Osium AI YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Osium AI went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2023
Industry: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Sarah NajmarkFounder
Luisa BounederFounder

What Osium AI does

Our AI-powered software enables materials R&D engineers to design new materials much faster. To date, manufacturing companies rely on trial-and-error and manual approaches to develop new materials. This is a tedious and time-consuming process. Yet, carbon neutrality requirements urge manufacturers to adopt greener and lighter materials to decarbonize the industry.

Osium AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Osium AI, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Osium AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Speed up materials innovation with AI

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

We build AI-powered software that helps materials R&D engineers design new materials faster. Instead of relying on slow, trial-and-error methods, our tools predict material properties and suggest experiment pathways to reduce time and cost, enabling manufacturers to innovate greener, lighter materials needed for carbon neutrality.

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

We live and work in Paris, Île-de-France, France. We plan to remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris offers a strong foundation in materials science and AI talent where we live. Staying here lets us keep close to our network and early users in European manufacturing.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Osium AI YC application?

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