Amplitude YC Application

Winter 2012Public

Amplitude went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 750
Status: Public
Launched: 2011

Founders

Spenser SkatesFounder/CEO
Curtis LiuFounder/CTO

What Amplitude does

Since graduating from YC, Amplitude (W12) has made it to IPO and beyond by helping cutting edge startups become category leaders. We’ve pioneered the digital analytics category to become the go-to solution for AI pioneers (Cruise, Midjourney), apps that touch millions of consumers (Doordash, Coinbase), and the best in B2B (Atlassian, Rippling, Canva). With product analytics, experiment, CDP, session replay, and more, Amplitude’s digital analytics platform shows you what your users love, where they’re getting stuck, and what keeps them coming back. You want to build a generational business, and we have the capabilities and pricing plans to guide you every step of the way. Check out our special deal for YC companies and get started on your analytics journey.

Amplitude's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Amplitude, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Amplitude

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Digital Analytics Platform

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

We are building a digital analytics platform that helps companies understand user behavior within their web and mobile applications. Our product shows what users love, where they get stuck, and what keeps them coming back. This drives better product decisions and growth for apps with millions of users.

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 as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our network and potential customers are, especially startups building consumer and B2B applications needing analytics.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Amplitude YC application?

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