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Founder AMA - Ask us anything!

Date: Mar 31, 2025

Our cofounders @marlon and @neil are here to answer your questions! Join the conversation and ask about anything you’re curious about — the Copilot origin story, what’s next on the roadmap, what kinds of AI features to expect, and more.

Questions & Answers

1. Hi Copilot team! How did you come up with the initial idea for Copilot?
   @felicia
   Thanks for doing this AMA! So curious! How did you decide what customers to serve first?

2. Hey guys, what did you think about going through Y Combinator? Was it worth it?
   @felicia

   @neil and I worked together on two startups before Copilot. Through those journeys we became the clients of several creative and professional service firms, and those experiences led to the seed idea of what would eventually become Copilot. We worked with recruiters to help us build a team.

3. Thanks! Great to hear the platform made it to your favorites, it’s a core part of how we think about extensibility and customization.
   We recently rolled out major updates, including new billing-related endpoints, and there’s more on the way:

   • Tasks API: We’re expanding our API surface with endpoints.

4. YC was one of the best decisions we made. Copilot wouldn’t exist without YC.
   The community of founders is incredible. There’s a private forum for founders, local events, and alumni groups. Being a founder is pretty lonely, so being able to have a network of founders at the same stage is invaluable.

5. From the beginning we wanted to serve a wide range of creative and professional service businesses in the long term but we did want to start narrow.
   Before we developed the product, I remember spinning up ~10 landing pages on Webflow with each focused on a different industry. These pages were bare and...