Didn’t get into YC W26 this round, so I used that momentum to launch Y Analyzer. AI research tools for founders: idea analyzer, YC app help, competitor insights, signals, and soon autonomous agents. Would love your thoughts as I build. https://t.co/n5xRs5hTXu

Looks like Santa showed up to the founder Christmas party!

Day 7 of building https://t.co/X9kxPqikXr Just shipped Industry Analytics for YC companies. Breakdowns by industry, fastest growing and declining, exit rates, risk profiles, and survival over time across 5,500+ YC companies. Don't just chase what's trending, look for long

End-of-year reflections always take me back to starting over. When I left my PhD, I knew I never wanted to work in chemistry again. That meant starting from zero. No money. No network. No clear skill set outside six years of one field. Just a willingness to work obsessively hard

It took me a whole day to figure out how to integrate stripe payments with https://t.co/X9kxPqhN7T but I did it. I am extremely proud of this. 😆

Week 1 of building Y Analyzer. Launched 7 days ago after building it to solve my own YC research and context problems. Week 1 stats: 0 -> 138 visitors 0 -> 21 users 0 -> 24 X followers Excited to keep building autonomous research agents. Try it here -> https://t.co/n5xRs5hTXu

Day 6 of building Y Analyzer. Shipped the Analytics Hub with deep YC insights: industry breakdowns, batch analytics, tags and themes, geography, company status, and Hacker News trend clustering via autonomous agents. Test it out-> https://t.co/X9kxPqikXr

Getting in the holiday spirit. Should I do pitch night in my Krampus sweater?

The cold start is a tough problem. But I'm still gonna show up every day and build as hard as I can! Determination and consistency is a proven formula for success!

Woke up to see a few new users on Y Analyzer. Slow but steady start! Very exciting though. I love the thrill of that 0 -> 1 phase. If you haven't yet check it out and let me know what you think!

Day 5 of building Y Analyzer. Just shipped the Founder Database + CRM: • 10,648 YC founders • Filter by batch and industry • Add founders to a CRM to track outreach, notes, and referrals Built to make founder research and outreach more structured. Check it out here ->

Pretty proud of myself. I managed to build an MVP of Y Analyzer. Shipped it and got users in under 2 weeks. Using it to work on my next YC application! If you haven't checked it our go to https://t.co/X9kxPqhN7T And let me know what you think!

Monday morning. It's time to crush the week! Let me know what you're building today!

Day 4 of building https://t.co/X9kxPqikXr 🚀 Added Company Explorer that pulls YC directory data and updates as new companies are added. Browse 5,575 YC companies, filter by batch or industry, and view founder profiles and links. Try it out and let me know what you think!

Panera is legit one of my favorite places to chill and eat.

I started on X about a week ago. Went from 0 -> 17 followers Launched https://t.co/deON5OKTCb 0 -> 16 users Helping people research their ideas and strengthen their YC applications! How did I do for week 1?

Great signal for Y Analyzer 🚀 Launched 4 days ago and have 72 visitors and 16 signups! Started as a tool to automate YC research. Now it runs agents to research competitors, funding, markets, and social signals tied to my ideas Would love feedback. https://t.co/n5xRs5hTXu

We all gotta start from somewhere. And this is me just getting started. Building from zero with no network or followers. But doing what I love! If you’re starting from zero keep at it, don’t give up!

Day 3 of Y Analyzer updates 🚀 I was constantly refreshing the YC site to see when new companies got added and what industries they were in. So I built Batch Watch to automate that. Check it out and let me know what you think! https://t.co/X9kxPqikXr