Assembled YC Application

Winter 2011Inactive

Assembled went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 batch as a Consumer 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 2011
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Evan ReasFounder/CEO
Shubham MittalFounder/CTO

Assembled's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Assembled, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Assembled

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

TenXList, a network of top college engineers

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

We're building TenXList, a professional network focused on connecting the best college engineers. It helps top engineering students showcase their skills and get discovered by recruiters and companies looking for talent. The network is designed to filter for quality and make recruiting more efficient.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is where we both live and is close to where our users and potential customers are - tech startups and recruiting teams concentrated nearby.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Assembled YC application?

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