Apply Design

Apply Design YC Application

Summer 2022Active

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Apply Design went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2022
Industry
Real Estate and Construction
Location
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Team size
4
Status
Active
Launched
2022

Founders

  • Asaf AmitFounder
  • Yaniv KnollFounder

What Apply Design does

Apply Design is a leading AI-powered virtual staging app that empowers real estate professionals to showcase the full potential of their properties to prospective buyers, helping them sell homes faster and for higher prices. We virtually stage over 10,000 properties monthly, transforming images of vacant or outdated spaces into fully furnished, captivating property photos. Our proprietary AI-powered software is the only solution capable of generating photorealistic designs in one click while also enabling instant customization of any detail with complete control. This is a $10B market opportunity, given the 50M properties sold or rented annually in North America and Europe alone.

Apply Design's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Apply Design, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Apply Design

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helping realtors showcase the full potential of their properties

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

We built an AI-powered virtual staging app that turns photos of empty or outdated properties into fully furnished, photorealistic images in one click. Real estate agents use it to make listings more appealing and sell homes faster. Users can customize every detail instantly, which no other product offers at this scale or speed.

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

We live and work in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Tel Aviv has a strong tech talent pool and a growing proptech scene. It's where we built the product and understand the market.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Apply Design YC application?

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

What YC batch was Apply Design in?

Apply Design was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch.

Who founded Apply Design?

Apply Design was founded by Asaf Amit, Yaniv Knoll.

What does Apply Design do?

Helping realtors showcase the full potential of their properties

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Apply Design's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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