Ankit Gupta on LinkedIn · Aug 2025
YC partner Ankit Gupta praised the launch and said the team had exciting traction during the batch.
Synthetic Users to Simulate Real Users
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Synthetic Society is a YC Summer 2025, founder-led startup building AI-driven synthetic users that simulate real user behavior to test software and UX flows before release. Public location listings conflict between New York City and San Francisco; YC materials place the company in New York City. The company appears lean, invite-only, and pre-seed/YC-backed, with no public pricing.
Primary product
AI-driven synthetic users that simulate real users to find bugs, UX flaws, and broken flows before launch.
Founded
2025
Headquarters
New York City, NY, USA
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Developer Tools / Automated QA and UX testing
Offices
2 jobs at Synthetic Society
Business model
Stage
Pre-seed / YC-backed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Oct 2025 · Y Combinator
Investors
Lean, founder-led, technical YC startup run by competitive programmers; public materials emphasize speed, technical depth, and rapid iteration.
Benefits
Pricing
No public pricing; invite-only / request-access sales motion.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$220K annual revenue (third-party estimate)
Ankit Gupta on LinkedIn · Aug 2025
YC partner Ankit Gupta praised the launch and said the team had exciting traction during the batch.
Y Combinator on LinkedIn · Aug 2025
YC announced Synthetic Society’s launch and described its synthetic users as a way to catch bugs, bad UX, and edge cases before users see them.
Startup Intros · Aug 2025
Launch listing describing Synthetic Society as a San Francisco-based startup and linking to the product website.
Y Combinator Launches · Aug 2025
Official YC launch page describing the product, founders, and the company’s mission to help teams test like real users.
Y Combinator · Jan 2025
YC company profile with founder names, location, batch, and public contact email.