Reacher YC Application

Summer 2025Active

Reacher went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2025 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 2025
Industry: B2B
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Jerry QianFounder
Bora MutluogluFounder

What Reacher does

Reacher is an AI-powered platform that automates creator marketing workflows - from discovery and outreach to campaign management and content strategy - making marketing teams 10x more productive. We handle the manual tasks so brands can focus on building relationships with creators while centralizing their operations in one platform to manage creators on TikTok Shop, Instagram, and YouTube.

Reacher's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Reacher, Summer 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Reacher

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automate creator marketing for big brands

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

We built an AI-powered platform that automates all the repetitive work involved in creator marketing. From discovering suitable creators to managing outreach, campaign tracking, and shaping content strategy, our tool makes marketing teams roughly 10x more productive. Brands use it to manage creators across TikTok Shop, Instagram, and YouTube in one place instead of juggling spreadsheets and manual tasks.

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

We live and work mostly remote but the main office is in San Francisco, CA. After YC, the company will remain based out of San Francisco with remote team members.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco because it's the hub for startups and talent and close to major marketing and creator ecosystems, which helps build partnerships and hire smart people. Remote lets us stay flexible and tap talent globally.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Reacher YC application?

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