Dioptra YC Application

Winter 2022Acquired

Dioptra went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BLegal
Team size: 4
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Jacques ArnouxFounder
Farah GasmiFounder

What Dioptra does

We help founders and in-house counsels streamline their contract negotiations to close deals faster. We do this by building your contract negotiation playbooks and automating them with AI.

Dioptra's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Dioptra, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dioptra

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated contract review with AI

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

We build AI-powered tools that automate contract review and negotiation by turning company-specific negotiation playbooks into actionable workflows. Our product helps founders and in-house counsels close deals faster by reducing the time spent on repetitive contract analysis and ensuring consistency with their negotiation strategies.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company is based here. After YC, we plan to keep the company headquartered in New York.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in New York because it's a major hub for startups and legal industry clients, giving us access to our target users and legal expertise. Remaining here after YC lets us continue building strong relationships with early customers and legal teams.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Dioptra YC application?

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