Audiobeta YC Application

Winter 2006Inactive

Audiobeta went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2006 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: Winter 2006
Industry: B2BMarketing
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Altay GuvenchFounder
Ben SilbermannFounder

What Audiobeta does

AudioBeta develops web-based applications that helps bands communicate with fans and make informed decisions when planning tours. AudioBeta is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2006 by Altay Guvench.

Audiobeta's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Audiobeta, Winter 2006 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Audiobeta

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Web apps helping bands communicate with fans

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

We are building web-based applications for bands to communicate directly with their fans and get data-driven insights to plan tours more effectively. Bands often struggle to know where their real fan bases are, so our product helps them collect fan responses and engagement metrics to decide which cities to perform in.

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

We live in Somerville, MA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Somerville offers a good balance of access to talent and proximity to Boston's music and tech scenes, making it a practical home base for us.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Audiobeta YC application?

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