Knowlify YC Application

Summer 2025Active

Knowlify went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2025 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: Summer 2025
Industry: B2B
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Ritam RanaFounder
Jonathan MaynardFounder
Arjun TalatiFounder
Ritvik VaradaFounder

What Knowlify does

Knowlify makes it easy for companies to create animated explainer videos using AI. Upload any document and/or prompt deck to get a professional explainer video in minutes - no designers, animators, or video editors needed. Teams use Knowlify to produce training videos, customer literacy videos, product explainers, onboarding content, and internal communications at a fraction of the traditional cost and timeline. Available as a self-serve platform or a fully managed service.

Knowlify's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Knowlify, Summer 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Knowlify

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The AI Explainer Video Maker

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

We make a platform that turns any document or deck into a polished animated explainer video within minutes using AI. This removes the need for designers or video editors, letting companies produce training, onboarding, customer education, and internal communication videos faster and cheaper.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and Knowlify will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco keeps us close to potential enterprise customers and partners in tech and education. It also gives us access to talent and the startup ecosystem we want to be part of.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Knowlify YC application?

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