maintouch YC Application

Summer 2023Active

maintouch went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2023
Industry: B2B
Team size: 9
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Bennett CohenFounder

What maintouch does

We're the ONLY platform to help you rank on both SEO and AI Search. I grew up working at my family's 9 figure SEO agency and learned how to automate everything. That's what we do for people now.

maintouch's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

maintouch, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

maintouch

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Scale SEO and AI SEO from one platform.

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

We're building a platform that helps marketing teams manage and scale SEO along with AI-driven search optimization from one place. It automates tasks that normally require a big agency, improving rankings on Google and emerging AI search channels simultaneously.

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

We live in New York, NY. The company will remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we have deep industry connections and a strong team already. It's the best place for recruiting and working with clients who rely on SEO expertise.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real maintouch YC application?

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