NeoWize YC Application

Summer 2016Acquired

NeoWize went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 3
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2016

Founders

Omer NevoFounder/CEO
Yoav CafriFounder/CMO
Ronen NessFounder

What NeoWize does

NeoWize changes the way we look at machine learning and deep learning. Current deep learning algorithms focus on making the most out of the data available. NeoWize utilizes neural networks and adaptive input to create more data and better data, thus increasing our predictive power with small data-sets. We use this technology to help e-commerce sites learn what each individual buyer is looking for and create a better user experience from the first visit.

NeoWize's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

NeoWize, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

NeoWize

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Machine learning for e-commerce personalization

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

We built a machine learning engine that generates better, synthetic data using neural networks and adaptive input to improve prediction accuracy from small e-commerce datasets. This lets online retailers personalize the shopping experience from the very first visit by predicting what each individual buyer is looking for.

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

We live and operate in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Tel Aviv has a strong tech community and talent pool, which helps us stay close to users and quickly iterate on our product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real NeoWize YC application?

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