AON3D YC Application

Winter 2017Active

AON3D went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 batch as a Industrials 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 2017
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 40
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Kevin HanFounder/CPO
Randeep SinghFounder
Andrew WalkerFounder

What AON3D does

AON3D is a rapidly growing startup on a mission to put industrial 3D printing capabilities into the hands of those who need it most. Our technology has made it 10 times cheaper than before to 3D print with advanced thermoplastics, and we continue to push the boundaries on commercializing new materials for 3D printing. Our customers span the globe and are pioneers in the application of 3D printing in their field - from automotive tooling to aircraft interiors, foundry molds to public art installations, prosthetics to guides for radiation and surgical oncology. AON3D is a graduate of Y-Combinator and venture-backed by top investors from Silicon Valley.

AON3D's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AON3D, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AON3D

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Additive Manufacturing with advanced materials

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

We build industrial 3D printers that can print with high-performance thermoplastics at a fraction of the usual cost. Our machines enable customers to produce tooling, aerospace parts, prosthetics, and more with materials that need precise temperature control and robust hardware. This lets people replace expensive manufacturing with flexible, on-demand additive production for applications previously impossible or prohibitively expensive.

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

We live in Montreal, Canada, and would keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Montreal has strong access to engineering talent, lower costs than the US, and a growing hardware startup community. It's also where our founding team is located and where we have built relationships with early customers, so it makes sense to stay here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AON3D YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from AON3D's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like AON3D would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.