Absurd YC Application

Fall 2025Active

Absurd went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2025 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Fall 2025
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Philip HoFounder, CEO
Damian ChngFounder
Daniel KatheinFounder, CTO

What Absurd does

Absurd makes AI brand and performance ads at scale. Our last video for Kalshi ("Election Day") did 1M+ views, and our videos average 400K+ organic views. Companies like Hims, Kalshi, Replit, and Brex use Absurd to create production-quality videos in 72 hours. Try it at absurd.com

Absurd's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Absurd, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Absurd

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-driven brand and performance videos

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

We build a platform that uses AI to create brand and performance video ads at scale. Clients like Hims and Kalshi use Absurd to get production-quality videos within 72 hours, automating and speeding up a process that normally takes weeks and costly production.

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

We live in Los Angeles, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Los Angeles is our home, and it has a strong media and ad ecosystem where we can connect directly with customers and talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Absurd YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Absurd's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Absurd would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.