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A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25)

Technology, Information and Internet

The social network where people build things for each other

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A1Zap is for social builders — the distribution harness for AI. We make it possible to create tools, games, chatbots, and interactive experiences — and instantly share them with your friends, your class, and your campus. Behind the scenes, A1Zap connects web, apps, AI, mobile, messaging, and email into a single distribution layer — so what you build doesn’t just exist, it actually gets used.

Website
https://www.a1zap.com
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
2-10 employees
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2025

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    Elijah Wang Chen

    Longhorn Racing•2K followers

    There is no best time to sign a lease in Austin, TX for The University of Texas at Austin why? You'll get around the same average price according to 1000 students survey BUT if you do your research and properly compare prices between apartments you just might find a deal during the summer months when apartments are trying to fill up the rest of their houses with 12 month leases! 50 days ago I built RatemyrentUT.com to discover TRUE rent price from tenants and not Landlords, and the feedback from 1000 students has been crazy so far. Context, freshman year I paid $1500 a month to live double occupancy at UT (absolutely ridiculous) So now I’m back for revenge against the billionaire College Conglomerates like Greystar who own Union on 24th and charge an average $1440 a month in rent! I’m Elijah a 200M view creator and I’m now looking to expand to other colleges with over 40K students, if you’re interested in helping at your college let me know, just might have a job for you!

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    Pasha Rayan

    A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25)•8K followers

    Do you have an apartment, room or couch to sublet for a summer intern from Harvard (SF/NY/DC etc)? One of our social builders on A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25) has built a tool that has a list of verified students who are looking for a place (paid of course!) to lease during the summer internship period. DM me or comment on the thread and we can start connecting you to them

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    A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25)

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    We’re making AI human and social. Follow us as we launch across campuses!

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    Pasha Rayan

    It turns out that to get AI into the hands of everyone, you have to rebuild the social network *for humans* in the age of AI. When Facebook first came out, I was still in high school. On it, an entire school could organise, chat, meet, and actually engage with each other in a shared space. That feeling has been missing for a while now. What replaces it is not another content feed, but a network of things people build and share with each other. A world of social builders, where apps, agents, and tools move through friendships in the same way posts once did. Distribution also changes. It is not something you figure out after you build. It is there from the beginning. What you make is immediately usable by the people around you, and it spreads through group chats, classes, and campuses in a much more natural way. To make this work, you have to go deeper into the infrastructure than most products do. Web, mobile, messaging, email, identity all need to come together so these things can actually live and move between people. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be showing more of what this looks like showcasing A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25) and the social builders on it.

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    Pennie Li

    A1Base (YCW25)•3K followers

    The relationship between humans and AI agents isn't so different from other relationships - it all comes down to trust. When we started A1Base (YC W25), I knew we weren't just building another communication layer. We were building the foundation for trust between AI systems and how humans interact with them. Think about it - every single message, every interaction between an AI agent and a human is an opportunity to either build or completely erode that trust. That's exactly why we're laser-focused on building trust infrastructure for AI. Communication isn't just about delivering a message - it's about ensuring reliability, consistency, safety, and authenticity across every channel. Whether it's email, WhatsApp, or any platform, each one presents unique challenges for AI communication. The way we solve these challenges will determine how effectively AI systems actually integrate into our world. At A1Base, we're creating systems that don't just enable communication, but establish the foundations of trust. Because without trust? AI just remains another interesting technology rather than the transformative force it could be.

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    Pasha Rayan

    A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25)•8K followers

    At A1Base (YC W25), we’ve learned what most founders miss about AI agents: they don’t replace your team. They fix gaps. The best companies don’t automate everything. They target specific problems—meeting summaries, dashboard monitoring, support ticket routing. Tasks that waste your team’s time. The key is integration. If your AI is stuck in a separate tool, your team won’t use it. It works when it’s seamless—sending a Slack message to a specialist when a complex ticket arrives or texting a field tech without requiring a separate login. We see this in every industry: automate high-volume, simple tasks and keep human communication easy for everything else. That’s why we built A1Base. We create the communication layer that makes AI agents useful, not abandoned. Smart companies treat AI agents like team members, giving them digital identities that work across platforms, hold context, and build trust. Ready to make your AI agents effective communicators? Visit A1Base (YC W25)

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A1Zap by A1Base (YC W25) 1 total round

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US$ 500.0K

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