Miyagi Labs YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Miyagi Labs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch as a Education 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 2025
Industry: Education
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Tyrone Davis IIIFounder
Guang CuiFounder

What Miyagi Labs does

Miyagi Labs is an AI-powered exam prep platform that helps students ace tests like the SAT and ACT through our AI tutor, personalized study plans, thousands of practice questions, and realistic practice exams. We’re building the platform we wish we had when studying for exams. No more running out of practice questions. Track your progress as your rating in different exam categories increases, and know exactly what you need to practice most. We envision a world where students anywhere can come to Miyagi to ace their exams and receive personalized, world-class AI tutoring designed to unlock their full potential.

Miyagi Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Miyagi Labs, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Miyagi Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI tutors for exam prep

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

We are building an AI-powered exam prep platform focused on tests like the SAT and ACT. Our product combines an AI tutor, personalized study plans, thousands of practice questions, and realistic exams. It tracks students' progress by rating their skills in different test categories and highlights what they need to focus on next.

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

We currently live in New York City, NY, and the company will be based there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose to stay in New York City where both founders live and work. The city's diverse student population offers us direct access to users who need better exam prep solutions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Miyagi Labs YC application?

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