Basalt YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Basalt went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 batch as a Industrials 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 2024
Industry: IndustrialsAviation and Space
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Maximillian BhattiFounder

What Basalt does

Basalt is building self-flying satellite constellations for enterprise customers, no prior aerospace experience or expertise needed! Powered by our spacecraft OS, Basalt provides a seamless experience, enabling users to fly and stream data from their own tailored satellite constellation from an app on their phones or laptops. The company is founded by Max Bhatti and Alex Choi, lead engineers at the MIT CubeSat program. Previously, the duo worked as systems engineers at SpaceX, and the UK Ministry of Defense. Basalt Tech recently received its seed investment as part of the Y Combinator W24 batch, and is currently in technical development.

Basalt's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Basalt, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Basalt

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Constellations as a Service

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

We are building self-flying satellite constellations that enterprise customers can control and stream data from via a simple app. Our spacecraft OS handles the complexity of space systems so customers don't need aerospace expertise to own and operate satellites tailored to their needs.

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

We currently live and work in San Francisco, CA, and Basalt will remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is rooted, and it's the aerospace and software hub with access to talent and potential enterprise customers. Staying here lets us move fast and connect with the ecosystem that matters.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Basalt YC application?

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