Orchid YC Application

Spring 2025Active

Orchid went through Y Combinator in the Spring 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: Spring 2025
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Nizar Abi ZaherFounder
Adam WazzanFounder

What Orchid does

Orchid is an executive assistant that lives in iMessage. It texts you your day each morning, drafts your replies, and books your meetings. You approve, it handles the rest. If you've ever wished for a world-class EA, come talk to us.

Orchid's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Orchid, Spring 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Orchid

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A personal EA in your iMessage

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

We are building an executive assistant that lives entirely in iMessage. Every morning it texts you your agenda, drafts your replies to messages, and books meetings for you. You review the assistant's suggestions and approve them - once approved, Orchid executes the tasks so you can focus on your work.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are based because of the concentration of talent and connections relevant to AI and productivity tools, plus proximity to early customers and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Orchid YC application?

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