Draftwise YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Draftwise went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BLegal
Team size: 50
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

James DingFounder/CEO
Emre OzenFounder/CTO
Ozan YaltiFounder/CSO

What Draftwise does

Draftwise is redefining contract work for lawyers with AI that streamlines drafting, review, and negotiation. Draftwise empowers lawyers with intelligent, data-driven tools that use a firm’s own knowledge base - drawing from past deals, preferred language, and internal guidance to improve the entire contract workflow - from first draft to signed deal.

Draftwise's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Draftwise, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Draftwise

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Contract and negotiation AI for lawyers

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

We are building an AI-powered contract drafting and negotiation tool designed specifically for lawyers. Our product uses a firm's own deal history, preferred language, and internal guidance to generate and review contracts more efficiently, speeding up the entire contract workflow from initial draft to final signature.

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

We live in New York, and the company is based in New York after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is home to many of our customers - law firms and legal teams - and it's where we can best build relationships and understand the legal environment we're serving.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Draftwise YC application?

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