Startupsby GlyphWhy it ranks
How the rank works- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5
A sum of public facts, not a judgement and not investment advice.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI, Data | Active | YCS25 | |
| AI | Inactive | YCS21 | |
| AI, Data | Active | YCW25 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Active | YCS25 | |
| AI | Not stated | 500 Global2023 | |
| ParabolShared: survey, notAlchemist Class 16Not statedOther | Other | Not stated | AlchemistClass 16 |
| AI | Not stated | EF2019 | |
| Other | Active | YCS21 |
Also from S25 in AI
All of S25Founders
- Saif ElhagerFounder/CEO
- Ahmed ElShireefFounder/CTO
About Sapien
Surveys ask people what they think they’ll do. Focus groups ask a handful of people to explain behavior they often don’t understand themselves. Sapien simulates entire populations instead. We create AI agents that model how real audiences behave, letting companies, governments, and investors test decisions in minutes: what product to launch, what price to set, what campaign to run, what policy will work, or how a market will move. The output is not another dashboard. It’s a prediction of what will happen, which segments will drive it, and what decision is most likely to win.
- YC batch
- S25 · Summer 2025
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 2
- Location
- Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: AI
Changes seen
Sapien: questions
Which YC batch was Sapien in?
Sapien was in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch (S25).
Is Sapien still active?
Y Combinator lists Sapien as active.
Who founded Sapien?
Sapien's founders, as listed on its YC page: Saif Elhager (Founder/CEO), Ahmed ElShireef (Founder/CTO).
Where is Sapien based?
Sapien lists Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt as its location on YC's directory.