Sweep YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Sweep went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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: Summer 2023
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

William ZengFounder
Kevin LuFounder

What Sweep does

Use your favorite JetBrains IDE without compromising on AI. Sweep is the best autocomplete and agent in JetBrains:

Sweep's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sweep, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sweep

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The best AI coding assistant for JetBrains

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

We are building an AI assistant that integrates directly into JetBrains IDEs to improve autocomplete and coding agent features. Our product lets developers who prefer JetBrains use AI tools without switching editors or losing functionality. It helps speed up coding, reduce errors, and improve workflow within JetBrains environments.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and Sweep will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and build Sweep, close to the developer community and potential partners. Staying here after YC makes sense to maintain our network and recruit talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sweep YC application?

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