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Taught mobile dev at Stanford, ran a YT channel with 120K subscribers, and taught courses on Taro, LI Learning, and Codepath.\n\nI previously worked at Meta + Pinterest, and I spend most of my free time playing pickleball.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/rpandey1234", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/5c35826c7e784f88099e8cb4948cf93231c4abeb.jpg" }, { "user_id": 823798, "full_name": "Alex Chiou", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Founder of Taro (joinTaro.com), which provides engineers with bite-sized actionable advice from top tech talent. Content is organized by company, level, and problem area. \n\nI love to build: I've published ~30 apps with 3 million installs combined in my free time. In high school, I built a YT channel with 50M+ video views.\n\nMy cofounder Rahul and I organically built a community of 17K+ people called \"Tech Career Growth\", which inspired Taro. Prior, I was a TL at Robinhood, Meta, and Course Hero.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-chiou/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/AlexChiou", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/c008b4de02e11ebbd9322634414fd98e5cb3cc4e.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 65087, "title": "🧋 Taro - Faster Career Growth for Software Engineers", "tagline": "We get software engineers onboarded and promoted faster", "body": "**tl;dr**: Your career growth shouldn’t depend on your ability to find a good mentor or manager. Taro brings together top SWEs with proven insights to scale your career. **Check out our** [**website**](https://bit.ly/taro_app_web) **and** [**YouTube channel**](https://bit.ly/rahul_yt)**.**\n\nTaro helps full-time engineers get onboarded and promoted faster. We do this through Q&A and case studies from tech veterans, organized by company and level.\n\n### **⛔️ The Problem**\n\nAs a software engineer, you already know how to code. But **software engineering is so much more than coding**.\n\nOver the last 2 years, Alex and I built a community of 50K software engineers on [YouTube](https://youtube.com/rpandey1234), [Slack,](https://join.slack.com/t/techcareergrowth/shared_invite/zt-1ctxuq8h2-b3nnkQG0MtXyBpvrEFpgqQ) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/71614174/admin/). We talked to hundreds of engineers and found that their career bottleneck was not their coding ability, but how effectively they managed projects, understood the context, and communicated blockers.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=65087&key=user_uploads/192956/5ded8a2b-c6e4-4a8f-b6e8-039c9d7335a8)\n\nLeft to right:\n\n[📱 Alex](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-chiou/) has mentored dozens of engineers to Senior+ levels across his time at Meta and Robinhood.\n\n[🎓 Rahul](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/) has taught thousands of engineers through his role as a Stanford lecturer, LinkedIn Learning instructor, and YouTube creator.\n\nWhat separates an average engineer from a great engineer is the ability to independently create business impact, and that doesn’t get taught in a CS degree or a bootcamp. Taro fills the gap.\n\n### **💡 Our Solution**\n\n1. A Q&A database from real engineers, with answers from industry experts. **All questions are tagged by company + level, which makes it easy to find relevant content.** [Here’s a sample](https://app.jointaro.com/question/mvMQj8228kuUe38BvdT9).\n2. Case studies from eng leads + managers at top tech companies.\n3. A community of software engineers at top companies who share insights + advice.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=65087&key=user_uploads/192956/62f78267-822d-4ab1-a232-5c3f586b48d9)\n\n### **💁🏽‍♀️ Target Audience**\n\nWe already have 100+ Taro Premium members from companies like Meta, Google, TikTok, and Amazon (along with thousands of free users).\n\nTaro is a great fit for **full time engineers at fast-moving tech companies**. Taro is **not** a good fit for freelancers or students who are still exploring software engineering.\n\n### **❓Our Ask**\n\n1. Reach out if you’re an engineer starting a new role, or are aiming for a promotion.\n2. 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That's what we are building at SuperKalam.\r\n\r\n", "one_liner": "AI-Powered Super Mentor for Test Prep", "team_size": 20, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1676451110, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Education", "Edtech", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2023", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Education" ], "regions": [ "India", "South Asia" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2023/superkalam.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "Bengaluru", "country": "IN", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/superkalam", "x_url": "https://x.com/SuperKalam_", "fb_url": "https://www.facebook.com/superkalamofficial", "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/kalam", "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/3e158289890d2edaade7efd0948c8b53b8775a93.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [ "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/1298aabbb11473950f533aee119173f5ca7d9e9b.png" ], "primary_partner": { "name": "Gustaf Alstromer", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/gustaf-alstromer" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 990441, "full_name": "Vimal Singh Rathore", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Founder & CEO, SuperKalam,\npreviously bootstrapped coursavy to a multi-million exit,\nfounding team member & growth leader at unacademy,\n", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/vimalsinghrathore", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/vimal8rathore", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/397d8b10eb31c769a9aa0421acc41565c20e2edf.jpg" }, { "user_id": 594687, "full_name": "Aseem Gupta", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Founder & CTO at SuperKalam,\npreviously in early engineering team at razorpay,\nhave built consumer products grossing $3B+ in transaction volume\n\n\n", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/-aseemgupta/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/aseemgupta_", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/644d454b63b4e4e02288d3fd0295d652a5f7f857.jpg" } ], "jobs": [ { "id": 64551, "title": "AI applied engineer - 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Internship (to PPO) - Bangalore", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/2ue7xrO-growth-marketing-internship-to-ppo-bangalore", "location": "Bengaluru, KA, IN", "type": "Internship", "role": "Marketing", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "₹25K - ₹40K INR / monthly", "equity_range": "", "experience": null, "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required", "skills": [] }, { "id": 89358, "title": "Creative Strategist - Script (Performance Marketing) - SuperKalam (Bangalore)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/BrZT6CO-creative-strategist-script-performance-marketing-superkalam-bangalore", "location": "Bengaluru, KA, IN / Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Marketing", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "₹600K - ₹900K INR", "equity_range": "", "experience": "Any (new grads ok)", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] }, { "id": 89359, "title": "Aptitude Educator for CSAT UPSC (JEE, CAT, BITSAT cleared students can apply)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/DNKFJaJ-aptitude-educator-for-csat-upsc-jee-cat-bitsat-cleared-students-can-apply", "location": "Bengaluru, KA, IN / Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN / Remote (US)", "type": "Contract", "role": "Marketing", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "₹50K - ₹75K INR / monthly", "equity_range": "", "experience": "Any (new grads ok)", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [] }, { "id": 90951, "title": "Mobile Engineer (React Native + Fullstack)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/2gkQmXq-mobile-engineer-react-native-fullstack", "location": "Bengaluru, KA, IN", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Engineering", "role_type": "Full stack", "salary_range": "₹1.5M - ₹3.5M INR", "equity_range": "", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required", "skills": [ "Express", "Node.js", "PostgreSQL", "React Native", "Redis", "TypeScript", "Elasticsearch" ] }, { "id": 91614, "title": "Content Editor & Visual Storyteller", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/RiljovE-content-editor-visual-storyteller", "location": "Bengaluru, KA, IN / Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Marketing", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "₹700K - ₹1.1M INR", "equity_range": "", "experience": "1+ years", "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required", "skills": [] }, { "id": 91616, "title": "UPSC Research & Content Associate (Full Time, Bangalore, India)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/bITeWtf-upsc-research-content-associate-full-time-bangalore-india", "location": "Bengaluru, KA, IN / Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN / Remote (IN)", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Product", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "₹700K - ₹1.2M INR", "equity_range": "", "experience": "Any (new grads ok)", "visa": "US citizenship/visa not required", "skills": [] }, { "id": 92808, "title": "Founding Product Manager", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/superkalam/jobs/W6Eoh7m-founding-product-manager", "location": "Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN", "type": "Full-time", "role": "Product", "role_type": null, "salary_range": "₹1.2M - ₹1.6M INR", "equity_range": "", "experience": "Any (new grads ok)", "visa": "US citizen/visa only", "skills": [ "SQL", "Data Analytics" ] } ], "news": [ { "title": "SuperKalam Raises $2 Mn To Enhance Its AI-Led Educational Platform", "url": "https://inc42.com/buzz/superkalam-raises-2-mn-to-enhance-its-ai-led-educational-platform/", "date": "May 22, 2024" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 81539, "title": "SuperKalam IAS: AI-powered personal super mentor for the UPSC exam", "tagline": "Check UPSC 2024 prelims answer keys, attempt & analyze paper", "body": "On impact of AI in education, **Bill Gates** said:\n\n> AI will eventually “be as good a tutor as any human ever could.” He cited, for example, the fact that most students can’t afford one-on-one private tutoring, leaving them without someone who can understand and adapt to their individual needs. 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": 28071, "name": "Epsilon", "slug": "epsilon", "former_names": [ "Backprop", "planar", "Planar" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e47843584052deeed1fa6de8329bc470a1152265.png", "website": "https://www.epsilon-ai.com", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "Get answers to research questions with citations from the academic literature. ", "one_liner": "AI Search Engine for Academic Research", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1673303732, "tags": [ "Education", "Productivity", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2023", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Education" ], "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/epsilon", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2023/epsilon.json", "year_founded": 2022, "city": "New York City", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/epsilonai", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e47843584052deeed1fa6de8329bc470a1152265.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Jared Friedman", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/jared-friedman" }, "founders": [], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 74855, "title": "Epsilon - AI search engine for academic research", "tagline": "Get answers to research questions with citations to academic literature", "body": "For research scientists in industry or academia, [**Epsilon**](http://www.epsilon-ai.com/) is a tool that gives instant answers to research questions using references to academic literature.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=74855&key=user_uploads/979098/7a638119-bea4-4acc-bbf2-3c5b4a6dc9a5)\n\n**Problem**\n\nChatGPT and other general purpose LLMs are not well suited for researchers. Why?\n\n* They don’t use the most up to date information\n* They can’t provide citations to relevant peer-reviewed literature\n* They struggle to give detailed and comprehensive answers that are necessary for research\n\nMeanwhile academic search tools like Google Scholar leave researchers with hours of paper reading to find the one single nugget that suits their specific use case.\n\n**How Epsilon Works**\n\nFor a given search query, Epsilon will find content from top related academic papers to generate research-backed. Users use our product to brainstorm research questions, summarize papers, and find targeted reading material that they can use to learn new academic subfields.\n\nHere’s a demo of how it works:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=74855&key=user_uploads/979098/1999826d-c35f-4713-81bf-421363979285)\n\nWe simplify repetitive workflows for scientists so that they can focus on producing ground-breaking research.\n\n**Get Started**\n\nTry it out [**here**](http://www.epsilon-ai.com/) or send it to someone who you think will find it useful. And let us know what you think!", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/JTL-epsilon-ai-search-engine-for-academic-research", "votes": 36, "created_at": "2023-09-14T15:38:00.752Z" } ] }, { "id": 28776, "name": "Ora AI", "slug": "ora-ai", "former_names": [ "Synaptiq" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e986c79fdf04d121008f6f06d79ac622e40609d2.png", "website": "https://www.oraai.com/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Ora is an AI-native healthcare education platform that students and faculty love. We're starting with medical school, training students from matriculation to MD. Soon, we'll serve every corner of the $830B higher education market.", "one_liner": "The AI Platform for Medical Education", "team_size": 3, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1691697045, "tags": [ "Education", "Healthcare", "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/ora-ai", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2023/ora-ai.json", "year_founded": 2022, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/82412521/", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/synaptiq-learning-inc", "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/e986c79fdf04d121008f6f06d79ac622e40609d2.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": null, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1037131, "full_name": "Ryan Phelps", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Ryan Phelps, MD is co-founder and CEO of Ora AI. Previously, he was a neurosurgery resident at Stanford, and a medical student at UCSF.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-phelps-md-b518967b", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/ryan_rl_phelps", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/f9d15ee5726fc8366e24c8c5094ae64f051aee8d.jpg" }, { "user_id": 453271, "full_name": "Kevin Bastoul", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Co-Founder & CTO @ Synaptiq. Previously software engineer at Block and Veeva Systems. ", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/kevin-bastoul", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/751d1f3a1c67653018be8150da3929a5709b3e5a.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1311708, "full_name": "Jacob Caccamo", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Co-Founder, COO, & Head of Product @ Ora AI\n\nUX designer and front-end engineer specialized in building EdTech platforms in medicine. Previously at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/jacob-caccamo", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/8981125d7392acd5dc1e7a585efd4c023352bc0a.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 74012, "title": "Synaptiq 🧠 AI-Powered Training for Doctors", "tagline": "Synaptiq is an AI-powered medical training platform that boosts learning speed and memory retention 7X", "body": "Hi, we’re Ryan, Jake, and Kevin, the team behind Synaptiq.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=74012&key=user_uploads/1311708/90230f60-3c3f-4671-9a1a-986c90550561)\n\n### **TLDR**\n\nSynaptiq began as a tool Ryan created during his studies at UCSF Medical School which helped him score in the 100th percentile on the Step 1 licensing exam and get accepted into Stanford’s neurosurgery residency.\n\nRyan then teamed up with Jake and Kevin, his two best childhood friends and accomplished engineers, to expand Synaptiq into an AI-powered medical training platform that boosts learning speed and memory retention 7X. \n\nSynaptiq is now used in over 220 medical schools and hospitals, in 85 countries, and is growing at 110% month/month. Synaptiq plans to become the AI infrastructure for the $110B medical education industry, leading to better physicians, a more efficient healthcare system, and improved patient care.\n\n### **The Problem**\n\nMedical training hasn’t significantly advanced in 250 years – trainees are still taught with archaic, static tools like textbooks. As a result, doctors forget over 50% of all new knowledge within 8 months, which leads to immeasurable patient harm and costs billions of dollars in burnout-related physician turnover.\n\n### **The Solution**\n\nSynaptiq trains doctors with AI, helping them learn faster and retain 7x more information than any alternative.\n\nIt began as a tool Ryan created for his own medical studies at UCSF, propelling him into the 100th percentile on the Step 1 licensing exam and leading him to be accepted into Stanford’s neurosurgery program, the most selective residency in the country.\n\nSeeing the impact this would have if applied to all of healthcare, he dropped out of residency to go full-time on Synaptiq. He teamed up with his best friends of over 20 years, Jake and Kevin, to design and build the platform.\n\nSince launching, Synaptiq has rapidly spread to over 220 medical schools and hospitals across 85 countries and is growing at 110% month/month – underscoring the significant unmet need.\n\n### **How It Works**\n\nSynaptiq uses AI and neuroscience-based algorithms to personalize the learning experience of every user. By predicting when each user will forget each topic, the material is always reinforced at the optimal time, enabling doctors to retain their knowledge indefinitely. AI also enables an unprecedented level of premium content production, eliminating the moat that traditional publishers have long held.\n\nSynaptiq plans to become the AI infrastructure for the $110B medical education industry, leading to better physicians, a more efficient healthcare system, and improved patient care.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=74012&key=user_uploads/1311708/f23dd696-2575-4e0d-bab7-ded4c757081c)\n\n### **How You Can Help**\n\nWe are on a mission to transform medical training for the better. Here’s what you can do to help 🙏\n\n* Share this post with anyone in healthcare, including doctors, med school/hospital administrators, or anyone involved in MedEd\n* Follow us on X (Twitter) [@SynaptiqHQ](https://twitter.com/SynaptiqHQ) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/synaptiq-learning/)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/JFk-synaptiq-ai-powered-training-for-doctors", "votes": 35, "created_at": "2023-08-10T21:12:03.848Z" } ] }, { "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": 28982, "name": "Flint", "slug": "flint-2", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d1d23e86e87d65a7410c416cf73e10dd2adf94c8.png", "website": "http://flintk12.com/", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "Flint is an AI-powered personalized learning platform for K-12 schools, helping teachers deliver individualized instruction at scale. Trusted by 500,000+ educators and students, Flint has powered learning activities that increase student engagement, academic performance, and collaboration.\r\n\r\nThrough AI-driven tutoring, real-time feedback, and interactive learning experiences, Flint enables every student to receive personalized support without adding to teacher workload.\r\n\r\nWith AI-native student analytics, educators gain full visibility into student progress, strengths, and areas for improvement, while saving time on grading, lesson planning, and differentiation. 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Flint aims to change that by creating AI tools built from the ground up with one goal in mind: helping teachers ([demo video](https://vimeo.com/834900487)).\n\nWith Flint, K-12 teachers can…\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72380&key=user_uploads/431287/58a14868-a9b2-4c96-a4e0-f8633d266248)\n\ncreate content in seconds,\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72380&key=user_uploads/431287/c40f69f3-0ad3-463e-aeba-d4ede6a76534)\n\ndifferentiate to student needs,\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72380&key=user_uploads/431287/18a65df6-f8e3-48b8-aefb-32cba0b2702f)\n\nand align to curriculum standards.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72380&key=user_uploads/431287/470b474f-2c30-4907-8cf0-bee06981ddba)\n\nAll supercharged with AI.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=72380&key=user_uploads/431287/0ceaa0ca-9730-4bc9-ab53-09f764a123d0)\n\nWe’re Jinseo (left) and Sohan (right). 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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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Built for people who already know the basics but want to speak fluently.\n\n### **Problem — Getting fluent in English is hard**\n\n* **Fluency only comes from regular speaking practice:** The only way to truly improve is to speak consistently and iterate on your mistakes. There's no shortcut.\n* **Most language apps aren't built for speaking:** They're essentially games for beginners - they won't give you the real-time speaking practice you'd get from actually talking to someone.\n* **Nobody gives you the honest feedback you need:** Most non-natives feel anxious about their mistakes but never actually hear about them - colleagues stay polite, and even tutors rarely provide the detailed, personalized feedback that would help you truly improve.\n\n### **Solution — Get actionable feedback on every call**\n\n* **Learn on the go:** Fluently is always available for a real-time conversation - just open the app and start speaking. No scheduling, no waiting.\n* **Personalized insights:** Fluently analyzes your real speech and pinpoints exactly where you need to improve — whether it's pronunciation, fluency, or vocabulary.\n* **Actionable feedback:** Practice pronunciation, improve fluency, and grow your active vocabulary to boost your English skills.\n\n### **Who is this for?**\n\n* **Non-native speakers** who want to finally speak English fluently and confidently - not just \"know\" the language, but actually use it in real conversations without hesitation or anxiety.\n* **International companies** who understand that communication efficiency directly impacts business results. Companies already invest in language training for their employees - Fluently makes that investment practical and measurable, helping teams communicate more clearly with clients, partners, and each other.\n\n### **Our ask**\n\n* 🎓 **Intros to multinational companies** that invest resources in their employees' growth, **especially in English learning**. Please, email [yrebryk@getfluently.app](mailto:yrebryk@getfluently.app).\n* **👉 Sign up [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhnAZ-BAuzcKhaB5QFvtLgYHCt6v1Q-r1hKuBMwMkzs8ykjQ/viewform) to get access.** We’re onboarding our users one by one. 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With 10 exams live and 5,000+ students across Europe, Asia, and South America already on board, we’re expanding fast. Reach out to build with us: [founders@educato.com.](mailto:founders@educato.ai)\n\nHi everyone, we’re Codrut, Felix, and Pierre-Louis and we’re building Educato.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82200&key=user_uploads/1758638/2deb0ecc-e65a-4f7a-bd90-678008c4f379)\n\n### **❌ The Problem**\n\n**Most exams don’t have any high-quality online prep material.**\n\nExams and certifications aren’t going anywhere, especially in an AI world where anyone can fake any homework assignment. Online exam prep has existed for decades, yet the big players all target the same top 10 exams in the US.\n\nThe reality is that many exams around the world—including some taken by hundreds of thousands of students each year—still lack high-quality online prep materials. As a result, students often turn to expensive private tutoring or mediocre resources, leading to poor learning outcomes.\n\n### **🔧 Our Solution**\n\nThe Educato platform allows us to quickly build high-quality adaptive learning experiences, **for any exam and geography**. We already offer prep for a diverse set of 10 exams across Europe, Asia, and South America, and are adding more every week.\n\n**Educato platform features**:\n\n* **High-quality content using AI**: Our models generate realistic exam questions from textbooks or past exams, with human-in-the-loop validation, linked to the original content\n* **Unique student experience**: Cutting edge features including personalized learning paths, AI essay grading with individualized feedback, and live simulation tests with peers\n* **Detailed analytics**: Leverage interactive tools and adaptive assessments to enhance student engagement, improve learning outcomes, and identify areas for improvements\n\nSee the platform in action here:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82200&key=user_uploads/1758638/71e8fdac-7838-4074-b243-4f98267c56da)\n\n### **💙** **Our Progress**\n\nEducato already supports 5000+ students, preparing them for exams such as:\n\n* 🇷🇴 Romanian Medical Residency\n* 🇮🇳 Indian Civil Service Exam\n* 🇵🇪 Peruvian San Marcos University Exam\n* 🇦🇷 Argentinian Medical Unico\n* \\+ 6 more\n\nWe’re currently adding 10 more exams and are looking for partners to expand our offering further. Calling all entrepreneurial educators to help us transform education and improve student outcomes - please reach us at [founders@educato.com](mailto:founders@educato.com).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LNo-educato-duolingo-for-every-exam", "votes": 95, "created_at": "2024-08-18T04:47:03.000Z" } ] }, { "id": 29854, "name": "Keet", "slug": "keet", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7e5e0875c2aab6574b149f12a244bce330c36012.png", "website": "https://trykeet.com", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "Keet is a mobile app that generates courses on any topic, with short videos for explanation and games for reinforcement. Courses mirror a real curriculum to help you learn over an extended period of time.", "one_liner": "An app to create courses on anything. 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Developers use us to connect their customers’ accounts and perform actions on their behalf.\n\n## **Why does this exist?**\n\nIt is difficult to build automations with web platforms, especially those that require authentication.\n\nWe make seamless and stable integrations your competitive advantage.\n\n## **Who is this for?**\n\nYou want to be able to take actions on your users’ behalf.\n\nImagine if you could easily…\n\n* Call an endpoint to submit a form instead of writing a Playwright automation\n* Book Ubers based on your user’s calendar and location\n* Track activity on properties for future homeowners on Redfin\n\nWithout…\n\n* Storing your end user’s credentials\n* Dealing with MFA\n* Writing playwright automations that break when a page gets updated\n\n**There are some other solutions out there. How are we different…**\n\n1. No Chrome extension is necessary for your users to authenticate\n2. We maintain your users’ authenticated sessions\n3. 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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": 30052, "name": "ISSEN", "slug": "issen", "former_names": [ "Issen", "issen" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7cd641f60601d1542af5d677938a1afb3b727537.png", "website": "https://issen.com", "all_locations": "New York City, NY, USA", "long_description": "ISSEN is an AI conversational language app that helps you become fluent. Your on-demand voice tutor is personal to you, adapting lessons and chats to your particular interests, learning style, and goals. 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Your on-demand voice tutor is personal to _you_, adapting lessons and chats to your skill level, particular interests, learning style, and goals. Try it at [issen.com](http://issen.com).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85733&key=user_uploads/2292308/ee13ea2a-72c1-430a-ba4a-12e2dff909bd)\n\n# **The problem:**\n\nConversation is essential for learning a language, yet no app provides truly free-flowing dialogue. At best, current solutions have you respond to preset messages to evaluate your pronunciation and word choice.\n\nThe only effective solution for this is non-technological: a language tutor. Having a tutor can be awesome, but there are real downsides: these can be costly ([$20/hour on italki on average](https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/italki-Salaries-E348674.htm)), difficult to schedule, and have a high upfront cost (finding a tutor you like often forces you to cycle through a few that you don’t).\n\n# **The solution**\n\nWe set out to redefine what a language learning app can be—not by building on existing solutions, but by starting with the experience of a human tutor.\n\nISSEN is a true language tutor, accessible anytime from your computer or phone. Conversations can be as structured or open-ended as you like—dive into focused grammar lessons or have a casual chat about your day. Over time, you build a relationship with your AI tutor, which means that as they get to know you, they tailor conversations and lesson plans to your needs–but will never judge you when you make a mistake! Plus, our AI tutors are deeply multi-lingual, so if you are a Danish/Mandarin Chinese native looking to learn Gujarati, ISSEN is the app for you.\n\nOur mission is to transform language learning by delivering the connection, effectiveness, and fun that, until now, only human teachers could offer.\n\n\n\n# **The team**\n\nWe’re Mariano and Anton, co-founders who met at Stanford and share a passion for language learning. Mariano is a former crypto engineer and VC at a16z, and has dedicated years to mastering Japanese. Anton, a native Spanish, English, and Italian speaker, spent seven years at Palantir kickstarting and building Palantir LATAM and leading infrastructure as Chief Architect of Infrastructure, Security, and Hosting.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85733&key=user_uploads/2292308/a8d89083-8164-46a6-9854-60ad8bae9245)\n\n# **How you can help**\n\nIf you’re serious about improving your foreign language skills—or know someone who is—you can try the app now at [issen.com](http://issen.com). The web app is live (with iOS and Android versions coming soon). Just enter your email, explore the features, and share your feedback with us at [founders@issen.com](mailto:founders@issen.com).", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MIn-issen-your-personalized-ai-voice-language-tutor", "votes": 120, "created_at": "2024-11-20T18:35:35.009Z" } ] }, { "id": 30165, "name": "Edexia", "slug": "edexia", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6c47809acef827e8266fe22b15646d39f5911391.png", "website": "https://www.edexia.com/", "all_locations": "Brisbane, QLD, Australia", "long_description": "Edexia is an AI Teacher Assistant for grading essays. 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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. 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School districts layer dozens of tools on top of their SIS to fill in the gaps.\r\n\r\nScout is an AI-powered student information system that automates school- and district-wide busywork, from day-to-day operations like attendance tracking to annual compliance reports. 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Schools run all of their software on top of it, but most teachers and administrators avoid using their SIS as much as possible. Traditionally, the SIS has been a database with a UI, but we believe that the SIS of the future will be providing “compliance-as-a-service”, handling every administrative task schools have to deal with, so educators at every level can focus on optimizing instruction.\n\n[Demo](https://www.loom.com/share/584f0389606f4b88841efcce59df740c?sid=9e5b78bd-fc67-4341-a299-7d86bb699c16)\n\n**Automated Compliance 💫**\n\nBy law, schools have to collect and report mountains of data. It takes large teams of people a ton of time to ingest, validate, audit, and report data to the government. They develop their own manual pipelines to try to improve these processes, but there’s no unified pipeline, and it often involves several rounds of manual auditing to make sure the data is accurate.\n\nEven with all of these redundant checks, these are manual processes, and schools make mistakes. When the annual audit comes around, schools lose funding for every mistake - and it can come out to hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.\n\nScout automates the entire school compliance pipeline, from data ingestion to internal audits to government reporting. Our AI agents use drip campaigns to remind parents and students to submit documents, we continuously monitor all data for compliance throughout the school year, and Scout’s end-to-end reporting features compress reporting from a month-long process to something that can be done in a few hours.\n\n**AI-powered outreach**\n\nOne of the biggest time-sinks in compliance is that teachers need to constantly reach out to families for data and documents, track submissions in spreadsheets, continue to follow-up until everything’s been submitted, and then manually validate each document, starting the whole cycle again if something’s invalid. We’ve heard some teachers refer to themselves as “professional nags”.\n\nOther industries that are outreach-heavy have already solved this problem. For example, HubSpot has solved this for sales by automating follow-ups until prospects respond.\n\nScout treats each student like a customer in a CRM: students moves through a variety of funnels, from annual tasks like enrollment and re-enrollment to daily tasks like tracking attendance or engagement with online curriculum providers. Scout’s built-in drip campaigns make sure students and parents complete tasks without teacher or administrator involvement, only flagging the students who need attention and removing the burden on schools to manually track all of these funnels.\n\nScout’s AI agents automatically reach out to parents and students via phone, email, text, and the Scout mobile app to get them to fill out forms, upload documents, mark excused absences, and more.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87832&key=user_uploads/1495921/093d586b-f015-49f7-8bae-ef39d01de1ce)\n\nRight now, schools put multiple levels of compliance checks in place to make sure that submitted documents are valid. To reduce the number of humans that need to check over each document, Scout proactively scans every document for compliance on ingestion, highlighting exactly what’s wrong and how to fix it. With Scout, schools reduce the possibility for human errors while avoiding the back and forth that comes with invalid documentation.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87832&key=user_uploads/1495921/4b705cad-b848-44fb-bf55-4d6530b68add)\n\n**24/7 internal audits**\n\nThroughout the course of the school year, Scout monitors every dimension of compliance, highlighting only the items that need attention. With Scout, schools can shift their mental model from checking every single document and database row for compliance to only looking at the ones that are out of compliance - saving as much as 95% of the time they spend on compliance tasks.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87832&key=user_uploads/1495921/1b4e76e6-86cd-49fe-943b-64a4f0f655c4)\n\n**End-to-end government reporting**\n\nThroughout the school year, California schools need to report information to a number of state and federal bodies, including the California Department of Education (via a number of systems like CALPADS, PADC, and ConApp), and the federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. These reports often take weeks to compile, because data errors aren’t discovered until submission, and understanding exactly what’s wrong and how to fix it is an extremely time-consuming process. Current SIS providers don’t report directly to the state, so schools are exporting CSVs, and their edits aren’t reflected in the SIS.\n\nScout manages the reporting process end-to-end with proactive error discovery, a step-by-step error resolution flow, and automated submission without leaving the page.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87832&key=user_uploads/1495921/344b8853-ec8c-451d-84c0-6e95c6ee5cc4)\n\n# **Our team** 🤼\n\nNoah (CEO)\n\n* coding since 12 years old, started his first company at 17 selling licenses to a sneaker bot (500K ARR)\n* first engineer at Slash (S21), where he worked for 3 years, bringing dozens of products and features from zero to one\n* degrees from UMD in CS and education policy\n\nMax (CTO)\n\n* coding since 13 years old, early eng at a number of startups\n* led a product/engineering team at TodayTix for 4 years\n* CS degree from UCL\n\nWe met on the first day of high school in 2013, and we’ve been best friends ever since, hacking on side projects like sneaker bots throughout high school and college.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=87832&key=user_uploads/1495921/88c7fa91-cb9b-4202-af7b-12f5b1f930cc)\n\n# **Our ask** 🙏\n\nIf you know anyone who works at a school district or charter school in California, particularly if they oversee compliance/reporting/other administrative tasks, please send them this post or connect us!\n\nIf you’d like to see a demo of Scout, send me an email at noah@teachwithscout.com. 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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. 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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": 30443, "name": "Units", "slug": "units", "former_names": [ "GradeAssist", "VibeGrade", "TypeOS" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6cf4b48f0d6277a46b6938b7cc1d145878182dc6.png", "website": "https://units.school", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Units lets ambitious students graduate high school in 1 year instead of 4 with real accredited diploma credits, plus a portfolio of real-world work, not just a transcript, to produce kids that are irreplaceable by AI.\r\n\r\nWe're rebuilding school for a post-AGI world.", "one_liner": "Units builds full-stack AI education infrastructure.", "team_size": 1, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1745137302, "tags": [ "Education", "Consumer", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Spring 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Education" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": [ { "question": "What is your long-term vision? 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We noticed our teacher used Scantron for multiple choice questions, but there was nothing to help her grade written work.\n\nWe kept seeing tools that totally missed the mark, shifting the workload from downloading/uploading and copy pasting feedback, so we decided to bring AI into the LMS.\n\nWe don’t replace teachers. We help you, help your students :)\n\n**🙏 Our ask:** If you answer “yes” to any of these, we’d love your help!\n\n* Do you know any teachers who grade a lot of written work?\n* Can you intro us to any elementary, middle, or high schools?\n\n**Contact us at** [**daniel@vibegrade.com**](mailto:daniel@vibegrade.com) **and** [**share our website!**](https://vibegrade.com)\n\nOur mission is to make education better for everyone, so your help can make a huge difference.\n\n**Thank you!**", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/NKg-vibegrade-ai-grading-for-teachers-right-inside-google-classroom-and-canvas", "votes": 54, "created_at": "2025-04-21T15:59:57.359Z" } ] }, { "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. 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.", "one_liner": "Grammarly for Math ✏️", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1748069202, "tags": [ "AI-Enhanced Learning", "Developer Tools", "Education", "Edtech" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Spring 2025", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Education" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom", "Europe" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/chiron", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/spring-2025/chiron.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "London", "country": "GB", "linkedin_url": "", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/413bccd180b2d3b183e43292dcbda31f7c7beaf3.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "David Lieb", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/david-lieb" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1522067, "full_name": "James Booth", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "English, 24, Oxford math grad. Figuring out neurosymbolics for math.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/james-booth-project-chiron", "x_url": "https://x.com/J4mesBooth", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/fc1dc3cfc25aac46efae0967e2cdff9671c8d9ee.jpg" }, { "user_id": 2000632, "full_name": "Max Booth", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Mathematician from Oxford, working to make math easier and more enjoyable for everyone.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-booth-132928302/", "x_url": "https://x.com/MaxB00th", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/a801124302d6f8751e6625ebcd236a76112d37e5.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 90706, "title": "Chiron - Grammarly for Math ✏️", "tagline": "The Booth Brothers are building an iPad app that understands math as it's written", "body": "Hey there 👋\n\nWe’re [James](https://x.com/J4mesBooth) and [Max](https://x.com/MaxB00th) - brothers and cofounders of [Chiron](https://projectchiron.org).\n\n# 📌 **TL;DR**\n\nChiron is an [iPad app](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/project-chiron/id6502346822) that understands math as it’s written - like Grammarly for algebra. 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": 30463, "name": "Tegore", "slug": "tegore", "former_names": [ "Odapt" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d196de4608bb9b987f4f42bb705af43c038b6069.png", "website": "https://tegore.ai/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Tegore follows K-12 school curriculum to design courses like Algebra I & Algebra II. 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Document can be of virtually any format or type (text, audio, video etc.) \r\n3) Script-to-video with matching audio\r\n4) Videos up to 10 minutes\r\n5) 50+ languages\r\n6) dead-simple editing after generation\r\n7) Insert your own videos and images into the generation, used as-is without alteration.\r\n8) 10+ visuals styles, including pen in hand, voice cloning, vertical video, custom branding and more! 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Golpo is the world's best platform to create fully produced whiteboard explainer videos from just a prompt or document.\n\nInstead of hiring an agency, you simply input a prompt or document explaining what you want, and in minutes you get a whiteboard explainer video in a style similar to Khan Academy or RSA Animate — in 50+ languages.\n\nAfter creation, you can edit all aspects of the video with just prompts. Perfect for training, faceless YouTube, marketing, technical, and educational videos — any video where understanding is important.\n\nAsk: Create your first video for free:[ ](https://video.golpoai.com)[video.golpoai.com](http://video.golpoai.com)\n\n# The Problem\n\nIf you want a whiteboard explainer video today, you either hire an agency for thousands of dollars and wait weeks, learn professional video editing software which takes months to get good at and still requires a ton of time per video, or use a DIY whiteboard animation tool where you'll spend hours dragging elements around and the result still looks amateur.\n\n# Our Solution:\n\nPut in a prompt or document, get a professional fully produced whiteboard explainer video in minutes. After generation, you can edit all aspects of the video with just prompts. 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Teachers have already graded thousands of worksheets and saved hundreds of hours using Frizzle! \n\n**Frizzle is an official [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/edai/) partner for bringing AI into education!**\n\n**Ask**: Can you introduce us to any math teachers, schools, or districts that would benefit from Frizzle? Contact us at [abhay@frizzle.com](mailto:abhay@frizzle.com)\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zx_mCw8soI\n\n**❌ The Problem**\n\nTeaching is one of the most important jobs in society, yet teachers are among the most overworked professionals. Many work 50–70 hours a week, often grading late into the night and on weekends.\n\nAcross the U.S., there’s a national teacher shortage where 1 in 8 teaching roles remain unfilled. Superintendents and principals consistently mention that teacher time is now their most valuable resource. But teachers lose 10+ hours every week just grading math assignments, time that could be spent supporting students. 25% of all their work is spent grading!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93211&key=user_uploads/332377/7654e581-e8c4-4cf2-b330-6f78bddfd521)\n\nExisting grading tools handle essays or multiple-choice questions, but fail with math, especially handwritten step-by-step work. Classrooms are also moving back to pen and paper, but teachers are left with more paperwork than ever and no scalable way to manage it.\n\nThis has created a massive bottleneck in the classroom, adding to burnout and pushing talented teachers out of the profession.\n\nUntil now…\n\n**✅ Our Solution**\n\nAt Frizzle, we’re a team of former math nerds and AI experts building the first system that actually handles math grading at scale.\n\nTeachers simply upload or snap a photo of student work and instantly get back:\n\n* **Accurate grading** ✏️: Every step graded in seconds, whether it’s handwritten or typed.\n* **Actionable insights** 📊: A class dashboard highlighting where each student is struggling across assignments.\n* **Student-friendly feedback** 🧑‍🏫: Clear explanations that help students learn from their mistakes, not just see a score.\n\n![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfy5uI9ZGxksf8CXCUL5xLmMc9MdRY5IM3WmuBqz9HFynZMzwCudL_y5ydsK41z55RDJksFqnHEEw3aU48mgTUx4bm_VXnAZlSS7pbenqW9JOQIef6oQIZ4IWpTAdQ_LcW_Nh8oJg?key=q7LswlE0gngKWIM4LuJkjQ)\n\nFrizzle eliminates the 10–15 hours a week teachers lose to grading, giving them time back to focus on what matters most - teaching.\n\n**🙏 Our Ask**\n\nIf you answer “yes” to any of these, we’d love your help:\n\n* Do you know any math teachers that would benefit from an extra 10 hours in their week?\n* Do you know any schools or districts that would benefit from saving their teachers 10+ hours a week?\n* Have you scaled B2B SaaS into K–12 districts or worked closely with educators?\n\n👉 Contact us at [abhay@frizzle.com](mailto:abhay@frizzle.com)\n\nYour help can make a huge difference in bringing Frizzle to more teachers. Thank you!\n\n**👬 The Team**\n\nAbhay and Shyam have been best friends and roommates since high school, where they met 10 years ago at the Illinois Math and Science Academy.\n\nAbhay (CEO) has helped scale an e-learning platform to millions in revenue and was previously a Product Manager at Coinbase, where he drove $50M in incremental revenue. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Economics from Vanderbilt University.\n\nShyam (CTO) was a Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft, holds a patent in LLM applications, and co-founded the Midwest Math Circle, which has served hundreds of students for more than a decade. 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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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