Sapien

Sapien

Synthetic populations for decisions

San Francisco
2 employees
AI
Pre-seed · $500K

About Sapien

Surveys ask people what they think they’ll do. Focus groups ask a handful of people to explain behavior they often don’t understand themselves.

Sapien simulates entire populations instead. We create AI agents that model how real audiences behave, letting companies, governments, and investors test decisions in minutes: what product to launch, what price to set, what campaign to run, what policy will work, or how a market will move.

The output is not another dashboard. It’s a prediction of what will happen, which segments will drive it, and what decision is most likely to win.

Company details

Team Size2
LocationSan Francisco
IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

SE

Saif Elhager

Previously built AiHello, an ad tech SaaS that hit 7 figures. Currently working on simulating humans. [email protected]

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.