Olive YC Application

Winter 2025Active

Olive went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 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 2025
Industry: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Bardia SafariFounder
Shrey GuptaFounder

Olive's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Olive

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Curated stories, every day

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

We built Olive to deliver daily curated stories that help recruiting and talent teams stay informed and productive. Our product filters the noise from the internet and surfaces relevant, actionable content for B2B teams working in recruiting and talent management.

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

We're currently in San Francisco, CA and plan to stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and work, and it's the best place to stay connected to the B2B and recruiting tech ecosystem we're building for.

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.

See full application

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Olive YC application?

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