Clay YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Clay went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Phillippe SiclaitFounder
Sebastien SiclaitFounder

What Clay does

We build software to allow anyone, anywhere to create in 3D together. We believe that collaborating in 3D should feel magical and we're working to make it happen.

Clay's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Clay, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Clay

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Figma for 3D design

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

We are building Clay, a collaboration platform that lets teams create and work together in 3D environments. Our software makes it easy for design, engineering, and product teams to build 3D models and prototypes in real time, remotely. We want to make 3D design as intuitive and accessible as using Figma for 2D design work.

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

We live and work remotely. The company would remain remote after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being remote lets us tap into talent anywhere and work flexibly with early users spread across different locations. We don't see a need to relocate since our users and team collaborate online.

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 Clay YC application?

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