Roundtable

Roundtable YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Roundtable went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry
B2BSecurity
Team size
4
Status
Active
Launched
2023

Founders

  • Mayank Agrawal
    Mayank AgrawalFounder
  • Matt Hardy
    Matt HardyFounder

What Roundtable does

Roundtable Proof of Human is an API that invisibly detects bots and verifies human identity. Founded by 2 Princeton cognitive scientists, Roundtable leverages world-class research with enterprise-grade accuracy and latency so websites can verify their human users friction-free.

Roundtable's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Roundtable, Summer 2023 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

Roundtable

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Proof of Human - invisible human verification

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

We built an API called Roundtable Proof of Human that invisibly detects bots and verifies users are real humans. The product runs with low latency and enterprise-grade accuracy, allowing websites to confirm a user is human without slowing down or interrupting the user experience.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and we would keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team lives and where the security and AI communities we engage with are strongest. It also positions us close to early customers and partners in B2B security.

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 Roundtable YC application?

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

What YC batch was Roundtable in?

Roundtable was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2023 batch.

Who founded Roundtable?

Roundtable was founded by Mayank Agrawal, Matt Hardy.

What does Roundtable do?

Proof of Human - invisible human verification

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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