Happenstance YC Application
Happenstance went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 batch as a Consumer 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 2024
- Industry
- Consumer
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2024
Founders
Alex TeichmanFounder
What Happenstance does
Happenstance is people search powered by AI. For example, you ask Happenstance "find people who work on notification systems at big companies", and it comes back with two who follow you on Twitter and five who are connected to your partners. That kind of thing you just can't do on LinkedIn.
Happenstance's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Happenstance, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Happenstance
People search powered by AI
We built Happenstance to help you find people in ways LinkedIn can't. For example, you can ask it to find people who work on notification systems at big companies, and it will return results ranked by your connections and social signals, like who follows you on Twitter or who your partners know. It's a search tool for people discovery powered by AI, focused on rich, contextual results beyond job titles.
Two of us live in San Francisco, one works remotely. After YC, the company will be based in San Francisco, where the team is mostly located.
We are centered in San Francisco because that's where the founders live and where tech talent and customers are concentrated. Remote work complements this but the hub keeps us connected to the industry and YC.
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 Happenstance YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Happenstance's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Happenstance would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Happenstance in?
Happenstance was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch.
Who founded Happenstance?
Happenstance was founded by Alex Teichman.
What does Happenstance do?
People search powered by AI
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Happenstance's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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