Evidently AI

Evidently AI YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Evidently AI went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry
B2BAnalytics
Team size
2
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Elena Samuylova
    Elena SamuylovaFounder
  • Emeli Dral
    Emeli DralFounder

What Evidently AI does

We are building an open-source standard to monitor ML models in production. The tool is used by enterprise data science teams to operate their models reliably and detect and resolve issues.

Evidently AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Evidently AI, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Evidently AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source monitoring for machine learning models

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

We build an open-source tool that lets data science teams monitor machine learning models in production. It helps them detect data or model drifts and other issues, so they can act quickly and keep their models reliable.

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

We live in London, San Francisco, and remote. After YC, we expect to base the company in the US while maintaining remote and international work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our team is distributed between London and San Francisco, reflecting where we live and work. Being flexible allows us to tap into global talent and the US market, where a lot of ML tooling demand is.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Evidently AI YC application?

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

What YC batch was Evidently AI in?

Evidently AI was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded Evidently AI?

Evidently AI was founded by Elena Samuylova, Emeli Dral.

What does Evidently AI do?

Open-source monitoring for machine learning models

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Evidently AI's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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