CoffeeAI YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

CoffeeAI 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: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Will HaringaFounder/ Co-CEO
Aryan LobieFounder

What CoffeeAI does

Send targeted emails and LinkedIn messages that are as unique as the person receiving it. At scale. 📈 2x your response rates Every aspect of your outbound email - from the pitch and opener to the call-to-action - is personalized. Our AI uses trillions of bytes of data to create a deep understanding of your prospects to brew up the perfect message. 📨 Fully tailored in 10 seconds Still spending 10 minutes researching a prospect? 🥱 CoffeeAI does your research for you - we use tons of different sources of information to create an email that feels unique and thought out. Let us do the boring stuff so you can focus on building relationships - Or grab a coffee ☕

CoffeeAI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CoffeeAI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Instant, hyper-personalized AI outreach

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

We build an AI-powered tool that crafts truly personalized email and LinkedIn outreach messages in about 10 seconds, using a wide array of data sources to research a prospect deeply and combine pitch, opener, and call-to-action into one unique message. This lets sales teams send targeted outreach at scale without spending lots of time on individual research or copywriting.

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

We live and work in Auckland, New Zealand, and the company is based there now. After YC, we would likely remain based in Auckland while serving global customers remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Auckland because it's our home and where we built CoffeeAI from scratch. We're comfortable building remotely and serving global clients, so location won't restrict us.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CoffeeAI YC application?

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