Overwatch

Overwatch YC Application

Summer 2022Active

Overwatch went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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 2022
Industry
B2BSecurity
Team size
14
Status
Active
Launched
2022

Founders

  • Arjun Bisen
    Arjun BisenFounder
  • Zara Perumal
    Zara PerumalFounder

What Overwatch does

Overwatch Data offers real-time AI agents to scale fraud, cyber, and security teams. Our agents automate the threat intelligence and brand protection workflow, while also conducting risk reviews at scale to detect fraud and financial crime.

Overwatch's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Overwatch, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Overwatch

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Enterprise software for cyber fraud intelligence

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

We build AI agents that automate real-time fraud, cyber threat intelligence, and brand protection workflows for enterprise risk and security teams. Our product scales their capacity to detect fraud and financial crime efficiently by handling routine risk reviews and alert triage automatically.

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

We live and work in New York, NY, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is a hub for security, finance, and enterprise risk teams - our key users. Being close to customers helps us understand their needs and iterate quickly.

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 Overwatch YC application?

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

What YC batch was Overwatch in?

Overwatch was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch.

Who founded Overwatch?

Overwatch was founded by Arjun Bisen, Zara Perumal.

What does Overwatch do?

Enterprise software for enterprise risk and cyber fraud intelligence

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Overwatch's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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