“…a living map of how a company works.”Tom Blomfield · Y Combinator, Requests for Startups, Summer 2026 · April 2026
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Par remembers who's who at your company, what's going on and how it all connects. Here is a startup about to launch a tracker for dog collars.
The team’s map
People
Teams
Projects
Decisions
Meetings
Files
Found by an AI
Everything on the map, as a list
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Tag launch
The dog-collar tracker goes on sale on 16 November.
What has to happen before 16 November?
Four things: the battery fix, the end of the beta, the launch video and the pet shop orders.
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Product
Plans what the company makes, and when.
What is Product working on?
The launch on 16 November and the beta with 200 dogs.
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Engineering
Builds the tag and the app.
What is Engineering fixing?
The battery. On walks the tag lasts 4 days, and the goal is 7 by 30 October.
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Design
Designs the tag and the app.
What did Design change?
The tag now comes in four bright colors, because grey tags were hard to spot in the grass.
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Marketing
Tells the world about the tag.
What is Marketing making?
The launch video, for 16 November.
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Support
Helps beta testers and their dogs.
What are beta testers saying?
Two problems came up: dogs on the wrong street, and grey tags hard to spot in the grass. Both are fixed.
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Sales
Sells the tag to pet shops and vets.
How many shops have ordered?
40 pet shops so far. They get their tags a week before launch.
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Noor
Co-founder. Runs product.
What has Noor decided lately?
Three things: the launch date, the price and the tag colors.
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Ada
Runs the beta with 200 dogs.
What does Ada run?
The beta: 200 dogs wear the tag before launch. Ada meets Hana and Bea, from Support, every Monday.
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Kofi
Leads engineering.
What is Kofi working on?
The battery fix, due 30 October. Before that, Kofi made the map update every minute on walks.
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Yusuf
Builds the tag and tests its battery.
What did Yusuf's test show?
On walks, the tag lasts 4 days, not 7. Yusuf's AI found why: the map now updates every minute.
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Wren
Designs the tag.
Why did Wren change the tag colors?
Bea, in Support, found with her AI that grey tags are hard to spot in the grass. Wren and Noor, who runs product, picked four bright colors on 25 September.
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Lin
Designs the map in the app.
What is Lin working on?
The map in the app. Lin was at the bug review when the map moved to every minute on walks.
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Mateo
Leads marketing.
What does Mateo need to know?
The launch moved to 16 November, so the launch video moves with it.
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Priya
Makes the launch video.
What is Priya making?
The one-minute launch video: a dog, its owner and a walk. The script is ready.
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Hana
Leads support.
What did Support find?
Why some dogs showed on the wrong street. Hana's AI saved it on 6 October, and Kofi, in Engineering, found it with his AI the next morning.
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Bea
Talks to beta testers every day.
What are beta testers telling Bea?
That grey tags are hard to spot in the grass. Bea's AI noticed it in the beta notes, and the tag got four bright colors.
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Sam
Leads sales to pet shops.
What did Sam agree on?
The price, €49 for the tag and €3 a month, and that pet shops get their tags a week early.
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Oskar
Calls vets and pet shops.
What did the pet shops tell Oskar?
Most of the 31 shops said €59 was too much. So the price became €49.
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Battery fix
Make the tag last 7 days on walks.
Why does the battery need fixing?
Since 8 October the map updates every minute on walks, and that uses more battery. A test by Yusuf, in Engineering, showed 4 days instead of 7.
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Beta with 200 dogs
200 dogs wear the tag before launch.
How is the beta going?
200 dogs, two problems found and both fixed: dogs on the wrong street, and grey tags hard to spot in the grass.
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Launch video
A one-minute film for launch day.
When does the launch video come out?
On 16 November, with the launch. Priya wrote it, Mateo leads it and Wren designs it.
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Pet shop orders
40 pet shops have ordered so far.
How are pet shop orders going?
40 pet shops have ordered so far. They get their tags a week before launch.
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Launch on 16 November
The tag goes on sale on 16 November, not 2 November.
Who decided the launch date, and why?
Noor, who runs product, and Kofi, who leads engineering, at the launch review on 14 October. On walks the map now updates every minute, so the battery lasts 4 days instead of 7. The fix takes two weeks, so the launch moved from 2 November to 16 November.
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On walks, the map updates every minute
On walks, the tag sends its place every minute, not every 10.
Why does the map update every minute now?
Hana, in Support, found with her AI that dogs showed on the wrong street, because the tag sent its place only every 10 minutes. Kofi, in Engineering, changed it at the bug review on 8 October.
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€49 for the tag, €3 a month
The price at launch.
Why does the tag cost €49?
Noor, who runs product, and Sam, who leads sales, chose it on the pricing call on 2 October. In a survey by Oskar, also in Sales, most of the 31 pet shops said €59 was too much.
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Four bright colors, no grey
The tag comes in yellow, red, blue and pink.
Who chose the tag colors?
Wren, in Design, and Noor, who runs product, at the design review on 25 September. Bea, in Support, had found with her AI that grey tags are hard to spot in the grass.
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Pet shops get tags a week early
Shops receive their tags on 9 November.
Why do pet shops get tags early?
So the tags are on the shelves on launch day. Sam, who leads sales, and Noor, who runs product, agreed at the launch review on 14 October.
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Launch review
Is the tag ready for 2 November?
What was decided at the launch review?
Two things: the launch moves to 16 November, and pet shops get their tags a week early.
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Bug review
What beta testers found this week.
What came out of the bug review?
On walks, the map now updates every minute. Kofi, in Engineering, decided it after reading what Hana, in Support, found with her AI.
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Pricing call
How much should the tag cost?
Who was on the pricing call?
Noor and Ada from Product, and Sam and Oskar from Sales. They set the price at €49 for the tag and €3 a month.
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Design review
The tag's colors and the app's map.
What changed at the design review?
The tag comes in four bright colors. Grey is gone.
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Beta check-in
What beta testers said this week.
Who meets on Mondays?
Ada from Product, and Hana and Bea from Support. They go through what beta testers said that week.
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Battery test results
On walks, the tag lasts 4 days. The goal is 7.
What does the battery test say?
On walks, the tag lasts 4 days. The goal is 7.
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Launch plan
Every step to 16 November.
What's in the launch plan?
Every step to 16 November. Noor, who runs product, wrote it.
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Pet shop survey
Calls with 31 pet shops about the price.
What's in the pet shop survey?
Calls with 31 pet shops. Most said €59 was too much for the tag.
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Beta notes
What 200 beta testers said, week by week.
What's in the beta notes?
What 200 beta testers said, week by week. Two AIs found a problem in them.
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Launch video script
One minute: a dog, its owner and a walk.
What's the launch video about?
One minute: a dog, its owner and a walk.
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Tag colors
Yellow, red, blue and pink.
Which colors?
Yellow, red, blue and pink. Grey is gone.
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Why dogs show on the wrong street
On battery saver, the tag sends its place every 10 minutes. The map shows where the dog was.
Why did some dogs show on the wrong street?
On battery saver, the tag sent its place every 10 minutes. The map showed where the dog was, not where it is.
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Grey tags are hard to spot in the grass
On walks in the grass, beta testers could hardly see the grey tag.
Why change the grey tag?
On walks in the grass, beta testers could hardly see the grey tag.
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Every-minute updates drain the battery
Every-minute updates use up the battery 3 days sooner.
Why does the battery run out early?
On walks, the map updates every minute, and that uses up the battery 3 days sooner.
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