EXexploreyc

Validate Startup Idea

Validate a startup idea by finding similar companies in the YC portfolio

Uses semantic similarity search with OpenAI embeddings to find companies working on similar problems/solutions.

Returns market analysis including:

  • List of similar companies with similarity scores
  • Market indicator (green/yellow/crowded)
  • Industry breakdown
  • Batch timeline showing when similar companies were founded
  • Market size as percentage of total YC portfolio
post/api/validate-idea

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.exploreyc.com (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
  • URL
    https://api.exploreyc.com/api/validate-idea
  • Auth
    none declared

Request body

ideastring required
max_similarinteger nullable

Response

Successful Response

similar_companiesobject[] required
total_similarinteger required
market_indicatorstring required
market_analysisstring required
industry_breakdownobject required
batch_timelineobject[] required
market_size_percentagenumber required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.