Dollyglot YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Dollyglot went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Consumer 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 2025
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Thomas MinassianFounder
Paul-Henri BiojoutFounder

What Dollyglot does

Dollyglot is like Character.ai but with real time video avatars. Turn a photo and a voice into a real friend. Speak with Harry Potter about Hogwarts or brainstorm ideas with Elon Musk!

Dollyglot's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Dollyglot, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dollyglot

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Character.AI with real time video avatars

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

We build a platform that lets users create real-time video avatars from a single photo and voice sample, enabling conversations with characters like Harry Potter or Elon Musk. Our product combines conversational AI with synchronized video avatars to make AI interactions feel lifelike and personal.

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 we're based because it has the best access to AI talent and early adopters who care about conversational AI and video avatars. It's key for recruiting and networking as we grow.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Dollyglot YC application?

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