CodeViz YC Application

Summer 2024Active

CodeViz went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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: Summer 2024
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Will McCallFounder

What CodeViz does

CodeViz creates interactive codebase maps to help engineers quickly understand and navigate code. Adopted by engineers at Amazon, Microsoft, and Roblox, CodeViz was founded by two ex-Tesla engineers to tackle the 75% of development time lost to reading code. Download today at

CodeViz's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CodeViz, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CodeViz

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

One living model of your software architecture

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

We build interactive maps of codebases that help engineers understand and navigate code faster. Our product visualizes software architecture so engineers spend less time reading code and more time building.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live here because it's the best place to connect with enterprise engineering teams and tap into tech talent relevant for CodeViz.

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 CodeViz YC application?

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