Partcl
YC Spring 2025 ActiveDesign a chip in minutes
https://partcl.com/ ↗Thesis fit
Off-thesis
Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.
Below your usual filter (40+)
Idea match
Moderate
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 ↓ declining
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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 partcl
then re-ingest.
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Activity & evidence
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