Airfordable YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Airfordable went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 batch as a Fintech 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: Summer 2016
Industry: FintechCredit and Lending
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Ama MarfoCoFounder/CEO
Emmanuel BuahFounder/CTO

What Airfordable does

Airfordable is payment plans for airline tickets. The service allows users to secure tickets with a deposit upfront and pay the remaining balance in recurring payments before the departure date.

Airfordable's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Airfordable, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Airfordable

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Payment plans for airline tickets

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

We built a service that lets travelers secure airline tickets with just a deposit upfront, then pay off the rest in installments before their flight. This helps people who can't afford to pay for flights all at once to still book travel and spread out payments over time.

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

We live in Chicago, IL, and plan to keep Airfordable based here with some remote team members.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Chicago because it's our home and offers access to talent and a community supportive of fintech startups. We also have remote team members who collaborate with us.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Airfordable YC application?

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