Docsum YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Docsum went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2023
Industry: B2BLegal
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Shaunak TuragaFounder
Alex LeonovFounder

What Docsum does

Docsum is a contract intelligence platform designed for legal and finance teams. Using AI, Docsum extracts critical data like renewal dates, obligations, and more into a searchable database. The platform is fully customizable with features like custom field reporting, alerts, and playbook-powered redlining. Getting started is simple - upload contracts or connect Docsum to tools like Google Drive, DocuSign, and more.

Docsum's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Docsum, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Docsum

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI contract repository

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

Docsum is a contract intelligence platform for legal and finance teams. It parses contracts with AI to extract key data like renewal dates and obligations into a searchable database. Users can upload documents directly or connect existing tools like Google Drive and DocuSign. We offer customization including custom reporting fields, alerts, and redlining powered by playbooks.

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

We live in New York City, and Docsum would be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in New York because that's where we found the initial users - legal and finance teams who handle contracts daily. Being close to customers lets us better understand their workflows and pain points.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Docsum YC application?

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