CopyCat

CopyCat YC Application

Winter 2025Active

CopyCat went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Fintech 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 2025
Industry
FintechInsurance
Team size
2
Status
Active
Launched
2024

Founders

  • Graham Sabin
    Graham SabinFounder
  • Abhi Balijepalli
    Abhi BalijepalliFounder

What CopyCat does

CopyCat builds AI specifically for the insurance industry. We help brokers, carriers, and MGA's move faster and more efficiently for what will soon be the next generation of insurance operations.

CopyCat's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CopyCat, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CopyCat

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agents built for insurance.

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

We build AI tools tailored for insurance brokers, carriers, and MGAs to automate and speed up their operations. Our AI agents handle tasks specific to insurance workflows, enabling them to work faster and with fewer errors.

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

We currently live and work in San Francisco, CA, and CopyCat will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of AI and insurance tech innovation. Our network and access to early users in this city make it the best place for us to build and test CopyCat.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CopyCat YC application?

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

What YC batch was CopyCat in?

CopyCat was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.

Who founded CopyCat?

CopyCat was founded by Graham Sabin, Abhi Balijepalli.

What does CopyCat do?

AI agents built for insurance.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of CopyCat's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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