Cercli YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Cercli 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: 28
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Akeed AzmiFounder
David RecheFounder

What Cercli does

Cercli is the AI native platform for businesses to hire and manage their workforce.

Cercli's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cercli, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cercli

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI powered HR and Recruitment for people teams

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

We built an AI native platform that helps businesses hire and manage their workforce. Cercli automates recruiting workflows and streamlines HR tasks so people teams spend less time on admin and more on growth. The product integrates AI to surface the best candidates and simplify payroll processes.

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

We don't disclose our exact location, but we're currently remote and plan to base the company wherever YC recommends after acceptance.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We stay remote because it lets us hire the best talent without geographic limits. Post-YC, we will follow YC's guidance on location to maximize our growth and network effects.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cercli YC application?

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