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Char

YC Summer 2025 Active

The AI notepad that knows and works for you

https://char.com ↗
Thesis fit
Good fit

Within your typical scope; diligence still required.

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Idea match Moderate

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

Sector ai

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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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 char then re-ingest. Open on YC ↗

Activity & evidence

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