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Initial Validation Needs Technical YC
today

Hard money lender building AI operating system for non-bank real estate lenders

The Idea
Prelia is an AI-native operating system for non-bank real estate lending firms ($10M–$500M AUM). Replaces legacy loan origination systems and adds an intelligence layer that recommends actions and flags risk, compounding in value as the customer base grows.

Who It's For
Hard money funds, bridge lenders, and private credit firms that have outgrown spreadsheets and legacy LOS tools. He co-manages an active hard money fund, so he's the customer.

What's Built
Demo live, 3 months in. Company materials built out, multiple conversations with lenders and servicers for product feedback and positioning. Operator-led discovery approach: sits on-site with each customer's team for a week before configuring their platform.

Early Traction
Pre-seed in motion. $50k personal commitment and soft commits from other interested parties. Prospects in active discovery.

Their Background
Co-President of Parallel Lending, which he built from $0 to ~$28M in committed capital across 100+ loans with a sub-1% default rate. Prior VP at Three Point Capital (film finance) and Co-Head of Media & Entertainment at The Forest Road Company. MFA in Film Producing from UCLA, BA in Economics from St. Edward's.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to lead engineering from demo to production. Multi-tenant architecture, third-party integrations, and document processing experience ideal. Vertical SaaS or fintech background a plus.

North America Fintech Domain Expertise Funded
Idea Stage Needs Technical Reddit
today

Enterprise software founder building child development AI platform

The Idea
Kidmap.ai is a privacy-first AI platform that helps parents understand their child's whole development by connecting signals across academics, activities, behavior, digital habits, and social-emotional growth into clear, actionable insights.

Who It's For
Parents who want a more data-driven, thoughtful way to support their child's growth, without replacing parental instinct but giving them earlier patterns and more context.

What's Built

Early Traction
Has existing relationships with local government and school district stakeholders for early pilot opportunities once the product is ready.

Their Background
Enterprise software and AI/business transformation background. Experience in go-to-market, building customer relationships, and sales. Willing to self-fund the MVP phase.

What They Need
A hands-on technical co-founder to lead the product vision and build the MVP. Ideal background includes full-stack, AI/LLMs, data architecture, privacy-first products, and ideally experience in edtech or child-facing products.

Remote Edtech
Initial Validation Needs Technical YC
today

Babson undergrad piloting B2B SaaS for school tutoring programs

The Idea
Tutr is a B2B SaaS platform that helps schools run and scale their tutoring programs. Centralizes tutor management, scheduling, session tracking, and engagement analytics in one dashboard, with plans for AI-assisted scheduling and a broader tutoring marketplace.

Who It's For
Schools and academic institutions looking to modernize how they manage peer tutoring and academic support programs.

What's Built
Product is built and actively iterated. In discussions with schools for pilot implementations.

Early Traction
Pilot discussions underway with schools. Friends and family funding and a small pre-seed round raised.

Their Background
Babson College undergraduate in Computational Finance. Was president of the peer tutoring program at his boarding school, where he saw the scheduling and matching problem firsthand. Real estate finance analyst at Park Broad Investments. Multilingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish), hackathon attendee, with some background building in crypto.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the engineering and build alongside him. 50/50 split.

North America Edtech Domain Expertise Funded
Idea Stage Needs Technical YC
today

DONA-certified doula trainer building Duolingo-style parenting app

The Idea
ParentCamp is a gamified micro-learning app for first-time parents. Think Duolingo for postpartum care and baby's first year. 3-5 minute lessons built on AAP guidelines and DONA standards, designed to be completed before baby arrives so parents feel confident when it matters.

Who It's For
First-time parents who want practical, engaging preparation without long workshops or expensive courses.

What's Built
Full curriculum outline, detailed interactive lesson scripts for Module 1, and a business model with season-pass pricing. Real postpartum clients lined up as first test users.

Early Traction

Their Background
DONA-certified postpartum doula trainer who became certified within one year of immigrating to the US. Also holds an AMI early childhood education orientation. Has been working directly with postpartum clients, giving her the curriculum knowledge and user access to validate the content.

What They Need
A technical co-founder with web/mobile development experience, ideally with interest in EdTech or consumer apps. Mandarin-speaking is a must; the founder is fluent in Mandarin and English and is targeting bilingual and immigrant parent communities.

North America Edtech Domain Expertise
Paying Customers Needs Sales Reddit
today

Founder at $12k MRR scaling English-speaking talent marketplace

The Idea
A staffing and outsourcing business that places top English-speaking talent from Egypt into SMBs for high-volume lead generation and customer service roles.

Who It's For
Small and medium businesses looking to reduce operational costs by hiring skilled remote talent.

What's Built
A 2-year-old running business with an established hiring pipeline and client base.

Early Traction
$12,000 MRR as of last month.

Their Background
Built and run this business solo for 2 years.

What They Need
A sales co-founder to help scale the business quickly.

Remote Marketplace Domain Expertise
MVP Built Needs Technical YC
today

Mental health platform operator building case management SaaS for rehab facilities

The Idea
ClearPath CMS is a modern case management platform for drug and alcohol services. Existing systems in community services and residential rehabs are outdated, fragmented, and not built for real clinical workflows.

Who It's For
Community drug and alcohol services and residential rehabs that are stuck on legacy tools that don't reflect how care actually gets delivered.

What's Built
Functional prototype built in the last two weeks using AI coding tools, covering core case management workflows. Looking for a technical co-founder to help productionize and scale it.

Early Traction

Their Background
First hire at Psychology Tools, where he spent 5 years helping grow revenue 15x and build a global subscription platform for mental health professionals, culminating in a PE acquisition. Currently working as a recovery worker at Yeldall Manor (a residential rehab) and studying for an MSc in Addictions at King's College London. He's building for a world he works in daily.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to take the prototype to production. Open to a 50/50 split with the right fit.

UK Healthtech Domain Expertise
Paying Customers Needs Sales Reddit
today

Self-taught developer with 3 live products

The Idea
SocialMate is a social media management SaaS with 7 platform integrations and 15+ AI tools, competing with Buffer and Hootsuite at $5/mo or free. The founder also co-runs Hearthforge, a 3D printing product company, and a portfolio of local business websites.

Who It's For
Small businesses and creators who want social media tooling at a fraction of what Buffer or Hootsuite charge.

What's Built
SocialMate is fully live: billing, subscriptions, i18n in 9 languages, 38 users, 853+ posts published. Hearthforge is live with a co-founder handling manufacturing. Local business site portfolio is active and generating revenue.

Early Traction
SocialMate traffic up 126% in 30 days (1,089 visitors, 2,268 page views) with zero ad spend.

Their Background
Self-taught developer with no degree or outside funding. Built SocialMate solo using Claude Code. Co-founded Hearthforge 50/50 with a manufacturing partner. Also runs a portfolio of local business websites.

What They Need
A CMO-type co-founder to drive organic growth across Reddit, LinkedIn, X, SEO, and creator outreach. Sweat equity only. Looking for someone who can take the platform from a few dozen users to thousands on hustle alone before paid acquisition kicks in.

Remote B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
Initial Validation Needs Technical YC
today

Sales rep at healthcare SaaS unicorn building B2B sales enablement tool

The Idea
A B2B sales enablement tool targeting a specific pain point he experiences firsthand in his day job. Details kept tight for now, but Salesforce integration is central to the product.

Who It's For
B2B SaaS sales teams. He's built the target ICP already and has a clear sense of the buyer from working inbound and outbound sales motions closely with marketing and GTM teams.

What's Built
Working demo, a PRD, and a defined ICP. Currently gathering market research and demo feedback.

Early Traction

Their Background
Top performing sales rep at Tebra, a double unicorn healthcare SaaS. Independently built a music and content business to 10M+ streams and 50k followers. BS from University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the build. Chrome extension experience and Salesforce API integration skills are a plus.

North America B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
MVP Built Needs Marketing Reddit
today

Technical founder building developer training SaaS

The Idea
ProductiveDev is a developer training and accountability platform that combines structured training, proof-of-work tracking, AI coaching, expert sessions, and community accountability in one membership.

Who It's For
Bootcamp grads, CS students, and career changers who want to become real engineers, not just people who can prompt their way to a GitHub repo.

What's Built
The product is fully live. The technical side is solid and the core membership experience is complete.

Early Traction
Early visitors and first users are coming in.

Their Background

What They Need
A marketing co-founder with real experience in growth, content distribution, and community building. Someone who knows how to build trust with a technical audience that has zero tolerance for anything that feels salesy.

Remote Edtech Domain Expertise
MVP Built Needs Technical YC
today

First-gen farmer building direct farm-to-consumer marketplace with 450 farms

The Idea
An Amazon-style marketplace connecting consumers directly with local small farms. The US loses 100k farms a year because small farms can't survive financially. Red Hen gives them a direct sales channel and a way to stay viable.

Who It's For
Small farmers who struggle to compete financially and consumers who want to buy local and support independent farms.

What's Built
Live iOS and Android app built on Flutter, professionally developed. 10 months in. Looking for in-house technical ownership to take it further: API integrations, improved product search, and ongoing improvements.

Early Traction
450+ farms and 7,600 users in 10 months, growing organically.

Their Background
First-gen farmer with an MS in Data Analytics. Has run multiple businesses for 10+ years. CEO of Red Hen App since 2024.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the Flutter codebase and drive product improvements.

North America AgTech Domain Expertise
Initial Validation Needs Technical Reddit
today

Operations founder building B2B drone marketplace

The Idea
DroneHire is a B2B marketplace connecting commercial drone pilots with enterprise clients who need aerial data for construction, agricultural mapping, real estate, and infrastructure inspection. It streamlines pilot sourcing, airspace compliance, scheduling, and large dataset transfer.

Who It's For
Enterprise clients who need reliable licensed drone operators, and commercial drone pilots who want a better way to find and manage work.

What's Built
High-fidelity wireframes and a mapped-out user journey. No product built yet.

Early Traction
Spoke with dozens of commercial drone pilots and enterprise customers. Pain point is verified: they are actively losing time and money on scheduling and unreliable pilots.

Their Background
Non-technical founder with a background in operations and sales. Has spent the last few months on market validation, ICP mapping, and building out compliance and regulatory frameworks.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the full architecture and roadmap: full-stack marketplace development, data architecture for heavy file handling and photogrammetry/LiDAR pipelines, and early-stage velocity. Equity split with standard vesting.

Remote Marketplace
MVP Built Needs Sales Reddit
today

Mumbai founder with influencer marketing platform MVP

The Idea
An influencer marketing and data platform connecting brands with influencers.

Who It's For

What's Built
MVP is ready.

Early Traction

Their Background

What They Need
A marketing co-founder to own GTM.

South Asia Marketplace
MVP Built Needs Marketing Reddit
today

UK automotive social marketplace

The Idea
Hart Vehicle Auctions is the UK's first social marketplace for cars, combining vehicle sales with an automotive community where members can share builds, arrange meets, and connect with fellow enthusiasts.

Who It's For
Car enthusiasts in the UK who want more than a classifieds listing: a community around buying, selling, and sharing their builds.

What's Built
The platform is live and operational.

Early Traction
125 members and growing.

Their Background

What They Need
A co-founder or strategic partner with experience in marketing, social media, community growth, or the automotive industry to help scale the platform.

UK Automotive Domain Expertise
MVP Built Needs Sales Reddit
today

Bangalore technical founder with live AI local-SEO SaaS

The Idea
Klinically is an AI-powered local SEO platform that automates the four things that decide whether a local business shows up on Google: website SEO audits, AI-search visibility checks, directory consistency monitoring across 7 platforms, and Google Maps rank tracking across a 49-point grid. It then drafts posts and review replies to fix the gaps, requiring about 5 minutes a week from the owner.

Who It's For
Local businesses like restaurants, mortgage brokers, salons, and law firms who want to show up in local search without doing it manually. Also a fit for agencies managing local SEO at scale.

What's Built
Fully live at klinically.net. Built and launched solo by the technical founder.

Early Traction

Their Background
Solo technical founder who built and launched Klinically end-to-end.

What They Need
A marketing and sales co-founder to own go-to-market, find channels that work, do hands-on outreach to local businesses and agencies, and convert free trials to paying customers. Preference for someone in Bangalore to work in person, at least initially. Genuine equity split.

South Asia B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
Paying Customers Needs Technical Reddit
today

Founder of luxury travel advisor platform with paying customers

The Idea
GEOVEA is a map-first platform for luxury travel advisors to build, price, present, and deliver trips to high-net-worth clients: polished web proposals, interactive multi-destination maps, cost and commission tracking, and luxury hotel and experience libraries. Not a trip planner for consumers; operational software for travel professionals.

Who It's For
Luxury travel advisors who need a professional-grade platform to run their business, not just generate itineraries.

What's Built
Fully live platform serving both B2C travelers and B2B travel advisor partners. Stack is React 18, TypeScript, Node.js, MS SQL Server, AWS, and Stripe. Uses both OpenAI and Anthropic under the hood.

Early Traction
Paying B2C customers and 120,000+ itineraries generated. B2B advisor seat model is the next phase and the platform is already built for it.

Their Background
Self-funded founder running go-to-market, partnerships, and operations at GEOVEA.

What They Need
A senior technical co-founder to own the product and architecture end-to-end. Offering 20% equity with a four-year vest and one-year cliff. Compensation begins when revenue or a funding round can support it. Bonus if you have experience shipping consumer travel or leisure products.

North America B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
MVP Built Needs Marketing Reddit
today

India-based fitness coaching platform

The Idea
Fitnession is a health and fitness platform offering customized workout plans, diet plans, and online coaching, with a long-term vision to build a broader fitness ecosystem.

Who It's For
People in India looking for personalized fitness coaching and transformation programs online.

What's Built
Website is live, coaching plans are ready, and customer testimonials are in hand.

Early Traction
Customer testimonials available but no user or revenue numbers shared.

Their Background

What They Need
A marketing co-founder to own content strategy, social media growth on Instagram and YouTube, community building, organic marketing, and sales funnel optimization. The founder will handle operations, product, and coaching.

South Asia Healthtech Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Technical Reddit
today

B2B digital strategist building remote team productivity SaaS

The Idea
A B2B SaaS product to solve notification and communication overload in remote teams.

Who It's For
Remote teams dealing with too many channels, notifications, and async communication noise.

What's Built

Early Traction

Their Background
Digital strategist focused on the B2B/SaaS market.

What They Need
A lead developer to build the MVP. Offering 50% equity. The non-technical co-founder will own market validation, product structure, and outbound sales.

Europe B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Technical YC
today

Textile industry insider building B2B fabric marketplace for Latin America

The Idea
Beliso is a B2B marketplace connecting fabric suppliers with designers, manufacturers, and brands. Starting in Mexico, where the entire industry still runs on WhatsApp and trade shows, with plans to expand into Colombia, Argentina, Peru, and Spain.

Who It's For
Fabric suppliers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and brands across Latin America looking to move sourcing and sales online.

What's Built
Concept stage. Has an existing network of suppliers and buyers ready to onboard, built through 4 years of direct relationships in the Mexican textile industry.

Early Traction

Their Background
Four years in fabric distribution at Milan Textil, progressing from sales associate to store leader. Founded Beliso in 2025. Law degree from Universidad de América y España.

What They Need
A technical co-founder with marketplace or B2B platform experience.

LatAm Marketplace Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Marketing next play
today

Design engineer at YC startup exploring AI agent products

The Idea
Exploring new AI agent products. Early ideas include a life coach agent and a designer agent.

Who It's For

What's Built

Early Traction

Their Background
Design engineer and employee #1 at a YC company that's now reached $180M+ in payments volume.

What They Need
A co-founder to jam on early-stage AI product ideas, particularly on the product and growth side.

Remote AI / ML Domain Expertise
Initial Validation Needs Technical YC
today

Product manager with 4x revenue track record building pet bonding app

The Idea
PetCool is a mobile app that turns pet ownership into a shared experience. Mini-games to play with your pet, daily bonding challenges, and a way to save memories. Think Duolingo meets pet care. Free to start, with a premium tier that also donates to animal shelters.

Who It's For
The 70M+ US pet households who feel guilty they're not doing enough with their animals.

What's Built
One year in. MVP was targeting a May launch, iOS-first. Pre-launch at time of posting.

Early Traction

Their Background
Product manager with a track record across multiple startups. Drove 4x revenue growth at Go México and launched a new product to $1M in Q1-Q2, grew Yana's user base 80% per quarter as a PM consultant, and delivered a 20% retention increase and 30% engagement lift at Hichee.com. Marketing degree from ITESO, Reforge member.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to build and own the product.

LatAm Consumer