Milky Way AI YC Application
Milky Way AI went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
- Industry
- B2BRetail
- Team size
- 5
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2021
Founders
Eunice WongFounder
Sagar SetuFounder
What Milky Way AI does
We help CPG brands to understand how their products are being displayed, priced and what are their competitors are doing across millions of physical stores in real time with our computer vision powered mobile app. Each year these brands spend $500 bn annually buying prime retail shelf space to influence customer purchasing decisions, but they have no easy way to audit it. Our mobile app reduces the time of these audits by 10x and cost by 3x.
Milky Way AI's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Milky Way AI, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Milky Way AI
Mobile app for CPG brands to audit retail execution
We built a mobile app that lets CPG brands scan store shelves to see how their products - and competitors' - are displayed and priced in real time. It uses computer vision to automate audits that used to take auditors days or weeks. Our app reduces audit time by 10x and cuts costs by 3x for these brands who spend huge budgets buying shelf space but have had no scalable way to check compliance.
We are based in Singapore with a remote team. After YC, we would remain based where we are to stay close to the APAC market and early customers.
Singapore is a major retail hub and central to many of our CPG brand customers. Being local helps us understand the market and build relationships. Our founders are here; moving would interrupt progress.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Milky Way AI YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Milky Way AI's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Milky Way AI would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Milky Way AI in?
Milky Way AI was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.
Who founded Milky Way AI?
Milky Way AI was founded by Eunice Wong, Sagar Setu.
What does Milky Way AI do?
Mobile app for CPG brands to connect to millions of stores globally
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Milky Way AI's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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