Acunote YC Application

Winter 2011Active

Acunote went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2011
Industry: B2BProductivity
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Gleb ArshinovFounder/CEO

Acunote's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Acunote, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Acunote

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Simple project management for engineering teams

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

We are building Acunote, a lightweight project management tool focused on helping engineering teams plan, track, and coordinate their work without the overhead common in other tools. It's designed to keep development teams aligned with minimal friction.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco because it's where we live, and it has the concentration of early adopters and engineering teams we want to serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Acunote YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Acunote's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Acunote would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.