attimet YC Application

Fall 2024Active

attimet went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 batch as a Fintech 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 2024
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Kirthi BanothuFounder
Xiaoyu LiFounder

What attimet does

We’re a research lab that puts its ideas to the test in one of the most complex, information-rich environments in the world: the financial markets. If you care about learning systems, clean abstractions, and applying research in the wild - we’re hiring.

attimet's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

attimet, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

attimet

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

we predict stuff

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

We build research-driven prediction systems tailored to financial markets. Our product applies clean, testable learning models to complex market data, helping traders and quant teams anticipate short- and medium-term market movements.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to continue basing the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right mix of data science talent and finance expertise. Being here puts us close to both tech and trading ecosystems, which is essential for the kind of research we do.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real attimet YC application?

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