Selfin YC Application

Fall 2025Active

Selfin went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2025 batch as a Fintech 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 2025
Industry: FintechConsumer Finance
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Paula GutierrezFounder
Joel Tomas PimentelFounder

What Selfin does

Selfin is developing AI-powered banking. Users can enjoy personalised recommendations and optimisations of their finances by connecting all their financial products on a single platform.

Selfin's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Selfin, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Selfin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Building the first AI Bank

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

We're building an AI-powered bank that connects all of a user's financial products in one app. It gives personalized recommendations and optimizations to help users manage their money better and make smarter financial decisions.

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

We both live in San Francisco, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco puts us close to key fintech networks and talent, which is crucial for building a consumer finance product like Selfin.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Selfin YC application?

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