d_model

d_model YC Application

Summer 2024Active

d_model went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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 2024
Industry
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size
15
Status
Active
Launched
2024

Founders

  • Daniel Moon
    Daniel MoonFounder
  • Anish Tondwalkar
    Anish TondwalkarFounder

What d_model does

rl. interp. alignment. data.

d_model's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

d_model, Summer 2024 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

d_model

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Look inside the model

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

We build tooling that helps engineering, product, and design teams understand and interpret complex ML models. Our product surfaces alignment and interpretability data to make models more transparent and actionable for those building and shipping AI-powered features.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is located and where our early customers and network are. It's the best place to hire engineers focused on ML tooling and to be close to AI product teams.

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 d_model YC application?

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

What YC batch was d_model in?

d_model was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2024 batch.

Who founded d_model?

d_model was founded by Daniel Moon, Anish Tondwalkar.

What does d_model do?

Look inside the model

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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