Pitch Deck Slide Counter & Structure Check
Upload a PDF or paste your deck text. We count the slides, detect which canonical sections are present, and score the structure against the YC seed-deck template. No signup, no stored uploads.
FAQ
How many slides should a pitch deck have?
For seed-stage fundraising, 8–15 slides is the sweet spot. YC’s recommended template is exactly 10 slides. Anything over 18 typically signals a founder who’s explaining instead of selling — investors will skim or skip.
What sections does an investor pitch deck need?
The 10 canonical sections are: Cover, Problem, Solution, Market (TAM), Business Model, Traction, Competition, Team, Financials/Projections, and The Ask. Sales decks and sponsor decks share most of these but reorder Traction and Solution.
Is my deck stored anywhere?
No. PDFs are processed in-memory and discarded as soon as the analysis is returned. We never write your deck content to a database, never train models on it, and never log the extracted text.
Why is my score low?
Three things drag scores down: missing canonical sections (each one missing costs 8 points), an off-target slide count (the 8–15 sweet spot earns 10 bonus points), and text-heavy slides over 800 characters. Aim for short, scannable slides and the full structural arc.
Does this work for non-investor decks (sales, sponsor, board)?
Partially. The structural taxonomy here is investor-leaning, so a sales deck will show "missing TAM" — which is fine, it doesn’t need one. Use the slide-count and density signals; ignore section-presence flags that don’t apply to your deck type.
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