Arc YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

Arc went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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: Summer 2012
Industry: IndustrialsDrones
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Austin LockwoodFounder/CEO
Haomiao HuangFounder
Michael VitusFounder

What Arc does

aerial videography

Arc's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Arc, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Arc

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

aerial videography

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

We build drone-based cameras designed for aerial videography. Our product lets users capture high-quality video from perspectives that are hard or impossible to get with traditional methods. We focus on making reliable and maneuverable drones equipped with cameras for industries that need aerial footage.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is where we live and where most drone tech innovation happens. It keeps us close to engineering talent and early customers interested in aerial videography solutions.

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 Arc YC application?

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