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The YC Application: How It Clarified Our Vision

I just hit "Submit." Applying to Y Combinator is a rite of passage for many startups. It’s nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time. But now that the application is in and the Founder Video is uploaded, I realized something important: Even if we don't get in, the process itself was invaluable. Over the past month, as we've been busy in the weeds building the company site and AI application, the YC application was a nice change up that forces you to zoom out. It demands that you answer hard questions: What is the specific insight you have that others…

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