Superb AI

Superb AI YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Superb AI went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size
65
Status
Active
Launched
2018

Founders

  • Hyun Kim
    Hyun KimFounder
  • Moonsu Cha
    Moonsu ChaFounder
  • Jonghyuk Lee
    Jonghyuk LeeFounder
  • Jungkwon Lee
    Jungkwon LeeFounder

What Superb AI does

Superb AI is a leading computer vision platform and professional services provider that provides enterprise-grade, end-to-end MLOps and DataOps workflows to accelerate the adoption and development of data-centric AI. Through the practical application of AI-based automation, Superb AI helps teams manage the entire ML lifecycle more efficiently, from data annotation to curation, model training, and deployment, while ensuring optimal data accuracy and consistency.

Superb AI's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Superb AI, Winter 2019 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

Superb AI

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

End-to-end computer vision MLOps platform

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

We build an MLOps platform focused on computer vision teams that covers the entire workflow: data annotation, curation, model training, validation, and deployment. Our platform helps engineering and product teams improve accuracy and consistency throughout the ML lifecycle by automating tedious tasks and centralizing data operations.

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

We currently live in San Mateo, California, and the company is based here as well, remaining in the Bay Area after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Mateo is central to our user base and the AI engineering community. Staying here lets us stay close to current and potential customers and the tech talent we need.

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 Superb AI YC application?

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

What YC batch was Superb AI in?

Superb AI was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 batch.

Who founded Superb AI?

Superb AI was founded by Hyun Kim, Moonsu Cha, Jonghyuk Lee, Jungkwon Lee.

What does Superb AI do?

Superb AI provides end-to-end computer vision MLOps platform

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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