Narrative YC Application
Narrative went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
- Winter 2023
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Team size
- 5
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2023
Founders
Suchit DubeyFounder
What Narrative does
Narrative is the easiest way to create end-to-end tests, replacing Playwright, Selenium, and Cypress with self-healing tests. Record your user journeys to deploy tests in minutes, and let our agents handle flaky selectors and timing issues. When a test fails, you get a bug report in plain English that's easy to triage. Trusted by Nanonets, Commenda, Drumkit, Metal, and Vega. Learn more at
Narrative's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Narrative, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Narrative
AI agents for end-to-end testing
We built Narrative to simplify end-to-end testing by replacing frameworks like Playwright and Selenium with AI-driven agents. Users record their user journeys, then Narrative deploys tests in minutes. Our agents fix flaky selectors and timing problems automatically. When a test fails, Narrative generates a plain-English bug report that makes triaging fast and clear.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.
We chose San Francisco because it's where we live and it's a tech hub where we can hire and network. Being local also helps us engage directly with early users and investors.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Narrative YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Narrative's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Narrative would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Narrative in?
Narrative was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch.
Who founded Narrative?
Narrative was founded by Suchit Dubey.
What does Narrative do?
AI agents for end-to-end testing
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Narrative's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
