Patterns YC Application

Summer 2021Inactive

Patterns went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Ken Van HarenFounder
Chris StanleyFounder

What Patterns does

Patterns revolutionizes financial analysis by making it easy and accessible through natural language. We are seeking passionate individuals excited about simplifying financial analytics and transforming business intelligence. If you're interested in joining an innovative team in the finance space, explore our job openings and become part of our mission. Our advanced AI transforms financial data workflows and reporting, surpassing traditional spreadsheets and inflexible SaaS solutions. By integrating state-of-the-art LLMs with autonomous querying and financial reasoning, Patterns empowers practitioners to perform complex analyses effortlessly via a natural language interface.

Patterns's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Patterns, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Patterns

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Next-Gen Financial Analysis and Reporting with AI Agents

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

We are building a product that lets financial analysts and business intelligence teams query and analyze complex financial data using natural language. Our AI integrates large language models with autonomous querying and financial reasoning to replace clunky spreadsheets and rigid SaaS tools, making financial analytics faster and more accessible.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and would keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and where the financial and AI tech communities intersect. Being here lets us build closer to our users and partnerships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Patterns YC application?

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