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

What they're building

Accurately simulate market response at scale

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
2
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

trystudio.ai ↗

See their funding details ↗

Studio on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Studio is a simulation lab studying how humans and societies respond to new ideas, and is building the first software models that can accurately predict that response. Instead of creating digital twins of survey respondents, Studio builds live market models of interconnected audience segments from real, traceable consumer-behavior data. Our simulations match live KPI outcomes like revenue and purchase behavior with over 97% accuracy for consumer-facing enterprises, higher than any synthetic panel, simulation lab, or traditional market research. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Studio is a consumer decision simulation platform. Test pricing changes, product launches, and menu updates on a calibrated model of your customers, then see forward-looking KPIs before you commit budget." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Nikita Mullangi, Founder/CEO: Founder at Studio. Researched human behavior & decision making @ MIT. Ex-UC Berkeley CS. (source)
  • Cameron Malloy, Founder/CTO: Founder at Studio (YC S26). Built AI agents at GI Partners ($49B AUM PE firm). Created agent-based financial contagion models at Nelumbium Capital. Ex UC Berkeley M.E.T. (EECS + Business Admin) (source)

Timeline

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

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Where else to launch Studio

  • 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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