CreatorML YC Application

Winter 2023Inactive

CreatorML went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2023
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Charles WeillFounder

What CreatorML does

CreatorML builds predictive AI for video virality to help businesses scale their social media strategy.

CreatorML's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CreatorML, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CreatorML

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Foundation Model for Human Attention

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

We build predictive AI that forecasts video virality based on how humans pay attention to content. Our product helps businesses scale social media efforts by identifying which videos will perform well before publishing. It analyzes patterns in human engagement to advise marketing teams on content strategy.

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

We live in New York, NY, and plan to base the company in New York after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

CreatorML's team is based in New York, close to many early users and media companies we work with. Staying here keeps us close to the social media and marketing community where our product delivers the most value.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CreatorML YC application?

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