Rulebase

Rulebase YC Application

Fall 2024Active

Rulebase went through Y Combinator in the Fall 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
Fall 2024
Industry
B2BOperations
Team size
2
Status
Active
Launched
2024

Founders

  • Gideon Ebose
    Gideon EboseFounder
  • Chidi Williams
    Chidi WilliamsFounder

What Rulebase does

Rulebase builds AI coworkers that help banks and fintechs review 100% of customer interactions in real time. Our agents flag compliance breaches, high-risk issues, and quality gaps across calls, chats, and emails - then route them to the right teammates. The result: up to 30% fewer escalations and QA cycles reduced from hours to minutes.

Rulebase's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Rulebase, Fall 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

Rulebase

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI agents for financial services

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

We build AI coworkers that monitor 100% of customer interactions in banks and fintechs - calls, chats, emails - and flag compliance issues, high-risk problems, and quality gaps. Our agents then route flagged cases to the right team members, reducing escalations and cutting QA review time from hours to minutes.

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

We live in New York City, NY, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where the financial services customers are. Being local helps us understand their operations and compliance pressures firsthand.

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 Rulebase YC application?

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

What YC batch was Rulebase in?

Rulebase was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2024 batch.

Who founded Rulebase?

Rulebase was founded by Gideon Ebose, Chidi Williams.

What does Rulebase do?

AI agents for financial services.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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