Blink YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Blink went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Kai FengFounder

What Blink does

Blink is the fastest way to build and launch web apps - no coding required. Our AI-powered platform lets anyone create full-stack apps in minutes: just describe what you want, and Blink handles design, database, backend, hosting, and authentication instantly. Apps are fully editable, remixable, and deploy with one click to a live site, including custom domains and monetization. Builders, startups, and creators use Blink to launch MVPs, internal tools, SaaS products, and websites up to 20× faster - no developers needed. Each app is shareable and remixable, powering viral growth. Blink is “Shopify for web apps,” making software creation as easy and fun as making a TikTok.

Blink's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Blink, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Blink

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build fully functional apps with AI

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

Blink is a no-code platform that lets anyone build full-stack web apps by just describing what they want. We handle design, backend, database, hosting, authentication, and deployment, so users can launch apps in minutes without writing code. Our apps are editable, remixable, and deploy live with one click - including custom domains and monetization options.

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

I live in San Francisco, CA, and Blink would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where I live and where we have access to the right engineering talent and product feedback. Remaining here after YC keeps us close to investors and early users.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Blink YC application?

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