Candidature YC de Zoa Research
Zoa Research a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Summer 2024 en tant qu'entreprise B2B. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.
- Batch YC
- Summer 2024
- Secteur d'activité
- B2B
- Taille de l'équipe
- 5
- Statut
- Active
- Lancé
- 2024
Fondateurs
Greg VolynskyFounder
Sam DamashekFounder
Ce que fait Zoa Research
Historically, quantitative models are domain specific. Brilliant people spend their best years testing features, tuning hyperparameters, and iterating architectures within a narrow domain. But scale is the panacea: large models will find patterns people, and specialized models, could not. Forecasting generalizes. Zoa trains cross-domain event forecasting engines. *Automating Iteration* LLMs - embedded in multi-agent optimization loops and evaluated against fixed policies - can automate the build-test-improve modeling cycle. Think AlphaEvolve for forecasting problems. *Sample-Efficient General Models* Today’s forecasting models are narrowly crafted with deep human priors. But larger models will outperform state-of-the-art specialized models. Unlike existing event models, our models leverage data from across contexts and rely less on human intuition. And compared to LLMs, our models are built with more inductive priors and rely more heavily on inference-time compute - improving sample efficiency. *Why It Matters* In the real economy, our models could be useful for forecasting supply chain volatility, energy supply and demand, even earthquake risk. Science is, Ian Hacking writes, the taming of chance. It is the process of iteratively updating priors (something like: identify uncertainty, conceive experiment to reduce uncertainty, execute, update). If science is uncertainty-reduction, forecasting is a critical measure of progress. Better forecasting improves our ability to select interesting experiments (roughly those with greatest expected uncertainty reduction) and update priors. Our models will be used by labs and academics in data-heavy domains. Sam's ex-girlfriend introduced him to Greg back at Carnegie Mellon in 2017, and while that relationship didn't last, their friendship has. After college, Greg went to Harvard Law School, while Sam worked for three years at Jane Street on their Options desk, building & leading a satellite dev team.
Candidature YC de Zoa Research, reconstruite
Candidature Y Combinator
Zoa Research, promotion Summer 2024. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Zoa Research
Powerful quantitative forecasting models
We build generalizable event forecasting models that train across diverse domains rather than specializing narrowly. Our models automate the build-test-improve cycle by embedding LLMs in multi-agent optimization loops. This extends forecasting beyond traditional domain-specific models, making predictions about supply chains, energy, and risk using data integration and sample-efficient inference.
We live in New York, NY, and the company is based here now and would remain so after YC, at least initially.
Most of our experience and network is in New York. We don't see a pressing reason to relocate; YC is remote-friendly and we can engage with the network while continuing to build where we are.
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Questions fréquemment posées
Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Zoa Research ?
Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Zoa Research (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Zoa Research se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.
À quel batch YC Zoa Research appartenait-il ?
Zoa Research faisait partie du batch Summer 2024 de Y Combinator.
Qui a fondé Zoa Research ?
Zoa Research a été fondé par Greg Volynsky, Sam Damashek.
Que fait Zoa Research ?
Powerful quantitative forecasting models
Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?
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