Affil.ai YC Application

Summer 2024Active

Affil.ai went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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: Summer 2024
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

John TaFounder
Vivek OlumbeFounder

What Affil.ai does

We build AI compliance for external marketing. For example, we work with major creators to ensure that their content meets credit card marketing guidelines.

Affil.ai's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Affil.ai, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Affil.ai

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Affiliate Network For Financial Companies

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

We build AI tools that monitor and ensure compliance for financial companies' external marketing, especially credit card offers. Creators and affiliates use our platform to make sure their content follows legal marketing guidelines, avoiding costly compliance risks and enforcement actions.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC we'll remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center for fintech, AI, and marketing tech talent, and it's where we live. Staying here keeps us close to customers and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Affil.ai YC application?

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