Beep YC Application

Summer 2014Inactive

Beep went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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: Summer 2014
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Daniel ConradFounder/CEO
Shawn LewisFounder

What Beep does

Beep makes small, cloud-connected wireless sensors that run on batteries for 10 years. Just place a Beep Sensor where you want it and your data shows up in the cloud. Beep Sensors report their location (GPS), temperature, moisture, pressure, altitude, and motion. They have ports to plug in any other type of sensor you want (e.g., gas, soil, microphone, or camera).

Beep's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Beep, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Beep

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cellular networks for IoT.

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

We make small, battery-powered wireless sensors that connect to the cloud and last 10 years on one battery. Our Beep Sensors collect GPS location plus temperature, moisture, pressure, altitude, and motion data, and have ports for users to attach any other sensor they want, like gas or soil sensors. Just place the sensor anywhere and your data appears online.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company would stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the tech and startup ecosystem are strongest. It makes sense to be close to customers, partners, and talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Beep YC application?

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