Resonance

Resonance YC Application

Winter 2024Acquired

Resonance went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
Winter 2024
Industry
B2BMarketing
Team size
2
Status
Acquired
Launched
2024

Founders

  • Jonathan Ou
    Jonathan OuFounder

What Resonance does

Resonance hyper-personalizes MarTech campaign content and automatically refreshes and stores high performing content for re-use.

Resonance's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Resonance, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Resonance

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Self-improving content bank for marketing

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

We built Resonance to hyper-personalize marketing campaign content using reinforcement learning. It automatically identifies high-performing content, refreshes it, and stores it for reuse. The product helps marketing teams keep campaigns effective without manually updating assets.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to continue basing the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team lives and where most B2B marketing SaaS companies are based. It gives us access to potential customers and talent.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Resonance YC application?

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

What YC batch was Resonance in?

Resonance was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch.

Who founded Resonance?

Resonance was founded by Jonathan Ou.

What does Resonance do?

Self-improving content bank for marketing

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Resonance's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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