I am planning to apply to ycombinator. Is it good enough?

[sg1371]

I am working on thedrive.ai, and planning to apply to ycombinator in the next cycle. I was wondering if anyone would be able to give some feedback on idea validation, and what specifically should I mention in my application that would make it stand out?

Application link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...-U0aEkziDeEU5IIRBCjqUtj95ebWFtbkJc9C1Atv5/pub

Edit: added application link.

 

[jraycaen]

@sg1371 Get people to use and pay for it. Launch as quickly as you can and take it from there.

Your in an incredibly popular and competitive space. Everything from ChatGPT down are alternatives to an extent. Have a look at the last batch AI products there are a lot.

Your website it a bit wordy, but perhaps its just the times new Roman image throwing me off. I can’t see a use case from my perspective but that doesn’t mean much if I’m not in your target audience.

 

[sg1371]

@jraycaen Yup we are trying to lunch as soon as possible. It definitely is a competitive space.

Thank you for suggestions and feedback.

 

[ricdevela]

@sg1371 Give the application a shot. Take all the questions and answers, put it on a Google doc and share the link with us to make some comments.

Not even YC can tell you whether your idea will succeed or not so when we (the public) make comments, don't take it too seriously.

Excited to see your application and product progress!!

 

[sg1371]

@ricdevela Awesome!! Thank you

 

[sg1371]

@ricdevela https://docs.google.com/document/d/...-U0aEkziDeEU5IIRBCjqUtj95ebWFtbkJc9C1Atv5/pub

Here it is

 

[chiliastie]

@sg1371 sorry, but if you can't explain the main idea - it is bad product.

 

[sammyclifnote]

@sg1371 So is this sort of like long form chat gpt? I have run into the character limit before — definitely could be a potential user.

It’s not really my biggest problem though and I wouldn’t pay for it so I am not really your target customer

 

[sg1371]

@sammyclifnote Hmm not really, with gpt 4, i believe the character limit is higher. We are more into building knowledge base, and querying from the knowledge base. By query, I mean you can get answers from within in the document/s so that you can ask questions to documents and generate content from the document/s.

 

[sammyclifnote]

@sg1371 Gotcha — yeah I am at much too small of a company for that to be useful. Used to work at fang though and it might have been useful there. It was hard as hell to find exactly what I needed.

 

[613jono]

@sg1371 I noticed a buzzword in "revolutionize" most YC founders recommend avoiding buzzwords, just be clear & concise

 

[sg1371]

@613jono Ya I edited since last time I changed it. Thank you so much for taking your time to read it