Inscrição YC de Acely

Winter 2018Active

Acely passou pela Y Combinator no batch Winter 2018 como uma empresa Education. Abaixo: o que a empresa faz, quem a fundou e sua inscrição para a YC, reconstruída pergunta por pergunta no formulário real da YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2018
Indústria: Education
Tamanho da equipe: 30
Status: Active
Lançada: 2017

Fundadores

Vivian Midha ShenFounder

O que Acely faz

Acely is the leading AI tutor for the digital SAT and ACT, helping students get into their dream college. Our mission is to democratize opportunity for high school families through AI-native tools that empower students to learn smarter and gain confidence. Backed by Forerunner Ventures, we've grown to $10M ARR with a lean, 10-person team, proof that small, mission-driven teams can deliver outsized impact. Our product has traction, our users are engaged, and we're now at an inflection point: ready to scale with speed, craft, and AI-native excellence. Acely was launched out of beta in January 2024 as a spinout product from Juni (YC W18).

Inscrição YC de Acely, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Acely, lote Winter 2018. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Acely

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Every student's AI coach for college readiness

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

We built Acely to be an AI tutor for the digital SAT and ACT. It's a personalized coach that helps high school students prepare for these tests efficiently, gaining skills and confidence along the way. The product focuses on making access to effective test prep more affordable and data-driven than traditional tutoring or prep classes.

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

We're based in San Francisco, CA and plan to stay here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we built the product and built our early team. It's the center for AI and edtech talent, so staying here keeps us close to key resources and future hires.

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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Acely?

Não. A Y Combinator mantém as inscrições submetidas em privado. Esta é uma reconstrução: as perguntas reais do formulário da YC, respondidas a partir dos dados públicos de Acely (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Acely se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Acely esteve?

Acely fez parte do batch Winter 2018 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Acely?

O Acely foi fundado por Vivian Midha Shen.

O que o Acely faz?

Every student's AI coach for college readiness

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

Crie uma conta gratuita no Round Funded. A versão completa de 26 respostas do application do Acely, e de todos os outros lotes do YC, está no YC Insights.