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We’re [Anand](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-nanduri/), [Justin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinseanmay/), and [Aidan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-cj-lee/), co-founders of [Aftercare](https://www.getaftercare.com/).\n\n**TL;DR:** We’re building a generalizable survey tool that uses intelligent AI follow-up questions to gather better insights.\n\n## **🔭 How we got here**\n\nWhile we were building an eCommerce post-purchase survey platform, one of the most valuable features for our customers was using AI to ask follow-up questions to dig into survey responses and uncover deeper insights—almost like having an interviewer ask good questions live for every survey. We realized this powerful feature could be applied to all surveys, so expanded the survey platform so anyone could use it.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85495&key=user_uploads/1355492/f34a1950-734e-4956-b96d-4232807f1ff0)\n\n## **🧐 Problem**\n\n* Traditional surveys can’t react to respondent answers and ask follow-up questions, leaving behind incredibly valuable insights. Often, the first response to an open-ended question does not tell the whole story.\n* Good open-ended feedback is incredibly useful, but difficult to view in a structured format, especially when you have many responses. If you’ve ever used Google Forms, open-ended responses are presented as a data dump.\n\n## **🚀 Our Solution**\n\n* Easily create surveys, and turn on AI follow-up questions for any topic you want to dig into - Aftercare will ask intelligent follow-up questions automatically.\n* AI summaries surface key information from your responses automatically, and open-ended responses are categorized into data visualizations of your choice.\n\n## **Team**\n\nWe’ve been friends for 18 years and have deep engineering and ops experience at companies like Palantir, Datadog, Affirm, and Nextdoor.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85495&key=user_uploads/1355492/8ec74a7b-6c3e-4840-88fa-480c4d9af138)\n\n## **Our ask**\n\n* Try it out, we’d love to hear your honest feedback!\n* If you have a generalized survey use case (surveying customers, your employees, etc) I’d love to learn more about it over a quick chat: \n* If you know anyone running a survey, tell them to try [www.getaftercare.com](http://www.getaftercare.com) 🙂", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MEx-aftercare-conversational-ai-surveys-with-intelligent-follow-up-questions", "votes": 21, "created_at": "2024-11-12T18:49:41.643Z" }, { "id": 82218, "title": "Aftercare - Conversational post-purchase surveys using AI", "tagline": "Conversational post-purchase surveys using AI. Open-ended text, voice, and SMS surveys for eCommerce.", "body": "Hey everyone! We’re [Anand](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-nanduri/), [Justin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinseanmay/), and [Aidan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidan-cj-lee/), previously co-founders of Kontractify, coming back as [Aftercare](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aftercarecompany/).\n\n**TL;DR:** We help eCommerce stores run conversational post-purchase surveys using AI to capture open-ended customer feedback and marketing attribution data.\n\n# **🍪 Problem**\n\nWith the “death of the cookie” rapidly approaching, eCommerce stores must rely more on 1st- and zero-party data to inform marketing decisions like where best to spend money on ads (Meta vs. TikTok vs. Google, etc.).\n\nBecause of this, eCommerce stores are more widely adopting tools like post-purchase surveys. However, the current post-purchase survey landscape is lacking in several ways:\n\n* Limited: mainly offers multiple-choice questions that don’t provide enough context to be useful for marketing teams.\n* Static: asks the same questions regardless of the user’s segment (e.g., new vs. returning user) or the user’s previous responses within a single survey.\n* Disjointed: integrates poorly with the rest of the marketing stack.\n\n# **✨ Solution**\n\nAftercare is a modern post-purchase survey tool that uses AI to go beyond the traditional multiple-choice survey. It:\n\n* Asks open-ended questions to capture more detailed and candid feedback.\n* Changes what it asks based on the user’s previous responses so you can ask smart follow-up questions in real time.\n* Summarizes all insights in a single dashboard to inform product and marketing teams at a glance.\n\nOur MVP is a Shopify App, but we want to meet merchants and customers where they’re at, so we’re building out other channels, including a generalized web Iframe, SMS, and voice.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82218&key=user_uploads/1355492/b067a353-1293-4bcd-84b9-d42f441c6447)\n\n## **Team**\n\nPreviously known as Kontractify, we’re coming back as [Aftercare](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aftercarecompany/). We’ve been friends for 18 years and have deep engineering and ops experience at companies like Palantir, Datadog, Affirm, and Nextdoor.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82218&key=user_uploads/1355492/bc67ac78-45af-4926-a10d-978fa60fcdff)\n\n# **🙏 Our ask:**\n\nPlease reach out if you know anyone who does marketing at or runs an eCommerce store - we’d love a warm intro! Email us at [aidan@getaftercare.com](mailto:aidan@getaftercare.com)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LO6-aftercare-conversational-post-purchase-surveys-using-ai", "votes": 12, "created_at": "2024-07-17T17:52:36.986Z" }, { "id": 79017, "title": "Kontractify - Painless RFPs, powered by LLMs 📢", "tagline": "We use LLMs to help enterprises run Request for Proposals (RFPs)", "body": "Hey everyone! We’re [Justin](https://linkedin.com/in/justinseanmay), [Anand](https://linkedin.com/in/anand-nanduri), and [Aidan](https://linkedin.com/in/aidan-cj-lee) – childhood friends and co-founders of Kontractify.\n\n**TL;DR** [Kontractify](https://www.kontractify.com/) uses LLMs to help enterprises run RFPs. We generate questions, manage workflows, evaluate proposals, and facilitate reverse auctions.\n\n## 🧨 **The Problem**\n\nEnterprises buy large amounts of goods and services through RFPs—competitive bid processes where they invite multiple sellers/service providers to participate. These buyers launch RFPs on extremely outdated platforms, often costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and have UI/UX stuck in the ‘90s.\n\nBuyers get so frustrated with these tools that they ignore using them altogether and revert to Excel spreadsheets and emails. Wasted time, frustration, information loss, and lack of user participation are common.\n\nOn the other side, sellers who receive RFP notifications hate filling out responses on these platforms, leading many to not participate.\n\n## 🎉 **Our Solution**\n\nKontractify provides a painless experience for enterprise buying teams to run and collaborate on RFPs, using LLMs to speed up particularly tedious processes. Buyers can build, launch, and manage all seller communications through the platform.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79017&key=user_uploads/1355492/bed9d3f3-1454-460b-957d-a46f3630192a)\n\n**For Buyers:**\n\n* ⚙️ Simple workflow and question builders help buyers painlessly curate events\n* ✍️ Tedious activities like writing question lists are automated away with the help of LLMs\n* 📣 Advanced eBidding events such as Reverse Auctions can be easily launched, allowing for greater savings\n\n**For Sellers:**\n\n* 📫 RFP questions can be responded to directly by email and LLMs assist in converting the unstructured text into a templated response\n\n⭐️ Consumer-grade UI and LLMs greatly improve velocity for both buyers and sellers. Buyers can develop new supplier relationships, run more events, and save more money. Sellers can quickly respond to RFPs and focus on their next sale.\n\n## **Team**\n\nWe’ve been friends for 18 years and have deep engineering and ops experience at companies like Palantir, Datadog, Affirm, and Nextdoor.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79017&key=user_uploads/1355492/4b7de3a9-c552-4543-a8f3-2599bfd849c8)\n\n## **Ask**\n\n* Intro us to sourcing or procurement professionals! 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Overheard gets you answers in days - no researcher needed.\r\n\r\nTeams use Overheard to find out why customers churn, test concepts and prototypes, set pricing, and run win/loss interviews.", "one_liner": "Know what your customers want, because they told you.", "team_size": 2, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B", "launched_at": 1711038198, "tags": [ "SaaS", "Design", "Feedback", "Market Research", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B" ], "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/overheard", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2024/overheard.json", "year_founded": 2024, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/openfoundry/", "x_url": "", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/c8cc29d94168b1ca418d0d8737e0185bb99095a7.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [ "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/27c11fb5234a50d85c2c46de8652ecf148ba0f12.png" ], "primary_partner": { "name": "David Lieb", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/david-lieb" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1579075, "full_name": "Tyler Lehman", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "I'm the founder and CEO of Overheard. I was previously a PM at Meta, where I built API products and developer platforms for WhatsApp and Instagram. Before that, I worked on business and product analytics at Airbnb and LinkedIn. I also spent a few years as a consultant at Bain and as a full stack software engineer building information management software for libraries and universities.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-lehman", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/f25b9343fe2c45422ec26407bae8f32beaa1f388.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 79580, "title": "Overheard (formerly OpenFoundry): Know what your customers want, because they told you.", "tagline": "AI that interviews your customers by voice.", "body": "**Update (September 2026):** We've moved on from open source AI infrastructure. Tell Overheard what you're deciding, like how to fix churn or which feature to build next. It talks to your customers by voice and comes back with an answer, with every point linked to the moment a customer said it. Check it out at [withoverheard.com](http://withoverheard.com). The original OpenFoundry launch post is below.\n\n# **tl;dr**\n\nHi everyone! We’re [Tyler Lehman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-lehman/) and [Arthur Chi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-chi-000/) from OpenFoundry. **We’re building the fastest developer experience for building on open source AI.** Imagine Hugging Face if it were built from the ground up for startups instead of ML researchers.\n\n**Our first product ([live on GitHub](https://github.com/openfoundry-ai/model_manager)) is a command-line tool to deploy open source models onto your own cloud with a single line of code.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79580&key=user_uploads/1579075/6f0eccb2-7717-484c-8b4e-070258698d0c)\n\n[Here’s a demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ay9Gqbc1U) where we ship Microsoft’s Phi-2 model to our cloud. A couple of lines of code to deploy, and in just minutes the server is ready for inference.\n\n# **🔮 Open source AI is the future**\n\nAI is the new layer in the tech stack. It’s as big a shift as cloud and mobile were two decades ago. **We believe open source AI will dominate this market**. Open source is catching up to the competition, and there’s a compelling business case for it: it’s faster & cheaper for many use cases, it can be self-hosted, and it reduces platform risk.\n\n# **❌ But there’s a big problem: the developer experience is _rough_**\n\nAs great as open source models have become, the developer experience around them is bad. You have to cobble many components together and must trudge through poor documentation, flaky APIs, hacked-together solutions, and clunky cloud configs. **All of this slows developers down.**\n\nIn contrast, closed source companies like OpenAI provide an easy developer platform that just works out of the box with almost zero effort.\n\n**We’ve talked to many startups who are interested in moving more of their workloads onto open source models, but they feel stuck** with their expensive closed source solutions because it’s so painful to switch.\n\n# **✅ We’re solving this by making the experience effortless**\n\nOpenFoundry makes working with open source AI awesome so that it’s as easy to fine-tune, deploy, and scale products on open source models as it is on OpenAI.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79580&key=user_uploads/1579075/8a7ebec0-82cc-44e3-b7b2-8a8dab90b519)\n\nWith OpenFoundry, you’ll be able to:\n\n* **Ship to your cloud in just a few lines of code** _\\[We’re starting here!\\]_\n* **Find the best models, datasets, and practices for your use cases**\n* **Prototype and fine-tune in minutes**\n\nWithin the first week of launching we **already have customers putting critical workloads into production with our first product**. Several customers have even asked to invest in us, which we see as a clear sign that we’re building something important that people want.\n\n# **💪 We’ve done this before**\n\n**We built developer tools and communities at our previous jobs!** Prior to YC, Tyler built developer platforms for Instagram and WhatsApp that are used by more than a million developers. Arthur built large-scale APIs at Slack for products used by more than 350K customers.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79580&key=user_uploads/1579075/66b3d66c-f252-49d5-b466-e198fcc4da2b)\n\nWe’ve spent the last several months building products with open source AI and know first-hand the challenges of getting everything to work together. We’re excited to build a first-class developer experience to make building on AI faster.\n\n# **🎤 Our ask**\n\nWe’re excited to talk to more startups building with AI who are already using open source models or are interested in learning how to build on them!\n\nWe’d love to chat! You can reach us at [tyler@withoverheard.com](mailto:tyler@withoverheard.com)\n\nYou can also find us at [openfoundry.ai](http://www.openfoundry.ai) and [github.com/openfoundry-ai.](http://github.com/openfoundry-ai)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/KhY-overheard-formerly-openfoundry-know-what-your-customers-want-because-they-told-you", "votes": 59, "created_at": "2024-03-21T17:29:36.118Z" } ] }, { "id": 29582, "name": "Cheers", "slug": "cheers", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/319852b81dd897865aad034d9eccd66519d3b017.png", "website": "https://www.cheers.tech", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "AI assistants are replacing search for local businesses. When someone asks ChatGPT for a plumber or hotel recommendations, reviews are the primary training signal, especially in local markets where other data is sparse. This is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization).\r\n\r\nCheers is the full-stack GEO platform for local service businesses. We audit AI visibility, build optimization plans (schema markup, citation fixes, review strategy), and give frontline teams NFC tools to generate reviews with employee-level attribution.\r\n\r\nVivint generated 70,000+ five-star reviews in 5 months. They now rank #1 on ChatGPT and Google Search across their markets.", "one_liner": "Win local search on ChatGPT & other LLMs", "team_size": 2, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B", "launched_at": 1721413814, "tags": [ "Analytics", "Feedback", "AI", "Reviews" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B" ], "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/cheers", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2024/cheers.json", "year_founded": 2024, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cheers-software/", "x_url": "https://x.com/Cheers_Software", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/319852b81dd897865aad034d9eccd66519d3b017.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Tyler Bosmeny", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/tyler-bosmeny" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1314282, "full_name": "Dylan Allen-Arnegård", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Dylan is the CEO & Co-Founder of Cheers. Dylan previously helped build Azure Linux at Microsoft, and interned as a product manager and software engineer at Podium (YC W16), and Weave (YC W14). Before getting his degree in Computer Science from BYU, he spent more than 5 years in different frontline roles across Texas, Utah, Idaho, and Argentina.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/dylan-allen", "x_url": "https://x.com/dylan_a", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/d14e64b72488a95cf7c30c0d7da99ab88f96b9f8.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 93185, "title": "Cheers - The GEO platform to win local search on ChatGPT", "tagline": "We help service businesses win local search on ChatGPT & other LLMs", "body": "Hey there!\n\nWe’re [Dylan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-allen/) and [Amadeus](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amadeus-peterson/), the founders of [Cheers](https://www.cheers.tech).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93185&key=user_uploads/1314282/4f3b1be6-d50c-4917-a18c-279469925471)\n\n### TL;DR\n\n**TL;DR** AI assistants (ChatGPT, Gemini) are changing how customers find local services. Soon, they will be booking appointments and buying on our behalf. AI recommends based on **reputation, not ads**. This shift is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization).\n\nCheers is the full-stack GEO platform for service businesses. We ensure AI recommends you first. We analyze your reputation, build a strategy, and turn your frontline employees into a reputation engine—capturing reviews at the point of service and attributing every outcome to the individual employee.\n\n**Ask:** Know a multi-location service business (home services, retail, field sales)? Intro us: [dylan@cheers.tech](mailto:dylan@cheers.tech) (10% referral bonus for closed deals!)\n\n### **Video:**\n\nhttps://youtu.be/P42T7HQSncA\n\n# \n\n# The Problem: The End of Local Search As We Know It\n\nLocal search is dying. Consumers are moving away from traditional Google searches and asking AI assistants for recommendations. Soon, AI will move from recommendation to action—booking and buying directly.\n\nThis is the era of GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and it changes the rules:\n\n* **You Can't Buy Ads on ChatGPT (yet):** You can pay to be at the top of a Google search, but you can't pay to be suggested by ChatGPT. AIs ignore ad budgets and analyze authentic reputation signals (reviews, citations, social proof).\n* **Reputation is Everything:** If the AI cannot find strong, verifiable evidence of your quality, your business is invisible.\n* **The Execution Gap:** Most service businesses generate goodwill face-to-face but fail to systematically capture it on the 3rd party sites AI trusts.\n* **The Attribution Gap:** Even when they get reviews, they lack attribution. Managers can't see which employees are driving their reputation, so they can’t scale what works.\n\nYou can’t win GEO if you don’t generate the right signals, and you can’t optimize the signals if you can't attribute them.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93185&key=user_uploads/1314282/818afe3b-2ce0-4f37-8696-cd0e783ee073)\n\n# Our Solution: The Full-Stack GEO Platform\n\nCheers is the platform built natively for GEO. We help businesses generate the reputation signals that AIs trust and attribute those signals to the people who create them.\n\nHere’s the platform:\n\n1. **Analysis & Strategy:** We analyze a company’s existing online reputation and build a custom GEO optimization plan (covering the reviews, citations, and evidence hubs that AIs parse confidently).\n2. **The Reputation Engine (Execution):** We equip frontline employees with ultra-low-friction tools (like NFC taps) to capture reviews and social proof right at the point of service. We route these to the 3rd party sites AI actually cites.\n3. **Employee-Level Attribution (The Key):** We attribute every review and referral back to the specific employee and location. Managers can see what behaviors drive growth—and coach, reward, and scale them.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93185&key=user_uploads/1314282/951ec0e5-9b68-47e4-9489-b6c7374e7172)\n\n**Traction & Proof** The demand for GEO is exploding. **Cheers has grown 115% in the last 40 days.**\n\nOur methodology is proven at enterprise scale. [Vivint Smart Home](https://vivint.com/) used Cheers to operationalize their reputation strategy across 400 locations.\n\nThe results: **70,000+ new 5-star reviews in 5 months.** Vivint now dominates AI recommendations for smart home services in all their service areas. 🤯\n\n# **The Team:**\n\nWe've been friends for more than 5 years, and moved from Utah to San Francisco to make Cheers into a decacorn.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93185&key=user_uploads/1314282/009f2142-052e-4699-9b7a-6c988c72e5a8)\n\n[**Dylan Allen**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-allen/) (CEO) is a technical founder who's worked in experience/reputation management across [Podium](https://www.podium.com/) (YC W16), [Weave](https://www.getweave.com/) (YC W14), and [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/) before starting Cheers.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=93185&key=user_uploads/1314282/c1ef80dd-107f-486d-9edb-03aec637cf6c)\n\n[**Amadeus Peterson**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amadeus-peterson/) (CTO) was a software engineer at [Northrop Grumman](https://www.northropgrumman.com/) working on the Sentinel Missile system before Dylan convinced him to quit and move to SF.\n\n**Our Ask:** Do you know anyone at a multi-location service business (Home Services, Field Sales, Retail, Hospitality)? PE rollups are also a great fit.\n\nEmail [dylan@cheers.tech](mailto:dylan@cheers.tech) with an intro → We offer a 10% referral bonus on the annual contract value of any closed deal.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OEz-cheers-the-geo-platform-to-win-local-search-on-chatgpt", "votes": 94, "created_at": "2025-08-20T14:29:27.340Z" }, { "id": 83053, "title": "Cheers: The super-app for in-person employees", "tagline": "Meet Cheers, the all-in-one platform for in-person employee excellence.", "body": "**TL;DR:** We’re [Cheers](https://cheers.tech), building the super-app for in-person employees (think home services, restaurants, D2D sales). We’re starting with NFC-enabled employee badges that make key tasks—like collecting reviews and verifying employment—seamless. It’s our first step toward becoming the central platform for in-person work.\n\n# **🥂 What is Cheers?**\n\n_Cheers is on a mission to revolutionize how in-person employees work._ We’re building the super-app that will become the central hub for everything these employees need—from managing schedules and tracking performance to accepting tips and capturing customer feedback—all through NFC technology pre-enabled on smartphones today.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83053&key=user_uploads/1314282/43a513ab-a934-4a14-a112-05fa155cc8a3)\n\n# **🧨 The Problem We Solve:**\n\n**In-person customer and employee interactions are often inefficient and filled with friction.** Whether it’s collecting feedback, verifying employment, or capturing leads, these processes are typically slow, manual, and prone to errors. This inefficiency not only frustrates employees and customers _but also leads to missed opportunities for businesses to optimize and grow._\n\nCheck out how it looks here: \n\n**Cheers aims to make every in-person interaction seamless, frictionless, and measurable.** We’re starting with NFC-enabled employee badges that go beyond basic identification. These badges enable employees to perform key actions with just a tap—whether it’s gathering a 5-star Google Review, collecting a lead, or verifying employment—right when it matters most, face-to-face with the customer.\n\n# \n\n# **🚀 Why We’re Excited About Cheers:**\n\nWe believe that these badges are our wedge into businesses. They address immediate needs (better Google Reviews, etc.) while laying the groundwork for something much bigger. **As employees and owners tap into Cheers’ early features, they quickly see the value in capturing and attributing customer interactions to individual employees.** That means the right employees get the proper credit and feedback, which is actionable at a more granular level. We’ve already seen this open the door to deeper integration across operations. _(**also, Apple** made an announcement about **iOS 18.1** that really excites us, check it out _[_here_](https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/apple-nfc-chip-iphone-ios-18-1/)_.)_\n\n**Example:** Imagine an employee tapping their badge to allow a customer to leave a 5-star Google Review in just 3 taps: notification, rating, post. Or, picture a customizable employee page where customers can perform multiple actions—like booking services or leaving feedback—all in one place.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83053&key=user_uploads/1314282/0777f19c-8ae1-41f0-8d8e-c09eaa28b4e5)\n\n# **📈 Our Traction:**\n\nWe have 25 customers, the majority of which are small businesses, like your local bridal shop or burger joint. We have one enterprise-level client with whom we’ve been running a successful paid pilot for the past 2 months. **We’ve grown our MRR from \\~$1,400 on July 1st to \\~$4,000 now.** Cheers has already processed over 3,000 internal and external reviews for our customers. \n\nOur reporting software is delivering real results—**our average customer has 5-10x’ed their monthly 5-star Google Reviews.** Managers are using it to track performance, run competitions, and provide targeted feedback. **(See the screenshot below for a look at what our customers do when hosting competitions).**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83053&key=user_uploads/1314282/c932da5c-dd75-4579-ab20-080c058000e3)\n\n**But this is just the start.** We’re building Cheers to be the central operating system for in-person businesses—a platform that will transform how in-person teams operate, from scheduling and payments to customer engagement and beyond.\n\n# **🙏 Our Ask to You:**\n\nWe’re looking for intros to folks who manage—or know someone who manages—in-person, customer-facing teams: anything from self-storage to solar sales. Cheers is _especially_ helpful for companies that currently struggle with getting online reviews (Google, TripAdvisor, Thumbtack, etc.).\n\nOur first product, the Cheers NFC-enabled employee badge, is already delivering strong results, and with your help, we can build something truly impactful. Request a text from one of us, or schedule a call with our CEO Dylan, [here](https://cheers.tech/get-started).\n\nAnd finally, a toast, to people like you. 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Genie is a conversational AI that encourages creative play and guides kids through the Genieverse, the future of games, media, and social for kids.\n\n**Download our app at:** [**http://genie.gg/app**](http://genie.gg/app)\\\nVisit us at: [www.Genie.gg](http://www.Genie.gg)\n\n**The Genie Team**\n\n[Asa](https://www.linkedin.com/in/asamiller/) and [Darius](http://linkedin.com/in/dariusmonsef) previously cofounded [BraveCare.com](http://BraveCare.com) (YC S19), which raised $40M in funding and enabled more than 50k urgent care visits for kids who were sick or injured— during the pandemic and the recovery years— all while delivering a care experience that maintained a nearly 5-Star score across thousands of reviews.\n\nDarius’ first time through YC was in W10 with [CreativeMarket.com,](http://CreativeMarket.com) which led to an acquisition by Autodesk in ’14. He also cofounded Sightbox, a DTC contact lens service that was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in ’17.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82522&key=user_uploads/32175/b55dcc84-b2d8-4620-a77f-620f8f66d3ff)\n\n**Our vision for a better internet for kids**\n\nAs a father, I want to protect my kids at all times and everywhere they go in the world, and in reality, I can’t. But I can build an AI that keeps them safe everywhere they go online and create a “digital Disneyland” for them to play, explore, and connect in.\n\nLike Jarvis to Ironman, Sox to Buzz Lightyear, or Baymax to Hiro, a child is the hero of their own story, and we’re building them the ultimate sidekick. An AI buddy that has their back in the online world, encourages creative play and helps them learn about anything, at any time, in an age-appropriate way.\n\nSoon, hundreds of millions of kids across the globe will connect on the next platform that’s foundationally powered by AI. We’ve seen it coming for a while, and we’re already building that new space… the Genieverse!\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=82522&key=user_uploads/32175/366ff304-4c16-476d-b7ae-cb271a5249c9)\n\n**Do something fun with Genie today**\n\n**Create**\\\nGenie is an always-kind, supportive & friendly AI agent that can co-create free-form generative art with kids, and they can create thru other art modes like the “Crazy Food Lab” or “Muppet Monsters.”\n\n**Play**\\\nGenie can also build incredibly imaginative story worlds where kids decide what happens next or play logic puzzles or word games designed to spark kids’ creative and critical thinking. Genie also knows that kids should have time off of their screens and be active out in the world. When there is available screen time, we built Genie to be engaging and creative.\n\n**Learn**\\\nThe internet is an incredible wealth of knowledge and information, but browsers are binary about whether a kid has access to everything… or nothing. Genie is a safe resource for kids who are curious about the world around them. Sometimes a trusted adult isn’t available to ask, or kids feel weird about asking, so Genie makes sure that tricky questions are answered in kind and age-appropriate ways.\n\n**Find “**[**Genie.gg**](http://Genie.gg)**” on the App Store** or click here: [**http://genie.gg/app**](http://genie.gg/app)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LT0-genie-the-best-ai-sidekick-for-kids", "votes": 34, "created_at": "2024-07-29T16:57:48.187Z" } ] }, { "id": 29717, "name": "Conveo", "slug": "conveo", "former_names": [ "Conveo.ai" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/c9206cc94a77b42c19e0e7e8efef3e5f8417b167.png", "website": "https://conveo.ai/", "all_locations": "London, England, United Kingdom", "long_description": "Conveo's AI-moderator interviews real people that compound into a queryable understanding layer: research-grade, available to every team.", "one_liner": "Growth through always‑on consumer understanding", "team_size": 90, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B", "launched_at": 1718889893, "tags": [ "SaaS", "Feedback", "Market Research", "Enterprise Software", "Conversational AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": true, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B" ], "regions": [ "United Kingdom", "Europe" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/conveo", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2024/conveo.json", "year_founded": 2024, "city": "London", "country": "GB", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/conveo-ai/", "x_url": "https://x.com/ConveoAI", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/conveo", "github_url": "https://github.com/conveo", "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/c9206cc94a77b42c19e0e7e8efef3e5f8417b167.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [ "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/034bc8bda1a3fc078222cb734b9ae5a045bfc727.png" ], "primary_partner": { "name": "Tom Blomfield", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/tom-blomfield" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1961722, "full_name": "Dieter De Mesmaeker", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Co-Founder & CEO @Conveo.ai", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dieterdemesmaeker/", "x_url": "https://x.com/ddmskr", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/a9040f4e151851571674fa9b5f870db5d1812c5c.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1526843, "full_name": "Hendrik Van Hove", "title": "Founder/COO", "founder_bio": "Belgian, 26, passionate about tech and (kite-) surfing.\nBuilding Conveo.ai, qualitative research at scale with AI interviews and analysis.\nWorked at McKinsey in tech/AI and private equity projects. 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We founded [Conveo](https://conveo.ai/) to reimagine how businesses gather deep customer insights. Our platform uses AI to conduct and analyze voice and video interviews, delivering faster, deeper, and more scalable insights.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=83007&key=user_uploads/1986314/b846f684-c323-4041-bb81-36b012e98350)\n\n### **The Problem:**\n\n---\n\nToday, it’s near impossible for companies to gather deep insights at scale. Surveys lack the depth needed to truly understand your customer. Traditional qualitative methods, like interviews and focus groups, are slow, resource-heavy, and just plain cumbersome.\n\n### **The Solution:**\n\n[Conveo](https://conveo.ai/) is a qualitative research platform that uses AI to conduct and analyze voice and video interviews, delivering actionable insights within hours, not weeks.\n\n### **How You Can Help:**\n\n* **Share this post!** Help us spread the word—your network might just have the connections we need. Embrace the power of serendipity!\n* **Introductions:** Know someone in market research, CMI, marketing, product, or user research teams? Or perhaps someone in a market research or consulting agency? We’d love a warm introduction.\n* **Try It Out:** Are you a YC startup in need of user feedback? We’re offering 50 free interviews in exchange for your feedback. Plus, coffee’s on us! ☕️\n\n \\* _quick blurb to copy & paste at the bottom_\n\n### **How It Works:**\n\n\n\n1. **Get Started:** Upload your discussion guide, choose from a template, or let AI create one for you.\n2. **Distribute:** Share the interview link with your customers, or leverage our integrated B2C and B2B panels.\n3. **Engage:** Let AI moderate video and voice interviews in any language, adapting dynamically to each conversation.\n4. **Analyze:** Watch and learn as AI processes and summarizes hundreds of interviews, surfacing key themes, quotes, and insights.\n5. **Share & Socialize:** Share insights across your organization easily from within the platform.\n\n### **Who’s it for:**\n\n[Conveo](https://conveo.ai/) is designed for **in-house teams**—marketers, product managers, user researchers, and market researchers—as well as for **market research and creative agencies**. If you need deeper insights, faster, [Conveo](https://conveo.ai/) is for you.\n\n### **Our Story:**\n\nOnce upon a time, at DataCamp and McKinsey, we faced the same challenges many companies do today—trying to gather and analyze customer insights quickly and effectively. After banging our heads against the wall one too many times, we decided there had to be a better way. And so, [Conveo](https://conveo.ai/) was born. **Because who needs a wall when you have AI?**\n\n### **Our Mission:**\n\nTo enable companies to build the best possible experiences, products, and services based on profound consumer understanding.\n\n\\* [_Conveo_](https://conveo.ai/) is an AI-powered qualitative research platform that helps businesses gather deep customer insights at scale. They use AI to conduct and analyze voice and video interviews. Reach out to them at [_hello@conveo.ai_](mailto:hello@conveo.ai)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Lap-conveo-qualitative-research-conducted-and-analyzed-by-ai", "votes": 20, "created_at": "2024-08-13T20:09:56.426Z" } ] } ]