Andi YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Andi went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Consumer 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: Winter 2022
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Angela HooverFounder
Jed WhiteFounder

What Andi does

Instead of just links, Andi AI gives you answers - like chatting with a smart friend. Andi is a new type of search engine that uses generative AI and language models combined with live data to generate factually correct answers to questions, and to explain and summarize information combined from the best sources. Andi works as a search chatbot that's ad-free and privacy-focused. Ask Andi to... ✅ Answer questions 🧠 Find, summarize and explain information 🔍 Navigate and search the web Search is broken because of SEO spam, ads, and surveillance capitalism. Andi cuts through the clutter to get you straight to the knowledge you need. It presents results visually in a way that's easy to understand with a simple chat interface, and protects you from ad tech and distraction. You can try the search app at

Andi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Andi, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Andi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Search for the Next Generation

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

We are building Andi, a search chatbot that answers questions with generative AI and live data instead of showing just links. It finds, summarizes, and explains info from the best sources without ads or tracking. Users get quick, factually correct answers and easy-to-understand results in a conversational interface.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent pool and network we need, plus it's where we already live and work, so it makes sense to keep the company here after YC.

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 Andi YC application?

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