Veryfi, Inc.

Veryfi, Inc. YC Application

Winter 2017Active

Veryfi, Inc. went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 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 2017
Industry
B2B
Team size
70
Status
Active
Launched
2016

Founders

  • Dmitry Birulia
    Dmitry BiruliaFounder
  • Ernest Semerda
    Ernest SemerdaFounder

What Veryfi, Inc. does

Enterprise-grade document extraction and fraud detection - deploy in minutes via mobile SDKs or APIs. No ML expertise required. Turn receipts, invoices, checks and bank statements into automated expense tracking, instant payments, and fraud-protected transactions. Explore our Multi-Modal APIs:

Veryfi, Inc.'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Veryfi, Inc., Winter 2017 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

Veryfi, Inc.

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Document AI. One API Call.

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

We are building enterprise-grade document extraction and fraud detection tools that turn receipts, invoices, checks, and bank statements into structured data instantly. Users can integrate our mobile SDKs or APIs without requiring machine learning expertise. This makes expense tracking, payments, and fraud protection automated and fast with minimal setup.

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

We live in San Mateo, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are already in the San Mateo area, which puts us near our enterprise customers and tech talent. Staying local lets us move quickly on product and sales without relocation friction.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Veryfi, Inc. YC application?

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

What YC batch was Veryfi, Inc. in?

Veryfi, Inc. was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2017 batch.

Who founded Veryfi, Inc.?

Veryfi, Inc. was founded by Dmitry Birulia, Ernest Semerda.

What does Veryfi, Inc. do?

Document AI. One API Call.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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