Aviator YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Aviator went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Ankit JainFounder

What Aviator does

Aviator is a developer tool that automates merge workflows and keeps builds healthy. Engineers save up to 5 hours a week and avoid frustration of broken builds. Our users include Slack, Square, Benchling, Figma, Doordash and many others. Our goal is to become the leading brand for developer experience.

Aviator's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Aviator

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Google-level engineering productivity suite

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

We built Aviator to automate merge workflows and keep builds healthy for engineering teams. It saves engineers up to five hours a week and prevents frustration caused by broken builds by proactively managing integrations and build health.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company is based here and would remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our early users and product team are located, which keeps us close to our customers and relevant engineering hubs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Aviator YC application?

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