kater.ai YC Application

Winter 2024Active

kater.ai went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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 2024
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Yvonne ChouFounder
Robin SeitzFounder

What kater.ai does

1. You explain your problem. 2. Kater identifies the most important data questions to ask. 3. Kater writes the code. 4. You get insights in seconds rather than weeks. Kater.ai flips the script on enterprise analytics by making every user an expert analyst. It uses a continuous classification engine to turn a single business question into a contextualized package of questions that is specific to your needs. Kater puts the power of data into the hands of business experts while ensuring they use trusted data that is specific to their persona. No more waiting for data analysts. No more wasted time on analysis misfires and rework. Yvonne was a data engineer and analyst who built the entire data stack at CREXi. Robin led engineering in Microsoft. Data is the new oil. Companies are data-rich, insight-poor. We're helping companies become insight-rich. This is the future of data.

kater.ai's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

kater.ai, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

kater.ai

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Deliver complete data analysis from a single question

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

We built a tool that takes a single business question and breaks it down into the important data questions you need to answer it. kater.ai writes the analysis code for you and delivers insights in seconds, not weeks. It's designed for business experts who don't want to wait on data teams or deal with misfires and rework.

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

We live in San Francisco and work remotely. After YC, the company will remain based in San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and build the product. It's a hub for enterprise software and AI talent, which matches our team and customer base. Remote lets us tap the talent and keep flexibility.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real kater.ai YC application?

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