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Idea Stage Needs Technical YC
today

NYC publicist building story-first press intelligence platform

The Idea
PressLens is a story-first press intelligence platform for small businesses. Most PR tools make you search for a reporter and figure out the pitch yourself. PressLens flips it: a founder inputs their business URL, the platform finds their story, identifies journalists already covering companies like theirs, and tells them exactly what angle to use to get covered.

Who It's For
Small businesses that want press coverage but can't afford a full-service publicist or don't know how to navigate media outreach on their own.

What's Built
Initial site developed, waitlist live. Five weeks in.

Early Traction
Waitlist live.

Their Background
10 years as a publicist and agency owner. Worked at Endeavor (WME) before founding Possible PR in 2024. PR Net Next Gen Award recipient, recognized as one of the next generation of PR leaders.

What They Need
A product engineer to own the technical infrastructure and build alongside her. Preference for someone NYC-based. Looking for someone who ships fast and thinks about user experience as much as the code.

North America B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Technical YC
today

Founder building AI-mentored anime art education app

The Idea
A mobile app that uses AI to teach users how to draw in anime and stylized styles, starting with their own selfie. Instead of generating art for you, it acts as a step-by-step coach: breaking down a photo into foundational anatomy guides (circles and lines) and walking users through recreating it themselves in a gamified curriculum.

Who It's For
People who want to learn to draw, particularly those drawn to anime and digital art culture. Targets the gap between "AI does it for you" and actually developing a creative skill.

What's Built
No-code prototype built in Base44 covering the core user journey: gamified mastery levels, a touch-responsive drawing studio, and the selfie-to-skeleton learning flow. About 70% functional as a demo.

Early Traction

Their Background
Hospitality management background. Self-taught in no-code and rapid prototyping. No prior tech or art industry experience.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to take the prototype from no-code to a real mobile app.

Africa Edtech
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
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 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

Traffic management foreman building workforce management platform

The Idea
ShiftTick is a workforce management platform for traffic management agencies. Job allocation, crew communication, site photos, compliance, and job data in one structured workflow. Most of the industry still runs on WhatsApp, phone calls, and disconnected systems.

Who It's For
Traffic management agencies that manage crews and jobs across multiple sites and need a better way to coordinate day-to-day operations.

What's Built
Interactive prototype covering core job creation, assignment, and management workflows. Speaking with agencies to validate the problem and gather feedback ahead of building the MVP.

Early Traction

Their Background
Traffic management foreman since 2021, managing crews and jobs on-site. Prior 10+ years in music, performing at Wireless festival and touring with artists including Mostack.

What They Need
A technical co-founder based in the UK to build the MVP and own the technical direction. Offering 40–50% equity with vesting and a cliff.

UK B2B SaaS Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Technical Reddit
today

Finance and trading duo exploring prediction market opportunities

The Idea
Two finance and trading professionals who have identified inefficiencies in prediction markets and want to test and build around them: bots, data pipelines, automation, backtesting systems.

Who It's For

What's Built

Early Traction

Their Background
Finance and trading background. Have spent significant time analyzing prediction markets and identifying specific inefficiencies they want to build around.

What They Need
A technical co-founder comfortable with Python, APIs, WebSockets, data collection, and automation. Experience with trading systems, data pipelines, or market-making tools is a strong plus. They will cover infrastructure and data costs and bring the market and trading expertise.

Remote Fintech Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Technical YC
today

Filmmaker with production experience across 3 countries building casting collaboration platform

The Idea
Casthub is a casting collaboration platform that centralizes submissions, reviews, and team decision-making for film and production teams. Casting today is fragmented across emails, spreadsheets, and multiple platforms, making it hard to track and collaborate. Casthub brings everything into one place.

Who It's For
Film production teams, casting directors, and actors who lose submissions, miss decisions, and waste time navigating disconnected tools.

What's Built
No product yet. Two years of problem validation through conversations with casting directors, actors, and production teams, who consistently flagged fragmented workflows and lost submissions as their biggest pain points.

Early Traction

Their Background
Founder of Blu Pebble Studio, a photography and production business he's built across Nigeria, the UK, and the US, restarting from zero in each market. Junior Video Producer at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Degree in Film & Television Production from the University of Wolverhampton.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to build and scale the product, with a strong eye for product and user experience. Equal or near-equal split with the right person.

North America Media Domain Expertise
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
Idea Stage Needs Technical next play
1w ago

Anonymous AI evals platform lead at public tech company exploring AI agent idea

The Idea
An idea in the AI agent world. Specific details not shared publicly.

Who It's For

What's Built

Early Traction

Their Background
Product lead running the AI evals platform at a public tech company.

What They Need
A co-founder to build with on an idea in the AI agent space.

Remote AI / ML Domain Expertise