For YC S26 Founders: Free Idea Score + 50% Off Validation Reports.
A pre-batch validation pass for the founders who'd rather arrive at Day 1 with sharper priors than a polished pitch deck for the wrong company. Built for the 30-day window between acceptance and your first office hours.
The window between your YC acceptance email and Day 1 is the highest-leverage validation moment in the entire YC arc, and most accepted founders waste it on logo design and pitch-deck rehearsals. The thesis you walk in with on Day 1 is the thesis your batch partner pressure-tests for the next three months — so the cost of arriving with a fuzzy one is paid in weeks of misallocated batch time.
This offer is built for founders who'd rather spend the pre-batch weeks sharpening decision depth on the original idea, two adjacent variations, and the most plausible pivots — before group office hours forces a public commitment.
For the longer reasoning, see the DimeADozen.AI write-up: What YC Founders Should Validate Before Day One.
What's included
Free Idea Score.
The existing 4-dimension AI score on /idea-score — an instant read on the four key dimensions of an idea. No signup required for the score itself.
50% off the validation bundle.
The standard $139 bundle for $69 effective. Three full validation reports for one idea plus variations and pivots. Each report covers market sizing, competitor landscape, risk flags, a go/no-go read, and pivot suggestions. The 50% rate is bounded to a 30-day window from the S26 cohort announcement.
No catch.
No recurring billing. No upgrade path that auto-charges. No marketing spam after the offer expires. One transaction, three reports, done.
This is for you if
You've been accepted to YC S26, you're in the window between acceptance and Day 1, and you want a structured desk-research starting point for the pre-batch validation pass — applied to your original thesis and the variations you're still weighing.
This isn't for you if
You need a formatted business plan for a lender or an SBA application. That's a different job, and the right tool is a template tool built for that deliverable. A validation report won't substitute, and we'd rather you know that now than buy the wrong tool.
Verification
Verification is light but real. You enter the email on your YC application, paste a confirmation link from your YC acceptance email (or a reasonable equivalent), and our team manually reviews within 24 hours. On approval, the offer code goes out by email. We don't store the YC acceptance artifacts — they're used for the verification check and deleted immediately after.
FAQ
- I'm accepted but my batch programming starts later. Can I still claim?
- The 30-day window runs from the S26 cohort announcement. If your batch starts after the window closes, email support@dimeadozen.ai with your YC acceptance proof and we'll extend it.
- What if I haven't decided which idea to validate yet?
- That's a feature, not a bug. The bundle gives you three reports — use them on the original thesis plus two adjacent variations. If the original validates, the variations help shape the wedge; if it doesn't, they help find the pivot.
- Does this replace talking to customers?
- No. The validation report is the desk-research half — market sizing, competitor landscape, risk patterns. Customer interviews are the other half (see The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick, the standard reference). Use both; they don't substitute for each other.
- I'm not S26 but want the discount.
- This offer is bounded to verified S26 founders inside the 30-day window. Other accelerator-cohort offers may follow based on demand — email us to be notified.
If you're S26 and the pre-batch window is open, use it. The free Idea Score is one click; the $69 bundle is a 30-day call. Either way, you arrive at Day 1 with sharper priors than you walked in with.
Questions? Email support@dimeadozen.ai.
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