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Why did Happy Robot decide to pivot after graduating from Y Combinator? | Pablo Palafox from Happy Robot

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Why did Happy Robot decide to pivot after graduating from Y Combinator?

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Co-founder & CEO at Happy Robot

Niche: AI

Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Started: 2023

We went through Y Combinator in the summer of 2023 and realized we needed to change our direction. We pivoted and started the current business in early 2024. Our first sale occurred in April of 2024, followed by rapid funding rounds that turned the company into a unicorn.

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