Simulator · not affiliated with YC
Get judged by AI Combinator partners in minutes
Paste your application. Watch simulated partners review in parallel. Survive a mini-interview. Receive a verdict table, consensus, green/red flags, one brutal truth, and fixes — typically within a few minutes end to end.
Evaluations completed: …
Roast + realism
Cheeky on the outside, serious partner-style reasoning on the inside — with guardrails against fake tweets or private gossip.
Mini-interview
3–5 sharp follow-ups generated from what the partners flagged — then a final synthesis pass.
Shareable verdict
PASS / FAIL / MAYBE badge, screenshot-ready card, OG image for X, and optional leaderboard opt-in.
Meet the simulated partner panel
Each evaluation uses the full simulated partner panel — personas inspired by public YC partner styles, not affiliated with Y Combinator. Stylized avatars only; satire simulator.

Garry Tan
President & CEO
Agency, taste, and evals will rule everything around us.

Harj Taggar
Managing Partner
Ship fast. Real problems. Zero vaporware.

Jared Friedman
Managing Partner
Benchmarks, measurable progress, and AI-native builders.

Tom Blomfield
General Partner
Trust, perception, and AI in regulated environments.

Harshita Arora
General Partner
Global ops, cost-effective scale, and practical infrastructure.
Founders lack partner-level access—this gives you a 24/7 simulated panel.
YC partners: trained on your X posts. Like it? Email us for lifetime access to your own agents.
Live leaderboard
Top public entries by score — idea name, verdict, and link to the share card.