Benchmark YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Benchmark went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2023
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Alec DunnFounder
Connor JansonFounder

What Benchmark does

Benchmark is the trusted AI platform for investment firms. Today, leading firms use Benchmark to screen deals, extract insights from unstructured data, and automate workflows. Our platform combines cutting-edge AI with deep industry expertise to help investment firms make smarter, faster decisions across their entire deal lifecycle.

Benchmark's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Benchmark, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Benchmark

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Decision infrastructure for investment firms

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

We built an AI platform that helps investment firms screen deals, extract insights from unstructured documents, and automate workflows. It's designed to streamline the entire deal lifecycle, turning messy data into actionable intelligence for investors.

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

We live in New York, NY, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where the financial and investment communities we serve are centered. Being local keeps us close to early users and industry feedback which is critical for refining Benchmark.

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 Benchmark YC application?

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