Contrast YC Application

Summer 2018Inactive

Contrast went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 4
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Jono KolnikFounder

What Contrast does

It's a better way to build frontend. It connects your Stories, Tokens, & Figma components. It lets you inspect designs with confidence and speed. And you can use it in Storybook.

Contrast's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Contrast, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Contrast

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Developer handoff integrated with Storybook

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

We built a tool that connects frontend Stories, design Tokens, and Figma components to make developer handoff faster and more accurate. It lets engineers inspect designs directly in Storybook, so they don't have to switch between tools or guess at specs.

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

We live in New York, NY and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in New York because that's where we live and work. The engineering and design community here is strong, and it helps us stay close to users and collaborators.

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 Contrast YC application?

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