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Shortbread (YC W23) — Read romance comics

Shortbread app is Netflix for romance comics built by a team of women writers, artists and engineers. We work with bestselling authors on Kindle and #BookTok to turn their romance fictions into comics.

Shortbread is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Read romance comics. The founders listed are Fengjiao Peng (Founder), Yiping Lyu (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, February 23, 2023).

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Shortbread

New accelerator entry · 2023-02-23 · the record

Winter 2023
batch
4
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2023
Announced2023-02-23
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size4
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Content
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Consumer, Entertainment, Media
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.shortbread.ai/
Previously known asKURUKURU

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Shortbread app is Netflix for romance comics built by a team of women writers, artists and engineers. We work with bestselling authors on Kindle and #BookTok to turn their romance fictions into comics. Our content specialize in viral romance fiction tropes such as mafia and dark romance. The comics are free to read with options to buy a subscription.

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