{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"YC Founder Stories","title":"Gonzalo Espinoza Graham (Double, YC W23) - Building robots, seeing the future, and leveraging AI","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2572,"description":"Today’s guest is Gonzalo Espinoza Graham from Double (YC W23), a tool that makes it easy for sales teams to answer very specific questions about their prospects, the kind that ZoomInfo can't answer.Gonzalo’s previous companies include Ninja Delivery (acq. 2022) and Watfly. He is currently the co-founder of Double.Double makes it easy for sales teams to answer very specific questions about their prospects, the kind that ZoomInfo can't answer.\r\n\r\nWe do this by searching the web and using LLMs to compile verifiable answers with citations.\r\n\r\nWe can answer questions like:\r\n- Is this a remote-first company?\r\n- Do they offer customer support via Slack?\r\n- Is their primary product an API?\r\n- Is this a law firm that specializes in personal injury?\r\n- And anything else you can think ofListen on to learn more about Gonzalo Espinoza Graham’s YC application and journey!Prefer to curl up and read the transcript? Read our newsletter at https://ycfounderstories.substack.com/Episode Timestamps:1:13: What is your startup idea?2:23: How did you come up with the idea?4:41: When did you get into YC?5:18: What are the key elements to focus on when applying to YC?6:05: Share your YC interview experience in 1-2 sentences.6:51: Did you pivot your idea during or after YC?7:45: How did YC help you go from 0 to 1 to N?8:56: Share a “do things that don’t scale” story in your startup journey.9:45: How did you get your first 1000 users?11:16: Share 3 tips for founders who are trying to get into YC.13:13: How was Demo Day?14:08: How did you go from a non-linear career in robotics, delivery, etc. to Double?18:23: What insights do you want to give founders on timing the market and understanding market cap?20:13: You said you've been rejected three times by YC, and this is the fourth time you got in. Talk to me about the whole experience. 26:19: What is the status of Watfly and Ninja Delivery now?27:15: What was the process of building the prototype for Watfly and did you look into selling it...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JtZEqaRz496UUDMFh0OgyXTBDaT-f0_EkVd53Y0pn1Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0MTA1LzE2OTIx/NDYxMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}