Hindsight YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Hindsight 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: B2BSales
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Ani GottiparthyFounder

What Hindsight does

Hindsight's AI helps teams understand why they win or lose deals - and use that insight to win more. Our platform is used by teams like Ironclad, LaunchDarkly, and Klaviyo to build workflows on top of their GTM data. 1. Build battlecards, objection handling guides, and case studies that never go out of date 2. Create AI roleplays based on real conversations your sales team is having 3. Analyze 1000s of deals to create reports and alerts for your GTM, product, and strategy teams.

Hindsight's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hindsight

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Deal Intelligence and Sales Coaching

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

We build an AI-driven platform that helps sales and GTM teams understand why they win or lose deals. Our product analyzes thousands of deals to surface insights, create battlecards and objection handling guides, and generate AI-powered roleplays based on real sales conversations. This helps sales teams train continuously and align product and strategy teams on market feedback.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company will be based in New York after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in New York because that's where we live and have early customers. Staying local keeps us close to users like Ironclad, LaunchDarkly, and Klaviyo, which lets us iterate fast on how our platform integrates with real GTM data.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hindsight YC application?

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