"Cultivating linguistic forests from YC startup pitches using bio-inspired grammar trees to map pitch patterns."
Hi there! I'm Aman, and welcome to YC-Dendrolinguistics, my personal attempt to understand the fascinating world of startup pitches. This project started with a simple question that kept bugging me: "What makes a startup pitch tick?" As I dove into the vast ocean of Y Combinator (YC) startup descriptions, I found myself drawing parallels between the structure of language and the branching patterns of trees. And so, my little linguistic forest began to grow.
I'm not claiming to have all the answers, but I'm excited to explore. My approach borrows ideas from linguistics, data science, and even a bit of biology (Interested? Check out my personal AI-x-Privacy-x-Bio blogs, also check out my personally-picked list of models.). I'm looking at YC startup pitches, trying to map out how they're structured, and seeing if I can spot any patterns.
Here's what I'm up to:
It's a bit like being a language detective, only with more graphs and probably a few too many tree puns.
Built a similarity search tool that lets you explore how different startups describe themselves. It's not just standard regex like search, but instead semantic search, where I download a local model on to your browser and you do the computing! (Yes, On-Prem)
I've created some colorful dots that represent different aspects of startup pitches. It's my way seeing patterns that might be hiding in plain sight.
Remember those sentence diagrams from school? I'm doing something similar with startup pitches, creating trees that show how different parts of a pitch tend to branch out. It's part art, part science, and entirely experimental.
Honestly? I'm curious. I believe there's something to learn from how successful startups talk about themselves. My hope is that this project might:
But mostly, I'm doing this because I find it fascinating, and I hope you might too.
I'm still figuring that out! This project is very much a work in progress. I'm learning as I go, and I'm excited to see where this linguistic journey takes me. Got ideas? I'd love to hear them. Let me know!
Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet. I hope you find something interesting here, even if it's just a new way of looking at the language of innovation.