Edge YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Edge 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: B2BLegal
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Evan ZimmermanFounder
Len BoyetteFounder

What Edge does

Edge uses AI to help IP professionals get their jobs done. We help trademark attorneys do clearance searches, patent attorneys draft patents, and more.

Edge's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Edge

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The ultimate IP assistant.

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

We build an AI-powered assistant for intellectual property professionals. Our product helps trademark attorneys run clearance searches and patent attorneys draft patent documents, making their workflows faster and more accurate.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company will be based here after YC as well, with some of the team working remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for startups and legal tech innovation. Being here gives us access to IP professionals and the tech talent we need, while remote work lets us stay flexible.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Edge YC application?

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