Velvet
YC Fall 2025 ActiveThe multimodal data lab.
https://velvetlab.ai ↗Thesis fit
Off-thesis
Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.
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 → stable
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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 velvet
then re-ingest.
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Activity & evidence
Similar baseline plays (YC · idea space)
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founders not scraped yet