Atmana YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Atmana went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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: Summer 2021
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 8
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Tejas BalaFounder

What Atmana does

At Atmana, we help millennials cut down on technology addictions like gaming, pornography and social media. We have our solution consisting of blocking and techniques used in treating in alcohol and drug addiction like peer support groups, buddy program and psycho education. We also have a 2nd line of business: helping startups hire engineers from India. Hiring engineers from India can help you save cost while ensuring you have the same quality of talent in your team like you have in the US.

Atmana's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Atmana, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Atmana

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Apps to control technology addictions

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

We make apps that help millennials reduce tech addictions like gaming, pornography, and social media. Our core product blocks addictive content while integrating proven addiction recovery methods like peer support groups, a buddy system, and psychoeducation. We also run a secondary business helping startups hire vetted Indian engineers, providing quality engineers at lower costs.

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

We live in Dubai, UAE and the company is based there, though our team operates remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Dubai is where our main founder lives, and it offers access to both the Middle East and Indian markets we're active in. Remote work for the team lets us tap talent across geographies while keeping costs manageable.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Atmana YC application?

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