Automorphic YC Application
Automorphic went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
- Industry
- B2B
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2023
Founders
Govind GnanakumarFounder
Maaher GandhiFounder
Mahesh NatamaiFounder
What Automorphic does
Automorphic has invented a way to infuse knowledge into LLMs via fine-tuning (surpassing context window limitations), enabling developers to rapidly iterate on and successively improve custom models cheaply and efficiently.
Automorphic's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Automorphic, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Automorphic
Infuse knowledge into language models with 10 samples
We built a system that fine-tunes large language models on small datasets - just 10 samples - so developers can embed custom knowledge directly into the model. Unlike prompt-based methods limited by context length, our approach lets you surpass those limits and iteratively improve models cheaply and quickly. It's designed for developers working with LLMs who want practical, maintainable ways to tailor models to specific knowledge domains.
We live and work in San Francisco, and we will continue to be based here after YC.
San Francisco is the center of the AI and developer ecosystems we target. It gives us access to top talent, potential users, and partners, and lets us move fast with direct feedback from early customers.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Automorphic YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Automorphic's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Automorphic would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Automorphic in?
Automorphic was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2023 batch.
Who founded Automorphic?
Automorphic was founded by Govind Gnanakumar, Maaher Gandhi, Mahesh Natamai.
What does Automorphic do?
Infuse knowledge into language models with just 10 samples
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Automorphic's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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