← back

Smobi

YC Summer 2023 Active

Send texts your customers actually want over RCS

https://smobi.com/ ↗
Thesis fit
Off-thesis

Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.

Edit thesis
Below your usual filter (40+)
Idea match Light

How close the company’s idea is to your thesis statement

Sector None

Overlap with sectors you care about

Geography Unknown

Location unknown — scores 0

Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”

Founder → stable Traction → stable Idea vs market ↑ improving
Generate memo
▸ Add / edit details

Correct facts used on the next screening or memo.

People

No founders linked yet.

YC company pages list founders in page JSON, but we only scrape a capped slice of the directory. Pull this slug with .venv/bin/python run_sourcing.py --sources yc_founders --slugs smobi then re-ingest. Open on YC ↗

Activity & evidence

Y Combinator Y Combinator · in batch signal ▸

Similar baseline plays (YC · idea space)

Sendo · Inactive
The best SMS/RCS API for startups
founders not scraped yet
SendHub · Acquired
Simple Business SMS. SMBs to Large Enterprise.
founders not scraped yet
TalkBin · Acquired
Consumer to business messaging.
Qasar Younis Sunny Dhillon Michael Ma
Pinnacle · Active
API & SDK for RCS (the next-generation of texting)
founders not scraped yet
Postscript · Active
The SMS revenue platform for e-commerce merchants
founders not scraped yet