Authy YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

Authy went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 201
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2011

Founders

Daniel PalacioFounder/CEO
Gleb ChuvpiloFounder

What Authy does

Authy provides strong authentication for the connected world, protecting people and the enterprise against malicious attacks. Our two-factor authentication (2FA) security solution enables organizations to minimize risk while enhancing the user experience. Authy 2FA provides a fast-to-implement, highly scalable and proven 99.999 % reliable alternative to passwords. Used by 11,000+ websites serving 2 million consumers worldwide, it's designed to give users the ability to self-service or easily manage their own 2FA experience. Coinbase, CloudFlare, Humble Bundle and Twitch.tv are just some Authy clients. Authy is a Twilio company. Follow us on: Twitter at @Authy Facebook at Google+ at GitHub at

Authy's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Authy, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Authy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Two-Factor Authentication platform for developers

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

We're building Authy, a two-factor authentication platform that helps developers add strong authentication to their apps quickly. It replaces fragile password-only security with a solution users can manage themselves. Our focus is on reliability, ease of integration, and minimizing risk for online services.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company will be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked San Francisco because it's where we live, and it's the software and security hub we want to be part of. It's important for networking and finding early customers in the tech industry.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Authy YC application?

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