Imperfect YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Imperfect went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2026 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: Spring 2026
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Matin TamiziFounder

What Imperfect does

The Imperfect app pulls your data to create a personalized AI coach for your next race. It adapts your training, recovery, and nutrition to how your body is actually responding.

Imperfect's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Imperfect, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Imperfect

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI coach for athletes with real lives and epic goals

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

We built the Imperfect app to be a personalized AI coach that adapts training, recovery, and nutrition based on how an athlete's body actually responds. It pulls in their data - not just generic plans - and adjusts their next race prep around real-world constraints and feedback.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA. After YC, we'll remain based here to stay connected to the AI and health tech ecosystem.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco lets us move fastest given the local talent pool and access to early users who are serious athletes with demanding lives. It fits the lifestyle of our founding team and the community we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Imperfect YC application?

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