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Instinct launch: what they're building and where to launch next

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What they're building

Trade your instinct

Batch
Y Combinator Winter 2026
Industry
Fintech
Team size
5
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

instinct.xyz ↗

See their funding details ↗

Instinct on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: We believe in the next generation of finance where everyone around the world can access the global market and liquidity from the tip of their hands. We are building the best mobile trading app that will enable this vision. Hyperliquid is the house of all finance, Instinct is the app of all finance. Hyperliquid. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Instinct is the app of all finance. Trade your instinct." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Joon Won Song, Founder/CEO: Quantitative Developer @ Squarepoint Capital League of Legends Challenger (2000LP+) KR/EUW/NA server, for 10 years. EECS @ Imperial College London (source)
  • Eunju Moon, Founder/CTO: PhD dropout @ USC (Quantum Computing) Theoretical Physics @ Imperial (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch Instinct

  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Demand Curve ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • No Code Founders ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • OnlineGeniuses ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • Product Makers ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
  • ProductLed ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group

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