Sweetspot (YC S23)

We’ve partnered with @OpenAI to release @SweetspotGov directly within ChatGPT. Any ChatGPT user can now search over federal contract data - no paid tools required and no Sweetspot subscription needed. We built this on ChatGPT because access to basic federal data shouldn't cost thousands of dollars a year. SAM.gov is public information, and using AI to find the right opportunities shouldn't be a privilege. For Sweetspot customers, it gets even better. You can pull opportunity data straight from ChatGPT and start up your full workflow (qualification, analysis, proposal response) inside Sweetspot. Even if you’re not in government contracting, check it out and share it with your colleagues who are. It’s completely free! Link below.

Awesome night! Thank you @ycombinator for setting this up + @snowmaker for listening to me talk about the future of American energy dominance in an increasingly globally connected world. Massive shout out to @matthewriley as well! Really enjoyed learning more about your experience being at UT and growing during / after college. (My phone died by the end of the event, but shout out to the entire Sweetspot team @SweetspotGov for showing up and explaining the highs and lows of startups!) On the opposite end of this selfie: @philipkung @sachsubra

hit a revenue milestone and got pink sweetspot peripherals for the whole team.

We hit a major revenue milestone last week and I’ve been using this weekend to reflect how far we’ve come these past few years. This picture pretty much sums it up. Ty for changing our lives @ycombinator

The @SweetspotGov team just launched AI Form Fill - the first and only autonomous form-fill agent for GovCon professionals. @sachsubra, @philipkung, and Andrew Arkhipov noticed that GovCon BD teams live in a sea of tedious forms across thousands of government agencies. AI Form Fill reduces the time to submit this paperwork by 80%. ycombinator.com/launches/O2i-s…

the reason we have one of the best softwares in our space and why our main inbound channel is word of mouth is because despite our team’s busy schedules, we still took 1200 meetings and spent 600 hours last year talking to customers, getting feedback, and executing. 0 shortcuts.

seriously, it's incredible working here. apply & don't hesitate to reach out with questions. we're big on taking complete ownership of your features - you'll grow as fast as your skills can take you. we've got countless fascinating problems to tackle & we're operating in a space unlike other AI companies -- the contracting world comes in many flavors (all contracts are different!), which means our agent workflows have to be way more flexible than most. our AI stack is exciting for that reason, and we have an incredible roadmap that has many exciting projects waiting for you to build. we're about to really hit vertical take-off, so join us before you miss out.

Strong past few months for @SweetspotGov, we’re growing at close to 20% month over month. As a result, we’re still looking to bring on new software engineers. If you’re a US citizen and an exceptional talent, job descriptions are in the comments section. If you can refer anyone who ends up joining our team, there’s a 10k referral bonus waiting for you too.

the amount of people who have reached out to me thinking @SweetspotGov, a GovCon SaaS, is collaborating with @shakeshack is significant. much more relevant for our old startup, but I’ll never say no to a marketing opportunity… let’s make it officially happen? @shakeshack

hiring two engineers, dm me or @philipkung if you’re interested roles and JDs below:

fake indications of PMF: revenue, signups, retention real indications of PMF: customers asking for merch

in honor of “founder mode” going mainstream, here’s one of my favorite pics from @ycombinator with the man himself: @bchesky spending a few minutes talking to Brian fundamentally changed the way we thought about @SweetspotGov and was one of the highlights of our YC experience

our friends in corporate: “why is your branding pink and why do you have children’s pics for customer support profiles?” our customers:

things we love to see @SweetspotGov

Congrats to the team @SweetspotGov on the $2.2M seed! Sweetspot (YC S23) is the all-in-one government sales platform that uses AI to help businesses find, manage, and bid on federal, state, local, and education government opportunities. semafor.com/article/08/07/…

.@SweetspotGov raised 2.2m 🫡 Read more: semafor.com/article/08/07/…

Government contracting startup Sweetspot, which uses AI to help companies navigate the US procurement process, raised $2.2 million in its initial seed funding round. semafor.com/article/08/07/…

Meet @SweetspotGov.

YC S23's @SweetspotGov has added 200,000+ state, local, and education contracts to their platform — allowing users to leverage their AI tools to win even more bids. ycombinator.com/launches/LSq-s… Congrats on the launch, @sachsubra, @philipkung, and Andrew!

this is @SweespotGov company (cult)ure