Glisten AI YC Application
Glisten AI went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
- Winter 2020
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Team size
- 1
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2020
Founders
Sarah WoodersCEO + co-founder
Alice DengFounder
What Glisten AI does
Glisten AI automatically categorizes and tags product data. With Glisten AI, e-commerce retailers and marketplaces can taxonomize millions of products with ease to enable better search, filtering, recommendations, and analytics.
Glisten AI's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Glisten AI, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Glisten AI
Automatically categorizes and tags product data
We build an AI system that automatically categorizes and tags millions of e-commerce product listings. This helps retailers and marketplaces organize their inventory to improve search, filtering, recommendations, and analytics.
We are based in San Francisco, CA and would remain there after YC.
San Francisco gives us access to key e-commerce and AI clients, plus a strong network of engineers and investors, which is crucial for growth.
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 Glisten AI YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Glisten AI's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Glisten AI would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Glisten AI in?
Glisten AI was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.
Who founded Glisten AI?
Glisten AI was founded by Sarah Wooders, Alice Deng.
What does Glisten AI do?
Glisten AI automatically categorizes and tags e-commerce product data.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Glisten AI's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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