining the same fraternity. Vrishank failed a clinical communications test and couldn’t afford the $9,000 tutor fee. So instead, we built an AI clinical communications coach. Vrishank's score went up to the top quartile, so we said screw it and launched the tool. In 3 weeks, we hit $5k MRR and 2.5k users. Seeing the impact this would have if applied to all of healthcare, we decided to build the AI infrastructure for medical education.\n\nWhile in high school, Vrishank created a healthcare education app, which scaled to 120,000+ downloads in 6 months. Tigran was the lead machine learning researcher in a bioinformatics lab at the Luddy School of Informatics.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83640&key=user_uploads/89898/bbe53983-3588-4b34-8ba2-61949f353b1a)\n\n**How You Can Help**\n\nWe're out to change medical training for the better, and we could use your help! Pass this along to folks in healthcare—whether they're doctors, medical/nursing students, hospital admins, or anyone in the medical education field.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Ll2-soma-lab-scaling-clinical-training-with-ai", "votes": 144, "created_at": "2024-08-31T15:14:00.615Z" } ] }, { "id": 30111, "name": "x1", "slug": "x1", "former_names": [ "FoundryAI", "Foundry" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/c86ce92c78b4bd9698a823b31a8ee51eff7418e7.png", "website": "https://x1.new/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "x1 is an AI app builder that helps anyone create real, App Store-ready iOS apps. Users start with a structured product plan, design polished iPhone screens in a visual canvas, build features step by step, and prepare launch assets like App Store listings, screenshots, monetization, and analytics. 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Existing tools give them generation without the structure needed to turn an idea into a durable product.\r\n\r\nWe started x1 after seeing the same pattern repeatedly: people could create an impressive demo quickly, then became trapped in prompt-and-fix loops. x1 asks the important questions first, turns the answers into a plan, lets users design the screens before development, builds in milestones, and verifies each step before moving on.\r\n\r\nThe goal is not just a faster demo. It is a working iPhone app that can keep improving." }, { "question": "What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?", "answer": "Our long-term vision is to make it possible for one person to build and run a serious app company.\r\n\r\nToday, launching an app requires product planning, design, mobile engineering, backend infrastructure, testing, App Store operations, monetization, analytics, marketing, customer support, and ongoing iteration. 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It can be trained and controlled by the teacher and can grade assignments from any curriculum, year level, subject, or format. \r\n\r\nLearning like a teacher, Edexia visually breaks down its understanding of the rubric, and updates this as a teacher corrects it.\r\n\r\nOur vision is to transform education by facilitating AI’s safe and effective integration across all institutions and applications. 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It learns the style of each individual teacher, so it can grade just like they do, saving up to 100% of grading time.\n\nEdexia can grade assignments from any curriculum, year level, subject, or format. Learning like a teacher, it visually breaks down its understanding of the rubric, and then updates this, as a teacher corrects its grading on the fly.\n\n[Watch the demo video here!](https://youtu.be/43dOCAkHDO8)\n\n# **👥** Founding Story\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=86220&key=user_uploads/1485291/dd7010a0-0ce6-4ea9-9f96-274ded8cbce0)\n\nWe’re Daniel and Nathan. We met at university after both graduating among the state's top students (top 30 and 200). Our shared goal of making a meaningful impact through our careers, combined with our passion for education and technology, led us to launch our first EdTech company. After growing it to $200K ARR in just over a year, we pivoted to Edexia to pursue an opportunity with even greater potential for positive impact.\n\n# **🌍** Our Vision\n\nWe want to transform education by facilitating the safe and effective integration of AI across all institutions and applications. Not using AI to replace teachers but rather to empower them—providing them with all the time and resources they need to develop their students.\n\n# 🚀 Progress\n\nSince launching on August 1st, we have already collaborated with 11 of Australia's best schools in Q4 2024 and are arranging an additional 30 partnerships for Q1 2025. We aim to positively impact every institution in every country in the near future.\n\n# 🙏 Our Ask\n\n1. **Work in education?** We'd love to talk and see if your institution could benefit from this technology. [Book a call here.](https://tidycal.com/danielbcgibbon/edexia-online-demo-and-discussion)\n2. **Know any educators?** Please forward them our demo video and cc [daniel@edexia.com.au](mailto:daniel@edexia.com.au)\n3. **Passionate about EdTech?** Let's connect! Just email me at [daniel@edexia.com.au](mailto:daniel@edexia.com.au).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MQe-edexia-ai-teaching-assistant-for-grading-papers", "votes": 29, "created_at": "2024-12-11T19:08:12.734Z" } ] }, { "id": 30185, "name": "Excellence Learning", "slug": "excellence-learning", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/1e153fb91aba9399d441f6364476829f360fb0a5.png", "website": "https://excellence-ai.com/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Excellence an after-school maths and science program. We replace/supplement private tutoring and long-term study programs such as Kumon (over 30B TAM). 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I am now excited to join Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch and embark on this exciting entrepreneurial journey!", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-bonnafont", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/db128bd90267f15a2aa49c2838977fab6a17135a.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [] }, { "id": 30197, "name": "Alice.tech", "slug": "alice-tech", "former_names": [ "Alice.tech", "Alice" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d58e9c6646fcf2c8783dc4e02f6ae0189039d29d.png", "website": "https://www.alice.tech/", "all_locations": "Copenhagen, Denmark", "long_description": "Alice turns generic course materials into personalized learning and exam prep using AI. We’re Duolingo for exams, and more than 10k college students have already used Alice. \r\n\r\nKim, the CEO, is a domain expert in education with more than 10+ years of university teaching experience. He is also technical by background.\r\n\r\nMRR is $20k, growing +10% week-over-week the last 8 weeks\r\n\r\nAlice's core market opportunity is +$10b, with the global education market being almost $10trillion. As AI starts to disrupt education, Alice will use in-built network effects and virality in its product to create a global winner. \r\n\r\nGo Alice. Thank you!", "one_liner": "AI-driven exam prep", "team_size": 5, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1736959747, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Education", "Generative AI", "SaaS", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Education" ], "regions": [ "Denmark", "Europe" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": [ { "question": "How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)", "answer": "Kim has over 10 years of experience teaching university students and a deep expertise in AI. In December 2023, he conceived the idea for Alice.tech to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in education today: the lack of affordable personalized learning solutions. Kim and Patrick have been friends for eight years and frequently discussed startup ideas, though they hadn’t pursued one together until now. After just a few weeks of prototyping, they became convinced of Alice.tech’s potential—not only as a viable product but as something they both wished they’d had during their own student years. This shared vision led them to co-found Alice.tech in February of 2024." }, { "question": "What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?", "answer": "Education is one of the largest and most influential industries in the world, with +20% of the global population being students.Yet, today’s education system still follows the assembly-line approach from the industrial revolution—leaving students stuck with standardized, one-size-fits-all learning methods that create three major pains:1. Compromised learning2. Emotional stress3. Wasted timeThese intensify towards the exam, leaving a glaring problem to be solved. Until now, solutions like private tutors have been expensive, inaccessible to most, and inconsistent in quality. But with advancements in AI, this is finally changing…" }, { "question": "What is your long-term vision? 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He was the fastest in Europe to make Engagement Manager. He also worked in LEGO as Head of Global Business Development. \n\nKim has taught university students for 11+ years. \n\nMSc in Computer Science from Imperial College London & MSc in Finance from LSE.\n", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimrants/", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/b105ea0b0986c4fb4304873ce412b1f267ff0afb.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [ { "title": "Pitch Deck: Alice.Tech Raises $4.8 Million for AI Edtech Platform - Business Insider", "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-alice-tech-funding-ai-edtech-2025-5", "date": "May 07, 2025" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 87253, "title": "Alice 👩‍🎓 AI-Powered Exam Prep", "tagline": "Alice turns generic course materials into personalized learning and exam prep using AI", "body": "Hey everyone [👋](https://emojipedia.org/waving-hand)\n\nWe’re [Kim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimrants/) and [Patrick](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-gadd/ ) – co-founders of [Alice](https://www.alice.tech/). \n\n# **TL;DR**\n\n**Alice turns generic course materials into personalized learning and exam prep using AI**. Over 2,000 students have already used Alice to improve their grades. \n\n**_Ask_:** Can you introduce us to student organizations, educators, high-schools, or universities that could benefit from rolling out responsible and advanced AI? Contact us at [kim@alice.tech](mailto:kim@alice.tech)  \n\n[**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OcZOUE44nM**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OcZOUE44nM)\n\n# **❌ The Problem**\n\nEducation is one of the largest and most influential industries in the world, with +20% of the global population being students.\n\nYet, today’s education system still follows the assembly-line approach from the industrial revolution—leaving students stuck with standardized, one-size-fits-all learning methods that create three major pains:\n\n1. Compromised learning\n2. Emotional stress\n3. Wasted time\n\nThese intensify towards the exam, leaving a glaring problem to be solved. \n\n![Education: One size no longer has to fit all - Technology and Operations Management](https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-rctom/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/animals.jpg)\n\nUntil now, solutions like private tutors have been expensive, inaccessible to most, and inconsistent in quality. But with advancements in AI, this is finally changing…\n\n# [👷](https://emojipedia.org/construction-worker) Our Solution\n\nAt Alice, we’re a team of former teachers and AI experts using the latest technology to make personalized learning more accessible. \n\nAlice turns generic course materials into personalized learning and exam prep using AI. Students simply upload what they want to study and instantly get access to:\n\n* **Better understanding** 📚: Key topic overviews with support from an AI chat that knows their context. \n* **Effective practicing** 📝: Tailored exercises (level, format, curriculum, etc.), including flashcards, multiple-choice questions, and full exam simulations and grading. \n* **Targeted improvement** 🎯: Identification of weaknesses for more targeted and complete learning.\n\nPlus, Alice makes learning fun by allowing students to study with or against their friends.\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdDw2pjseLEjX6Ww72ZtmrbUuDeBLrs_fv3teZlN1MUP_mkmlXcOOCe7ASwp23xZnw1VX4RX0g_XMuNjVUnpY0cMp3f60VijccTva3dKPX4kmX_Vsvl54w3HZ3IYXrcOE5qSNY5wg?key=Jl8x5eY4hkisaV-3Hb514LsF)\n\n# 🙏 Our Ask\n\nIf you answer “yes” to any of these, we’d love your help:\n\n* Do you know any college students that might be up for trying an innovative AI study platform? Or are you one yourself? You can sign up here: [www.alice.tech](http://www.alice.tech) and use the promo code 40PERCENT for an exclusive YC launch offer providing free trial and 40% off [🚀](https://emojipedia.org/rocket)\n* Can you introduce us to any student organizations that might look for AI solutions to their members?\n* Can you introduce us to educators, high-schools or universities that might be looking for responsible and advanced AI solutions to help their students and teachers?\n\n👉 Contact us at [Kim@alice.tech](mailto:Kim@alice.tech)\n\nYour help can make a huge difference. **Thank you!**\n\n# [👬](https://emojipedia.org/men-holding-hands) The Team\n\nKim and Patrick have known each other for almost 10 years and co-founded Alice in 2024. \n\nKim (CEO) has worked as an Associate Partner at McKinsey, where he specialized in AI, and has taught university students for 10+ years. He holds two MSc. degrees: one in Finance and one in Computer Science, with specialization in AI.\n\nPatrick (CTO) has worked as Senior Data Scientist at LiveIntent (US AdTech firm), leading the internal MLOps framework, and invented a patented machine learning solution for audiences driving significant incremental revenue. He has worked with ML and software engineering his entire career. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Oxford.\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdDsx0iNiJ4dnGgVrOIymgqtsqtLpdFFiaLJgh-29bAwK-O9yGLZUVqZB2qKW8LCF5HfDTTrWrAZJQHwXtvoruPCFt64S93WIbu2rL51Lod_jLemsN6LsgvWptpjmHAwY2YtAAQ?key=Jl8x5eY4hkisaV-3Hb514LsF)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MhJ-alice-ai-powered-exam-prep", "votes": 671, "created_at": "2025-01-29T15:57:36.018Z" } ] }, { "id": 30299, "name": "Miyagi Labs", "slug": "miyagi-labs", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e5465f36b202134eec8628c9e4cf35661e125dbd.png", "website": "https://miyagilabs.ai", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "Miyagi Labs is an AI-powered exam preparation platform built to unlock human intelligence and democratize world-class education globally. We provide students with an elite AI tutor, hyper-personalized study analytics, and an infinite engine of rigorous practice material tailored to exam material.\r\n\r\nWe currently support major standardized exams across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, including the SAT, ACT, and NYC SHSAT (US), the UTME (Nigeria), the KCSE, KJSEA and KPSEA (Kenya), the NEET and CAT (India), and the YKS (Turkey).\r\n\r\nWe’re building the platform we wish we had when studying for exams. 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We are [Guang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guang-cui/) and [Tyrone](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyroned3/) - cofounders of Miyagi Labs.\n\n**TL;DR**\n\nWe use AI to transform YouTube content into complete, interactive courses—imagine a 3Blue1Brown video turned into an online course with quizzes and study material. We help people learn better with active practice and personalized feedback.\n\n[Demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8AfVemdtr0)\n\n**The Problem**\n\nLearning is flawed: online resources are everywhere, but 1-1 tutoring (which most people can’t afford) is still 2 standard deviations more effective than other methods. \n\nYouTube has top-notch content on everything for free, but how do you turn that passive watching into active learning?\n\n**Our Solution**\n\nContent creators, educators, and learners can instantly convert educational videos into structured, interactive courses that drive real learning.\n\nOur [platform](https://miyagilabs.ai/) automatically generates short-answer and multiple-choice questions, quizzes, and AI-driven feedback, turning passive watching into an active, engaging experience. Learners receive instant responses to their answers and can access an AI voice tutor for additional guidance.\n\nCreators and educators, who love sharing knowledge but don’t have time to create entire courses, can focus on what they do best while we handle the active learning and engagement.\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd_zOqR1Y2oqnOjlrJ5PjjmfRbYTBbY-iXt5YHOD7JgVvrvtYAMp-5ydGudljDOetpB5lxXpzZ9cLZR-7BFYogL-UY91D-SwsyByTND5ge_amUhxg1z36k3CzMHUdiEPwDI2ySMUQ?key=JK8gbU_5XOAH5k3bm1TXYGo-)\n\n**The Team**\n\nGuang and Tyrone met in college at MIT studying Computer Science and both are extremely passionate about learning and teaching.\n\nTyrone became a chess master in 4 years just from watching YouTube, has learned 4 languages, and has taught computer science around the world.\n\nGuang has taught algorithms (as a TA), math, physics, and music to hundreds of students. He has also become an elite American Ninja Warrior and coached students at multiple gyms. \n\nBecause of our experiences, we have unique insights on how to learn and teach effectively.\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcZGlsLXlxt9UIr3jpoxf_jhxX2KJnG75yF9hN2hzm3aiGL_y96LBErUiCn6V1aDxuGFbLA9w8P9Eq2zd2UrDZsN9Otld5mCOmjPw3qhUyQgtrREpnlsgpEaYeLyckr-k0WtvQs?key=JK8gbU_5XOAH5k3bm1TXYGo-)\n\n**Our Ask**\n\nIf you know…\n\n* Businesses that want to convert internal product videos or notes into online training courses for employees\n* Educators or content creators who want to turn their videos into interactive courses\n* Anyone interested in learning something new\n\n…we'd love to hear from you.\n\nEmail: [founders@miyagilabs.ai](mailto:founders@miyagilabs.ai)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Mr9-miyagi-labs-ai-to-transform-youtube-content-into-interactive-courses", "votes": 83, "created_at": "2025-02-20T16:40:13.520Z" } ] }, { "id": 30442, "name": "YouLearn", "slug": "youlearn", "former_names": [ "YouLearn", "Hanji" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d95a92c88005262cd010ecec020011f74b07cf63.png", "website": "https://www.youlearn.ai/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "YouLearn is an AI tutor for college students. It turns your learning materials into concise notes, an AI tutor you can talk to, and personalized tests.", "one_liner": "AI tutor for each student. 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We launched it as an API and didn’t expect healthcare, government, and insurance teams to be the first to reach out. But after talking with them, **we realized they still couldn’t find a pipeline they could rely on in production.** \n\n\n\n### **Problem**\n\nAs companies process more documents with hard formats, **they either build in-house and take on the cost of maintaining it, or use a provider and accept tradeoffs they cannot control.**\n\n* **Build:** It can work at a certain scale, but as volume increases and harder formats come in, your team has to keep fixing the pipeline. Over time, you end up maintaining something that was never your product.\n* **Buy:** Providers can work too, but you have to accept tradeoffs you cannot change. They may cost too much, take too long at higher volumes, or miss important cases that your team then has to fix.\n\nIn both scenarios, your team pays for these tradeoffs through more engineering time, slower workflows, or lower margins.\n\n### **Our Solution**\n\n**Hanji tunes the document pipeline to your workflow,** so you don’t have to maintain it yourself or accept fixed tradeoffs.\n\nSend us your hardest docs, and we’ll take care of the rest by tuning your pipeline **to the accuracy, speed, and cost you need.** And when human review is still necessary in your document workflow, we’ll improve that process too, such as by adding field-level confidence scores and review flags.\n\n### **Benchmark**\n\nEven before tuning, **Hanji holds the highest text accuracy across five providers** on our benchmark: 400 human-verified pages spanning seven document types.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=108085&key=user_uploads/1378551/eb2e7fbd-b541-4b77-93fe-e29fb3af7948)\n\n_Text accuracy, 400 human-verified pages, 95% CIs. Full methodology [here](https://hanji.dev/bench)._\n\n### **Results**\n\nAfter tuning Hanji to each customer’s document workflow, one YC healthcare company improved their text accuracy from **71% on our first pass to 96.5% within a few days.** Another reduced its end-to-end latency from **1.5 minutes to under 1 minute** with Hanji extracting **78/78 fields** containing payer to member ID associations across 53 packets. And another company **reduced its projected processing costs by 75%** after we implemented a routing step that found the relevant forms in every packet.\n\nIn each case, we started with their own documents, tuned the pipeline around what matters for their workflow, and kept improving it as new failures appeared.\n\n### **Our Ask**\n\n**Try your hardest docs in the playground [here](https://hanji.dev/dashboard/playground),** then [book a call](https://cal.com/team/youlearnai/hanji-intro) to see how we can improve your accuracy, speed, or review process.\n\nProcessing regulated documents? [Book a call](https://cal.com/team/youlearnai/hanji-intro). For PHI documents, we can sign a BAA and enable access the same day.\n\nFor any other questions or feedback, email us directly at [founders@hanji.dev](mailto:founders@hanji.dev).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/S7J-hanji-turn-your-hardest-documents-into-reliable-data", "votes": 16, "created_at": "2026-07-28T17:32:44.891Z" }, { "id": 90256, "title": "YouLearn - An AI tutor personalized to each student", "tagline": "YouLearn turns your learning materials into concise notes, an AI tutor you can talk to, and personalized tests", "body": "Hey everyone! We’re [Achyut](https://www.linkedin.com/in/achyut-byanjankar/), [David](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-yu-871202244/), and [Soami](https://www.linkedin.com/in/soamikapadia/) from [YouLearn](https://www.youlearn.ai/).\n\n# **TL;DR**\n\nYouLearn is an AI tutor personalized to each student. In the last **eight months**, we’ve grown from **$1K to $70K MRR**, with **150,000 monthly active users**, by providing concise notes, an AI tutor you can talk to, and personalized tests based on your learning materials.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/wVkQXY49JiE\n\n# **📍 How we started**\n\nWe met two weeks into college and started hacking on projects in our dorm. By sophomore year, we were fed up with watching **long, outdated lecture videos** and reading **dense textbooks**, only to forget a few days later. Generic AI tools gave **quick answers**, but those shortcuts left us with only **surface-level understanding**. We kept **cramming before exams**, forgetting most of it soon after, and repeating the same cycle.\n\n# **💻 What we built**\n\nOut of that frustration, we built **YouLearn**. Upload any learning material, and YouLearn turns it into **clear notes**, an **AI tutor** that walks you through the topic, and **adaptive quizzes** to help you remember. Learning is now **faster, easier, and more memorable.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=90256&key=user_uploads/1378551/166ca331-2283-486c-a7a4-074ae4ea4c86)\n\n# **🧑‍🎓 Why students choose YouLearn**\n\n* **Designed by students, for students:** As recent undergrads, we lived the stress of college life, so we built YouLearn’s AI tutor and quizzes to solve these challenges.\n* **Everything in one place:** One upload instantly delivers notes, an AI tutor, and quizzes. No more bouncing between ChatGPT, Quizlet, Notion, etc.\n* **Made for exam success:** Take practice tests with full answer breakdowns, track your progress, and pinpoint your weak spots (e.g, “Review Page 42, paragraph 1”).\n\n# **📚 Building a better way to study**\n\nToday, over **150,000 students use YouLearn each month** to study smarter, with more than **2.2 million+ learning materials uploaded.** One med student told us he didn’t think AI could do this until he started **acing exams with perfect scores** across multiple courses. His friend jumped from **60% to 90%** using YouLearn, and now **four of his classmates have upgraded**. As he puts it:\n\n> I got better grades than people that went to class. Because literally for me, it's my tutor.\n\nThis is just the start. We believe **every student will have a personal AI tutor**, and we’re building the one they’ll never want to miss a class on.\n\n# **🙏 Our ask**\n\nIf you're a student or learning something new, try [YouLearn](https://www.youlearn.ai/) and share your feedback at [founders@youlearn.ai](mailto:founders@youlearn.ai) :)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=90256&key=user_uploads/1378551/18df7d7a-a9b5-4b1a-8c1b-aeeba480dab8)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/NTk-youlearn-an-ai-tutor-personalized-to-each-student", "votes": 129, "created_at": "2025-05-09T23:00:17.603Z" } ] }, { "id": 30459, "name": "Chiron", "slug": "chiron", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/413bccd180b2d3b183e43292dcbda31f7c7beaf3.png", "website": "https://projectchiron.org", "all_locations": "London, England, United Kingdom", "long_description": "Chiron is an iPad app that understands math as it’s written - like Grammarly for algebra. 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We’re both Oxford math grads, have tutored for a decade, and we’re creating the future of learning which will be entirely 1-on-1.\n\n[Launch Video](https://youtu.be/Ec8Nwe0EaSU)\n\n# ❌ **Problem**\n\nWith AI that’s so great at math, why can’t it teach at near-human quality?\n\n* Math is handwritten ✏️\n* Math has to be practiced not read 🧮\n* AI is rubbish at spotting _your_ mistakes 🔍\n\n# ✅ **Solution**\n\n* Freeform writing on a whiteboard app ✍️\n* Accuracy of a calculator with symbolic logic 🔢\n* Real-time feedback on every stroke (< 300ms) ⚡\n\n# ⚙️ **How we do it?**\n\nWith tens of thousands of lines of Python and Wolfram Language code. Writing on an iPad, we convert the stroke data to LaTeX, parse it, ask a million symbolic questions about it with reference to the problem’s _ground truth_ (the lines with a blue index), and assess whether it is right, wrong or something in between.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=90706&key=user_uploads/1522067/b06893f5-bab0-4021-b09e-c8d38b33e4ee)\n\nWe do **not** rely on the vibes of a language model to assess the details of their working - too slow and unreliable. Many students give up on LLMs for genuine collaboration when they mislead them on topics the student finds difficult.\n\n**We can handle a lot of math already.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=90706&key=user_uploads/1522067/df464a12-f051-4c0a-8c03-90e660079c40)\n\n# **💡 Core insight**\n\nWe tried all the AI tutor desktop formulations we could imagine, but beyond the obvious interface challenge, AI is exceptionally poor at spotting the subtle mistakes students often make. LLMs are great at doing correct math, but much worse at pulling out an error within the many lines of messy student reasoning.\n\nWe started performing a symbolic analysis of the student’s working as context for the AI to boost accuracy - **but then we realised we could give this straight to the student.** This was when we started to feel the magic.\n\n# **🙏 Our Ask**\n\nSo far, _every_ single teacher we’ve demoed our iPad app to in person has immediately started work greenlighting a pilot. Let us know if you can introduce us to any math teachers teaching between Algebra I and Calculus I.\n\nAnd you can check out Chiron on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/project-chiron/id6502346822) now - or share with any students who might benefit from it!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=90706&key=user_uploads/1522067/7b18b9c0-1e00-49fa-a8bb-d6ab7bb7d080)\n\nCheers, James & Max", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Nb0-chiron-grammarly-for-math", "votes": 105, "created_at": "2025-05-24T20:19:56.044Z" } ] }, { "id": 30743, "name": "Opennote", "slug": "opennote", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/5a57c2d57c9bd745bb44f95e1f930dda18b6c534.png", "website": "https://opennote.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Opennote is a notebook with an AI thinking partner built in.\r\n\r\nFeynman lives in your work: it edits your writing, references your knowledge and the web, runs background tasks, and gives feedback as you work. 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Our tutor, Feynman, analyzes your writing and thinking patterns in real time, guiding you with Socratic questions, targeted feedback, and visual explanations right where you’re working—helping you truly understand, not just memorize.\n\nYou can study on your own or invite friends to join you—discuss your thoughts, share your journals, and publish your learning in real time for others in the community to see! Opennote makes learning more engaging, social, and effective.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=92047&key=user_uploads/2474963/dd596675-705e-4000-bbdc-5c559f3206d0)\n\n**Why This Matters**\n\nExisting tools are either static note-takers, passive quiz generators, or outdated LMS systems. Students are demanding smarter, more social ways to learn. Opennote is redefining the space by making learning truly interactive and collaborative.\n\n**The Team**\n\nWe’re a team of three undergrad CS and software engineering students with experience across building software at medtech, fintech, and infrastructure startups — and years spent tutoring and TA’ing. We’ve lived the education grind and built the product we always wished we had.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=92047&key=user_uploads/2474963/6716fc0c-983c-4b71-9438-9d1855905c52)\n\n**Our Ask**\n\n* Are you a college student looking for better study tools? Or do you know students who are always looking for smarter, more effective ways to learn? Check us out here: [**https://www.opennote.com/**](https://www.opennote.com/)\n * Use the promo code **YC** for 50% off any subscription for 3 months!\n* Can you introduce us to any groups, clubs, or institutions interested in exploring more interactive and collaborative ways for students to learn?\n\nIf you can help—or want to send us some feedback—feel free to reach out at [**founders@opennote.com**](mailto:founders@opennote.com).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Nwd-opennote-interactive-learning-for-students", "votes": 63, "created_at": "2025-07-10T17:00:26.960Z" } ] }, { "id": 30848, "name": "Parrot", "slug": "parrot", "former_names": [ "Parrot takes down Duolingo" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/456a29d2b6a9ad58f25000ceded3f47b7968c4e6.png", "website": "https://parrotapp.com/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Parrot is the TikTok for language learning. 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The problem wasn’t motivation - it was that no one had built a mobile-first, science-based product that actually made learning feel natural.\n\n**The first test**\n\nWe built a simple MVP, a video player with captions - and went to a local university. Standing outside a Spanish 101 classroom, we stopped 20 students and showed them Parrot V0. We asked one question: “If this helped you understand Spanish videos effortlessly, would you pay $30 for early access?”\n\n60 percent said yes - on the spot. That was the moment we knew we might be onto something.\n\n**Why we’re building Parrot**\n\nParrot makes learning a language as fun and addictive as scrolling TikTok. Every swipe exposes you to real-world Spanish videos you can actually understand - powered by the science of Comprehensible Input.\n\nWe started this because learning a language shouldn’t feel like homework. It should feel like discovery. Like travel. Like connecting with someone new.\n\n\\\n🦜 Try Parrot → [https://www.parrotapp.com](https://parrotapp.com/)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Ogi-parrot-tiktok-for-language-learning", "votes": 41, "created_at": "2025-10-25T23:08:57.178Z" } ] }, { "id": 30931, "name": "Pixley AI", "slug": "pixley-ai", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/2fed7dace3f2d8cdd9b201c782646c8ba0cc231c.png", "website": "https://pixleyai.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Pixley turns kids' drawings and ideas into fully animated cartoons – in minutes.\r\n\r\nKids are natural storytellers. With Pixley, any kid can draw a character, describe a world, and watch their story come to life as a personalized animated cartoon.\r\n\r\nMost kids' screen time is broken: passive, algorithmic content designed to keep kids watching, not growing. Pixley is the antidote. 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He also gained deep insights into the video generation space and has won four hackathons with his co-founder, Pranit.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/krish-iyengar/", "x_url": "https://x.com/Krish5Iyengar", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/42d493a864be71585f3535c53ec91779041c783e.jpg" }, { "user_id": 2396632, "full_name": "Pranit Agrawal", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Co-founder and CTO @ Pixley AI (F25). Building AI video end to end: a consumer app where kids turn their drawings and ideas into cartoon characters that teach them educational lessons through personalized animated stories, storybooks, and games. Also built Pixley Studios, a B2B AI video production platform for brands. Built and shipped both products from zero.\n\nPrev: Fable Security (Greylock-backed), Stanford, PressW. UCLA CS dropout at 19.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/pranit-agrawal", "x_url": "https://x.com/PranitAgrawal4", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/4e56de13c40cf2621f9d283752f7b86ad482e5fc.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 94447, "title": "Pixley – Personalized AI Cartoons 📺", "tagline": "Pixley is a platform that turns kids’ drawings and ideas into personalized, educational cartoons", "body": "Hey everyone! 👋\\\n\\\nWe’re [Pranit](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranit-agrawal/) and [Krish](https://www.linkedin.com/in/krish-iyengar/) – the co-founders of [Pixley AI](https://pixleyai.com/).\n\n**Pixley turns kids’ drawings and ideas into personalized, high-quality animated episodes – guided by parents’ educational and behavioral goals.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94447&key=user_uploads/2396632/e8c1fb0c-2d87-4bce-877f-524eb4dd3b71)\n\n# **TL;DR**\n\n* **🎨 From doodles to characters instantly**: Draw on your screen or upload a picture and watch it come to life in seconds\n* **🧑‍🏫 Parent-guided learning:** Parents can simply describe any lesson they’d like to teach their child, and we’ll create an entire cartoon episode for it\n* **📞 Character calling:** Kids can hop “on the phone” with their new friends, and talk endlessly about any educational topic\n* **📚 Educational, Active Learning:** Make screen time engaging and safe while encouraging creativity\n\n**_Ask:_**\n\n👉 _Use our [website](https://pixleyai.com/) and [iOS App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixley-personalized-cartoons/id6751121342) to create any cartoon you want!_\n\n👉 _Share this post! We all know parents and teachers that could benefit from Pixley_\n\n👉 _Send any feedback over to [admin@pixleyai.com](mailto:admin@pixleyai.com)_\n\n### https://youtu.be/h9sc9PgjfC0\n\n### **❌ The Problem**\n\n**Endless Scrolling**\n\nKids aged 2-8 spend an average of **2 hours and 48 minutes every day** on screens. Nearly all of it is passive consumption of algorithm-driven videos, with little opportunity for creativity or active learning.\\\n\\\n**Guilt Without Good Options**\n\nParents prefer screen time that is both fun and educational. Right now, they have to choose between entertaining caartoons designed for engagement, or educational apps that feel like homework.\n\n**Behavioral Learning is Overlooked**\n\nStudies show Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs boost achievement by **11 percentile points**. Yet schools rarely emphasize it. That leaves kids missing critical skills – like handling frustration, working with others, and bouncing back from setbacks – lessons every parent wants taught early.\n\n### ✅ Our Solution\n\nAt Pixley, we are using the newest video generation technologies to allow families to make AI cartoon shows within minutes.\n\n⏳ **Instant Character Creation**\n\nChildren can draw directly on the screen or upload any picture – even a photo of themselves, their family, or friends. Pixley transforms it into a fully animated character in seconds, which can be saved into the character library and used in future episodes. For the first time, your child can actually **star in their own cartoons.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94447&key=user_uploads/2396632/6251e031-0c2d-49e0-83a4-2daeae7c20d2)\n\n📺 **Personalized Cartoon Episodes**\n\nParents simply describe what they want the episode to be about – from sharing with siblings, to learning fractions, or exploring space. Pixley generates an entire animated episode around that theme, starring the child’s characters, within minutes.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94447&key=user_uploads/2396632/706b3cee-18f4-45ea-b687-e68db2f73a79)\n\n**📞 Character Calling**\n\nKids can “call” their characters and hold conversations on any topic, like FaceTiming a cartoon friend that never runs out of things to say. Our characters will personalize to your child and teach them about their favorite topics!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94447&key=user_uploads/2396632/46e126b1-ce44-4119-a242-0260b7f84921)\n\n**🌎 The Storyverse**\n\nDon’t have time to make an episode? No worries, our Storyverse has a growing library of Pixley Original educational cartoons that are ready to watch!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94447&key=user_uploads/2396632/150a8e8a-08cf-4dbe-8a7d-3c45513459a4)\n\n### **🙏 Our Ask**\n\n**Try it out yourself @ [pixleyai.com](https://pixleyai.com) and download our [iOS App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixley-personalized-cartoons/id6751121342)**\n\n\\*\\*Share this post to anyone and everyone!\\*\\*\\\n\\\n**Reach out: [admin@pixleyai.com](mailto:admin@pixleyai.com)**", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OZL-pixley-personalized-ai-cartoons", "votes": 55, "created_at": "2025-10-07T18:17:34.398Z" } ] }, { "id": 32551, "name": "Bloomy", "slug": "bloomy", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/209c1fdd9d657cb4fad05300bbb0faf304f4d29c.png", "website": "https://bloomylearning.com/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Bloomy is the best way to teach anything in school. 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