Litmus YC 지원서

Summer 2026Active

New York City

Litmus은(는) Summer 2026 배치에서 B2B 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Summer 2026
산업: B2B
위치: New York City
팀 규모: 3
상태: Active
출시됨: 2026

창업자

Shaivi RauFounder/CEO
Elena ZhaoFounder/CTO

Litmus의 사업 내용

Litmus is building the most accurate framework for evaluating and benchmarking human capability, starting with software. AI will compound small differences in human capability into increasingly large differences in what people can accomplish, while making existing static benchmarks obsolete. Software is already there: AI can hill-climb any output-based evaluation, while the ability to direct it is becoming the defining advantage. Litmus applies the same approach we already use for model evals to humans - creating world-like environments, and inspecting trajectory instead of just output. Every knowledge industry will soon face the same problem. We build Litmus to tell you what humans are capable of. We're already helping build frontier technical teams at Mercor, Composio, Neo Scholars, and more.

Litmus의 YC 지원서, 재구성됨

Y Combinator 지원

Litmus, Summer 2026 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Litmus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Evals for humans

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

We built Litmus to evaluate and benchmark human capability, starting with software engineers. AI is quickly making traditional benchmarks outdated - models can optimize for static outputs, but directing them is the real skill. Litmus creates world-like environments for candidates, then inspects their trajectory and decisions instead of grading just the output. Our platform already helps companies like Mercor, Composio, and Neo Scholars build technical teams by showing what engineers are actually capable of.

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

We live in New York City, NY. The company will stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

NYC is where our team lives, and it's a strong hub for both talent and our recruiting customers. Our early customers are in North America.

전체 지원서에서 21개의 추가 답변

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference는 전체 버전에 있습니다. 무료 계정을 만들어 YC Insights에서 모든 YC 배치 옆에 열어보세요.

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Litmus의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 Litmus의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. Litmus과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.