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YC

Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We encourage contributions to Fermat's Library by inviting users to annotate papers, spread the word, and create lists of papers for their research groups.

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Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha

@ Y Combinator

Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha

07/06/18

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JB

João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Fermat's Library is a platform for annotating academic papers, allowing users to add annotations in parts of papers that are difficult to understand.

JB

João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

The goal of Fermat's Library is to promote open science, which includes sharing data and making research more accessible to facilitate replication and collaboration.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Building Fermat's Library was a side project that we quickly developed over a weekend, aiming to get it out there as fast as possible.

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Lex Fridman Cast

06/15/25

@ Lex Fridman

We had about 50 contributors to this project, which is significant in mathematics, and we are documenting contributions in a matrix format to recognize everyone's input.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We never focused on profitability or monetization for Fermat's Library, as it started as a side project with limited resources.

JB

João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We built a Chrome extension called Librarian for arXiv, which allows users to extract references, do BibTeX extraction, and add comments on papers directly.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Annotations are often more effective when done by someone other than the author of a paper, as authors may not recognize where readers struggle to understand their work.

JB

João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We wanted to take the experience of discussing papers in person and bring it online, as we noticed a lot of valuable content is produced while trying to understand complex papers.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We prioritize building tools like the Chrome extension for arXiv because we believe they will have the most significant impact on our community.