Litmus YC Başvurusu

Summer 2026Active

New York City

Litmus, B2B şirketi olarak Summer 2026 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Summer 2026
Sektör: B2B
Konum: New York City
Ekip büyüklüğü: 3
Durum: Active
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2026

Kurucular

Shaivi RauFounder/CEO
Elena ZhaoFounder/CTO

Litmus ne yapar

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.

Litmus'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Litmus, Summer 2026 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

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 AI is quickly making traditional benchmarks outdated - models can optimize for static outputs, but directing them is the real skill.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.

Tam başvuruda 21 ek cevap

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference tam sürümde. YC Insights'ta, diğer her YC grubu yanında açmak için ücretsiz bir hesap oluşturun.

Tüm başvuruyu gör

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

Bu, Litmus şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

Hayır. Y Combinator gönderilen başvuruları gizli tutar. Bu bir yeniden yapılandırmadır: gerçek YC form soruları, Litmus'in kamuya açık verilerinden (lansman notları, kurucu geçmişleri, ürün açıklaması) yanıtlanmıştır. Litmus gibi bir şirketin YC'ye kendisini nasıl sunacağını gösterir, gönderdikleri metni değil.