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

What they're building

Local creators for local businesses

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
5
Based
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Founders

trynearby.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

TryNearby on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: TryNearby connects local businesses with creators who live nearby. Restaurants subscribe monthly and automatically get booked visits from local creators who film, edit, and post a review to the local algorithm. This creates a steady stream of content that compounds into discovery on TikTok, Instagram, and increasingly AI search. Over 100 restaurants and thousands of creators are on the platform across Southern California, with AI agents handling matching, booking, and every creator conversation. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Get 5 vetted local food creators monthly to promote your restaurant. Track content performance and grow your visibility with authentic word-of-mouth marketing." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Yousef Abdelfattah, Founder/CEO: Co-founded FaZe Clan after starting as a 14 year old YouTuber in 2010. Spent the last 15 years in the creator economy turning FaZe into the first internet-native content company to IPO at $1B. Now building TryNearby; for local creators and businesses. (source)
  • Obaida Albaroudi, Founder/COO: Co-Founder at TryNearby. Early Replit employee and former Goldman Sachs. Cofounder of Clipping Exe, one of the first and largest video clipping infrastructures, processing tens of thousands of videos per month. (source)
  • Ahmad Ibrahim, Founder/CTO: Founder at TryNearby. Previously CTO/Cofounder at Clipping Exe, building video clipping infrastructure that scaled to tens of thousands of videos monthly. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2025: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch TryNearby

  • GrowthHackers Community ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • 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
  • Product Hunt ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree
  • 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

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