OpenReplay YC Application

Summer 2019Active

OpenReplay went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 batch as a B2B 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 2019
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2019

Founders

Mehdi OsmanFounder

What OpenReplay does

Open-source alternative to FullStory and LogRocket. Self-hosted for a complete control over your data and costs.

OpenReplay's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OpenReplay, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OpenReplay

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source, self-hosted session replay tool.

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

We make OpenReplay, an open-source alternative to tools like FullStory and LogRocket. It records users' interactions with web apps to help developers debug issues and improve UX. Unlike competitors, it can be self-hosted, so teams keep full control over their data and costs.

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

We live in New York City and Paris, and the company is based in both cities.

Explain your decision regarding location.

The founding team is split across NYC and Paris, so we operate with remote collaboration between these hubs to tap into talent in both regions and maintain flexibility.

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 OpenReplay YC application?

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