Potion YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Potion 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: B2B
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Yahya SyedFounder
Hejab MalikFounder
Alex StecFounder

Potion's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Potion

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI for product formulation

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

We built an AI platform that helps product teams formulate new products faster by generating and testing formulations in silico. It targets companies in industries like cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals that spend months iterating formulations manually. Our AI reduces that time by predicting formulations that meet product goals.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC we'll continue to base the company here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the bulk of our team lives and where we access the talent and partners we need to build our complex AI tech. Being local also keeps us close to prospective customers and investors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Potion YC application?

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