Pre YC Application

Summer 2024Inactive

Pre went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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 2024
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2024

Founders

Darius "Bubs" MonsefFounder
Asa MillerFounder

What Pre does

Pre is an AI-powered execution system for startup founders who are serious about building real companies. Set a 10-week goal, connect your tools, and get pushed to do your highest-impact work every week. Pre doesn’t track effort… it tracks outcomes, and it holds you to a higher standard.

Pre's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pre, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pre

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI accountability agent for startup founders

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

We built Pre, an AI-powered execution system for startup founders who want to build real companies. Founders set a 10-week goal, connect their tools, and Pre pushes them to focus on their highest-impact work each week. It tracks outcomes, not effort, holding users to a higher standard.

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

We live in Lake Oswego, OR, and the company is remote-first. Post-YC, we'll remain remote but open to relocating if it helps us grow faster.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked our current remote approach because it lets us stay focused and flexible. Lake Oswego is where we're based now, but YC's network means we can easily connect anywhere needed.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pre YC application?

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