Dashdive YC Application

Winter 2023Acquired

Dashdive 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: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2023

Founders

Micah WheatFounder
Adam ShugarFounder

What Dashdive does

Dashdive attributes AI/LLM and cloud costs to customers, teams and products at the endpoint invocation level using observability tools. This allows software companies to optimize their pricing and evaluate the profitability of each product.

Dashdive's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dashdive

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Break down AI and cloud costs by feature and customer

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

We built Dashdive to attribute AI, LLM, and cloud costs at the endpoint invocation level to customers, teams, and products using observability tools. This helps software companies understand where their costs come from so they can optimize pricing and see which parts of their product are truly profitable.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC the company would remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're in San Francisco because it's a central hub for B2B SaaS startups and cloud-focused engineering teams, which are our main users. Staying local keeps us close to customers and the ecosystem we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Dashdive YC application?

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