Semantics3 YC Application

Winter 2013Acquired

Semantics3 went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2013 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 2013
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 25
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Sivamani VarunFounder/CEO

What Semantics3 does

Our products: - Data APIs/Feeds (Retail feeds, UPC lookups, Keyword search) - AI APIs (Categorization, Attribute extraction/NER, Matching) - Dashboards (Analytics reports, Price monitoring) We offer enterprise solutions for: - E-commerce Marketplaces (catalog generation & enrichment, seller on-boarding) - Logistics (HTS/tariff classification, attribute enrichment) - Brands (market share & trend reports, price monitoring)

Semantics3's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Semantics3, Winter 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Semantics3

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Data and AI platform for Ecommerce & Cross-Border Logistics

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

We're building a platform that provides structured data APIs and AI services for ecommerce and logistics companies. Our core products include retail data feeds, UPC lookups, and keyword search APIs, plus AI tools for categorization, attribute extraction, and matching. On top of that, we offer dashboards for analytics and price monitoring. Our customers are ecommerce marketplaces that need catalog enrichment, logistics firms needing tariff classification, and brands looking for market insights.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we can access the ecommerce and logistics ecosystem best. It's also where we are based currently, which makes building the company and meeting customers easier.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Semantics3 YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Semantics3's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Semantics3 would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.