# YC Name Finder

> YC Name Finder is a paid API for AI agents from www.amnt.io, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-27).

Generates ten modern, brandable startup names from a product description, with short rationale and domain-style availability hints.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://www.amnt.io/api/agent/rapid_otter/yc-name-finder?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-27
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/yc-name-finder-8aeb21d2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aeM34XJ3xDL6mVFQTBEt0

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability yc-name-finder-8aeb21d2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you generate ten brandable startup name ideas for my product — it's a tool that helps freelancers automatically track billable hours from their calendar and send invoices?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick batch of creative, YC-style startup name ideas grounded in a specific product description, without requiring a signup or session. Ideal for early-stage founders, product teams, or agents helping brainstorm brand identity. Prefer it over generic LLM prompting when you want structured output with rationale and domain hints bundled into a single pay-per-call response.

## Known failure modes

- Vague or too-short prompt may produce generic or irrelevant names
- Payment failure via x402 results in no response returned
- Empty or missing prompt field returns a validation error
- Names generated may already be trademarked or registered — no legal clearance is provided
- Domain availability hints are indicative only and not real-time registry lookups

## How this service works

YC Name Finder - Generates ten modern, brandable startup names from a product description, with short rationale and domain-style availability hints.. Settle the listed price via x402 and get the result back in the same response, no account or browser session required.

## Output

Returns a list of ten modern, brandable startup name suggestions derived from the product description, each accompanied by a short rationale explaining the name choice and a domain-style availability hint indicating potential domain usability.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "prompt"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "prompt": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The instruction or prompt for the AI agent"
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "result": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The agent's response text"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/yc-name-finder-8aeb21d2/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.amnt.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.amnt.io/llms.txt)