Array Labs YC Application

Summer 2022Active

Array Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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 2022
Industry: IndustrialsAviation and Space
Team size: 30
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Andrew PetersonFounder
Jose Isaac RobledoFounder

What Array Labs does

We're designing swarms of tiny satellites which will work together to create the first real-time, high-resolution 3D model of the earth. By using clusters of satellites to image the same place on the earth at the exact same time, we can improve image quality by more than 60x over conventional techniques. This technology will massively increase the amount of affordable, high-quality 3D data, enabling a host of new applications across an array of industries, including AR/XR/Autonomy, Defense, Climate/ESG, and Insurance Analytics.

Array Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Array Labs, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Array Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Satellites creating real-time 3D earth maps

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

We're building swarms of small satellites that image the earth simultaneously from multiple angles to create a live, high-resolution 3D model. This model improves image quality over conventional satellites by over 60x and serves industries needing detailed, real-time geospatial data.

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

We live and work in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, California. The company is based in these locations and will remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being split between San Francisco and Sunnyvale places us at the heart of the aerospace and tech ecosystems. It gives us access to talent, partners, and infrastructure critical for satellite hardware and software development.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Array Labs YC application?

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