Carsabi YC Application

Winter 2012Inactive

Carsabi went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerTransportation Services
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2011

Founders

Christopher BernerFounder

What Carsabi does

Carsabi is the search engine for used cars

Carsabi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Carsabi, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Carsabi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Carsabi is the search engine for used cars

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

We built a search engine that aggregates listings of used cars so buyers can easily find the exact car they want without browsing multiple sites. Our product lets users search and compare used cars from many sellers in one place, solving the scattered listing problem in used car shopping.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Mountain View because it's where we live and where the network and resources we need exist. It's a good place to build a web product and access engineering talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Carsabi YC application?

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