Pure YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Pure went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 batch as a Consumer 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: Consumer
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Trey BenedictFounder

What Pure does

Pure is the first transparent marketplace for the $11B Rare Coins Sector & $55B Precious Metals sector. We make it easy to buy & sell authenticated rare coins and precious metals such as Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium & Rhodium.

Pure's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pure

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for Rare Coins & Precious Metals

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

We built a marketplace focused exclusively on authenticated rare coins and precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium. Our platform makes it simpler and more transparent for buyers and sellers to transact in these traditionally opaque markets.

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

We live in Los Angeles, CA, and would be based there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Los Angeles is where we're already based and have built the product. It's a great hub for collectors and dealers in rare coins and precious metals and where our team is located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pure YC application?

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