Epsilon YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Epsilon went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 batch as a Education 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: Education
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Eshan Agarwal

What Epsilon does

Get answers to research questions with citations from the academic literature.

Epsilon's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Epsilon

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Search Engine for Academic Research

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

We built an AI-powered search engine tailored for academic research. Our product answers complex research questions by pulling relevant information from academic papers and providing citations. This helps researchers quickly find trustworthy sources without wading through countless papers manually.

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

We live in New York, NY and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because it's where we currently live and where we have existing networks. Staying here lets us focus fully on building the product rather than relocating.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Epsilon YC application?

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