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Y Combinator pitch deck template

15 minutes 16 slides, 3 livestudio Runs with Presentations Studio

A YC-style deck: simple, legible slides that lead with traction and insight, sized for demo day, with a rehearsal check on whether people get it.

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[Company]

[What you do, in plain words anyone would understand]

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In short

A YC pitch deck follows the advice Y Combinator partners give founders: simple, legible slides that say what you do in plain words and lead with traction and insight. This template has 12 pitch slides for demo day or seed meetings, plus three rehearsal slides that test whether people can repeat what you do.
Time
15 minutes
Slides
16, incl. 3 for rehearsal
For
Demo day and seed meetings
Plan
Presentations Studio

Updated October 4, 2026

What's inside

  1. 1[Company]
  2. 2Make something people want.
  3. 3Problem: [who has it, how often, and how bad it is].
  4. 4How it works
  5. 5Traction: weekly active users
  6. 618% a week Weekly growth over the last [8] weeks
  7. 7Our insight: [what you understand about this problem that others don't].
  8. 8Business model
  9. 9Market, bottom-up
  10. 10Competition
  11. 11Team
  12. 12$1.5M [Raising $X to reach Y by Z]
  13. 13Rehearsal: in one sentence, what does our company do? live
  14. 14Rehearsal: which slides would you cut? Most cuttable first.How it works · Insight · Business model · Market · Competition · Team live
  15. 15Rehearsal: how much would you want to talk to us after demo day? live
  16. 16[Company]

How to run it

  1. 1Keep every slide simple enough to read from the back of the room: one point, big text, few words.
  2. 2Replace every sample number with your numbers. If traction is your strongest point, keep it near the front.
  3. 3Rehearse with friends or fellow founders. The open question tests the most important thing: can they repeat what you do in one sentence?
  4. 4Delete the three rehearsal slides before demo day or before sending the deck.

Questions people ask

What does a YC pitch deck look like?
Simple slides with big text and one point each: what you do, the problem, the solution, traction, your insight, business model, market, competition, team and the ask.
How many slides should a YC-style pitch deck have?
About 10 to 12. Demo day pitches are short, so every slide has to earn its place.
Is this an official Y Combinator template?
No. It follows advice YC partners have published about pitching, with our own design. Agendiq isn't affiliated with Y Combinator.

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