BrainTripping YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

BrainTripping went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 batch as a Consumer 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 2012
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 1
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Matthew HuebertFounder

BrainTripping's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

BrainTripping, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

BrainTripping

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A web-based platform for interactive storytelling and creative writing.

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

We built BrainTripping to let users create and share interactive stories where choices change the narrative path. It's a web app aimed at writers and readers who want to explore branching storylines beyond static text.

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

We are currently remote and would base the company wherever YC recommends post-acceptance.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We don't have a fixed location yet, so we'll follow YC's guidance on the best place to build the company and connect with the community.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real BrainTripping YC application?

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