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Expected Parrot

Active · Simulate your customers with AI agents

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Why it ranks

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8signal of 100 · rising 7
  • team of 5Team size · YC's directory+4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIMeaningful CXShared: conduct interview, survey, interfaceAntler 2024GermanyStartup →Developer toolsInactiveOpenbaseShared: source library, openYC S20San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsInactiveSixtyShared: web appYC S17San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsAcquiredPreflightShared: code webYC W19ChicagoStartup →
Companies closest to Expected Parrot
Company
Meaningful CXShared: conduct interview, survey, interfaceAntler 2024Not statedAI
OpenbaseShared: source library, openYC S20InactiveDevtools
SixtyShared: web appYC S17InactiveDevtools
PreflightShared: code webYC W19AcquiredDevtools

Adjacent

DataPolytomicShared: code web, web appYC W20San FranciscoStartup →OtherArkaShared: design custom, interface500 Global GA 16United StatesStartup →Developer toolsCodeYamShared: simulateSPC 2021DenverStartup →OtherMachinationsShared: simulate, designSeedcamp 2019Startup →OtherPrimitiveShared: web appBetaworks AI Camp: InterfacesStartup →
Companies next to Expected Parrot
Company
PolytomicShared: code web, web appYC W20ActiveData
ArkaShared: design custom, interface500 Global GA 16Not statedOther
CodeYamShared: simulateSPC 2021Not statedDevtools
MachinationsShared: simulate, designSeedcamp 2019Not statedOther
PrimitiveShared: web appBetaworks AI Camp: InterfacesNot statedOther

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Founders

  • Robin HortonFounder/CEO
  • John HortonFounder/CTO

About Expected Parrot

Expected Parrot helps companies simulate their customers with AI agents to explore pricing, product, marketing, communications and other scenarios at scale. Our open-source library and no-code web app let you design custom agent personas and conduct interviews and surveys with them using LLMs of your choice to generate results and reports. Everything is cached and reproducible, and you can send the same surveys to human respondents to validate results in the same interface.

YC batch
F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Developer tools
Team size
5
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Founded
2024
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Generative AI, SaaS, Open Source

Expected Parrot in F25: 146 companies, 88% AI

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Expected Parrot: questions

Which YC batch was Expected Parrot in?

Expected Parrot was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).

Is Expected Parrot still active?

Y Combinator lists Expected Parrot as active.

Who founded Expected Parrot?

Expected Parrot's founders, as listed on its YC page: Robin Horton (Founder/CEO), John Horton (Founder/CTO).

Where is Expected Parrot based?

Expected Parrot lists Boston, MA, USA as its location on YC's directory.