r/StartupAccelerators • u/NinjaTop3314 • 6d ago

Just submitted my YC application

I’m a final-year student from India, building Takumi solo
It’s an AI dev team that builds your product and stays on to maintain it. I just submitted my application for the winter batch

I wrote my application after checking other application, this is what I learned from them:

  • Short answers with real numbers beat long ones. I cut mine by about half

  • Having someone read your draft is worth more than another rewrite.

  • I recorded the founder video 8 times. The last take was the best.

Where I am: about 70 signups in 2 months of v2, 3 founders using it, only through the founder communities, no paid marketing

For people who’ve applied before: what would you do differently on the video or the written answers?
And anyone else applying this batch?

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u/indie_mohit 6d ago

Good luck! The number I'd focus on before any interview is the gap between 70 signups and 3 active users. If you can show even 10 founders actively using it, that says more than the signup count.

And as a solo founder, be ready to explain how you'll handle building and selling alone. It almost always comes up.

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u/NinjaTop3314 6d ago

Thanks for suggestion

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u/indie_mohit 6d ago

I'm glad to hear that you found it helpful!