Cohere YC Application

Summer 2020Acquired

Cohere went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 7
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Yunyu LinFounder
Rahul SengottuveluFounder

What Cohere does

Cohere resolves 40-70% of support requests using AI, over all channels, within just a few days.

Cohere's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cohere, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cohere

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Support automation that's actually intelligent

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

We build AI software that automates customer support across all channels. Our product resolves 40-70% of support requests automatically within days, reducing the workload of support teams and improving response times.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we have our network and initial users. Staying here lets us stay close to enterprise customers who rely on our AI support automation.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cohere YC application?

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