Anywhere.FM YC Application

Summer 2007Acquired

Anywhere.FM went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2007 batch as a Consumer 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 2007
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Sachin RekhiFounder/CEO
Lux ChenFounder

What Anywhere.FM does

Anywhere.fm lets you upload your music collection onto their site and then play your music anywhere from the web. They offer their own iTunes look-alike music player through which you can play your songs. The site also incorporates social networking aspects, allowing you to create your own profile and discover new music through Friend Radio.

Anywhere.FM's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Anywhere.FM, Summer 2007 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Anywhere.FM

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Upload your music, play it anywhere online

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

Anywhere.FM lets users upload their personal music collections to our website and play their songs from any web browser. We built a music player modeled after iTunes, so the experience feels familiar. On top of that, we added social features like Friend Radio, where you can discover music based on what your friends are listening to and create a personal profile to share your taste.

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

N/A

Explain your decision regarding location.

N/A

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 Anywhere.FM YC application?

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