Smartcuts YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Smartcuts went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Brian NoguchiFounder

What Smartcuts does

Smartcuts is a Chrome extension that lets you automate anything in your browser, without code. Record your clicks and keystrokes, and replay them later on similar web pages to automate repetitive work. It's like Excel macros for any website.

Smartcuts's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Smartcuts, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Smartcuts

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Chrome extension for no-code browser automations

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

We built Smartcuts, a Chrome extension that records your clicks and keystrokes on websites and replays them to automate repetitive browser tasks without coding. Think Excel macros but for any web page. It makes automations accessible to people who don't want to write scripts or install complex software.

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

We're currently based in New York, NY, with a remote team. After YC, we'll remain US-based, likely still anchored in New York while keeping distributed operations.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our team is in New York because that's where Brian Noguchi is and where we initially developed and tested the product. Being remote-friendly lets us tap talent anywhere while keeping a solid anchor in one time zone.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Smartcuts YC application?

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