VotingWorks YC-Bewerbung

Winter 2019Active

VotingWorks durchlief Y Combinator im Winter 2019-Batch als ein Government-Unternehmen. Unten: Was das Unternehmen tut, wer es gegründet hat und seine Bewerbung bei YC, Frage für Frage im echten YC-Formular rekonstruiert.

YC-Batch: Winter 2019
Branche: Government
Teamgröße: 18
Status: Active
Gestartet: 2018

Gründer

Ben AdidaFounder

Was VotingWorks tut

VotingWorks is a non-partisan non-profit founded on the powerful idea that the operating system of our democracy should be publicly owned. Every citizen’s vote is sacred, and every citizen deserves evidence that our elections are free and fair. Forty states use voting machines that are over ten years old. Their technology is outdated, their source code proprietary and their security vulnerabilities - described in detail by the security community over many years - are left unpatched. It’s not surprising that 76% of voters are concerned that our elections are vulnerable to hacking. And if voters lose trust in elections, then the very foundation of our democracy is at risk. We’re using open-source software, off-the-shelf hardware, and modern product engineering to make elections dramatically safer, more accessible, and more affordable. Affordability may sound pedestrian, but it is key. The front line of America’s election security rests in the hands of the 50% of US counties that struggle to afford basic services, let alone upgrade aging voting equipment.

VotingWorkss YC-Bewerbung, rekonstruiert

Y Combinator Bewerbung

VotingWorks, Winter 2019 Batch. Die echten Fragen des Antrags, beantwortet aus öffentlichen Daten.

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Company

Company name

VotingWorks

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source voting machines for US elections

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build open-source voting machines using off-the-shelf hardware and modern product engineering to replace outdated, insecure proprietary systems used in US elections. Our product enables election officials to run safer, more accessible, and more affordable elections with transparent code that anyone can inspect.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We are based in California and remote. After YC, we would remain in California with a remote team spread across the US.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked California because of access to technical talent and proximity to the tech ecosystem. Operating remotely lets us work flexibly with election officials across many states without geographic constraints.

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Ist das die echte YC-Bewerbung von VotingWorks?

Nein. Y Combinator hält eingereichte Bewerbungen privat. Dies ist eine Rekonstruktion: die echten Fragen des YC-Formulars, beantwortet aus den öffentlichen Daten von VotingWorks (Veröffentlichungsnotizen, Gründerhintergründe, Produktbeschreibung). Sie zeigt, wie sich ein Unternehmen wie VotingWorks bei YC präsentieren würde, nicht den Text, den sie eingereicht haben.

In welchem YC-Batch war VotingWorks?

VotingWorks war Teil des Y Combinator Winter 2019-Batches.

Wer hat VotingWorks gegründet?

VotingWorks wurde von Ben Adida gegründet.

Was macht VotingWorks?

Non-profit building open-source voting machines for US elections.

Wie lese ich die vollständige, rekonstruierte Bewerbung?

Erstelle ein kostenloses Round Funded Konto. Die vollständige 26-Antwort-Version der Bewerbung von VotingWorks, und jede andere YC-Kohorte, findest du in YC Insights.