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Hiptype

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Hiptype brings analytics and targeted advertising capabilities to the most popular eBook platforms, where these powerful features have never before been possible. Hiptype's patent-pending plugin for books captures demographic and book performance data that can be used to power in-book targeted advertising and automated book marketing campaign opti

Overview

Hiptype brings analytics and targeted advertising capabilities to the most popular eBook platforms, where these powerful features have never before been possible.

Hiptype's patent-pending plugin for books captures demographic and book performance data that can be used to power in-book targeted advertising and automated book marketing campaign optimizations.

Hiptype's founding team has previously designed and engineered products at Google, Turntable.fm, and mobile advertising platform Chartboost.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Sohail Prasad

Founder/CTO

Founder & CEO @ Destiny (d.xyz). Founder, fmr CEO @ Forge (NYSE:FRGE | forge.com). Seed Investor in 150+ startups, 10+ unicorns. YC S12. Thiel Fellow. 30u30.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

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Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite unreachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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