Philip

YC ( YC S26) | 2x YC founder

[Boris Jabes @borisjabes]

This guy did something similar to jev a year ago but didn’t tell the world. This is why we tell founders at YC to *launch* (early and often).

Time to launch F26!

[Michelle Marcelline @michwirantono]

Indonesians x @ycombinator S26 demo day 🇮🇩

A year ago today, @promptingco was in the same place. Every batch gets more and more hardcore, especially with all the deep-tech companies.

So proud of all the S26 founders for making it. Congrats!

@philip_moniaga @arbital_xyz @pangestu_karon @0xstevezilla @0xvincent_eth

[Joanathan McIntosh @joanathanlmc]

YC Demo Day is in less than 1 week, which means 15 investor calls per day and zero time for sales.

While I'm locked in, my CTO took customer calls and closed 3 customers in 2 days.

Looks like I have some competition.

[Joanathan McIntosh @joanathanlmc]

We did $100k in revenue after realizing that our customers hate software.

Our first product was an AI accounting tool for CFOs. I did 35 sales calls and got $0.

So we switched to being a service.

The pitch became: "We're an outsourced accounting firm that's faster/cheaper with AI"

Then our calls started to convert.

As founders, we naturally obsess over features and tech because that’s what we do.

But REAL customers don't care. They only want their problem solved (bonus points if they don't have to use the tool) in a fast, simple way.

Just sell the outcome.

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@hannah_chuu @OneTriangleAI @deepseek_ai @MIT @GoogleDeepMind @ycombinator @medha_rv Congrats!

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@itsTimWijaya 🫡

[Joanathan McIntosh @joanathanlmc]

Introducing Billow (YC S26)

We're killing Deloitte.

Accounting is a $700B industry, but 80% of companies still do it by hand.

Billow is an AI-native accounting firm that replaces humans with agents.

We connect to your existing tools (NetSuite, QuickBooks, and 80+ other systems) and provide faster, cheaper accounting services.

There is ZERO software for customers to use. Just integrate, and Billow closes your books.

We're live with enterprise and public companies representing over $1B in value.

[Joanathan McIntosh @joanathanlmc]

Introducing Billow (YC S26)

We're killing Deloitte.

Accounting is a $700B industry, but 80% of companies still do it by hand.

Billow is an AI-native accounting firm that replaces humans with agents.

We connect to your existing tools (NetSuite, QuickBooks, and 80+ other systems) and provide faster, cheaper accounting services.

There is ZERO software for customers to use. Just integrate, and Billow closes your books.

We're live with enterprise and public companies representing over $1B in value.

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

AGI Pilled iykyk

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

My biggest takeaway from @paulg :

Formidable founders don’t wait for the perfect market. They find a promising one, make users really happy, and grow 10% week over week.

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@ellen_in_sf Potrero hill too

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

Next move should be tokenize the fund in perps like @Lighter_xyz or @HyperliquidX and combine it prediction market like @Polymarket

It will create more liquidity and open many access

[Shiv Verma @ShivVerma]

Early-stage investing has historically been difficult for everyday investors to access and even harder to understand.

This roundtable with leaders from Robinhood Ventures and Y Combinator offers a closer look at how Y Combinator works and how Robinhood Ventures Fund II is building a more accessible model. https://t.co/oh5Rdm2GHZ

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@ShreenabhA Huge 🔥

[jpark @jparkjmc]

San Francisco

[Founder League @founderleague]

Turned the phone over and didn't look back. Cheers to yesterday's sleep leaders!

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

Claudes plan

[Saai Arora @SaaiArora]

Drake concerts in sf go crazy

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@sattyyouneed Plumber

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

You don’t become a great company by getting into YC, you get into YC by being on your way to becoming one

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@iamlulu_zh @UseCorgi 888 next

[Philip @philipmoniaga]

@beratcelik0 Cool stuff