Cherry Recommends YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Cherry Recommends went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2B
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Isaac DonnellyFounder
Rian FinneganFounder

What Cherry Recommends does

Cherry is the only AI promotion management platform. We help online stores boost revenue and increase their marketing ROI by delivering and tracking dynamic promotions. Cherry uses AI to improve the targeting of promotions to new and existing customers in real-time Cherry has helped its customers increase conversion rates by up to 51%. Cherry is lead by an expert founding team. Isaac has a PhD in maths and delivered AI at McKinsey, Rian is an ex-Microsoft software engineer.

Cherry Recommends's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cherry Recommends

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Promotion management platform

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

We built Cherry, an AI-powered platform that helps online stores manage and optimize promotions. Our product tracks and delivers tailored discounts and offers in real-time to both new and existing customers. The AI improves targeting, which boosts conversion rates and marketing returns.

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

We live in Singapore, Melbourne, and remote locations. After YC, we would base the company primarily in Singapore and Melbourne to stay close to our early customers and leverage the diverse time zones.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We split between Singapore and Melbourne because that's where the team lives and where many of our online store customers operate. Staying local helps us stay responsive and adapt quickly to customer needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cherry Recommends YC application?

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