CreativeMode YC Application

Summer 2024Active

CreativeMode went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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 2024
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Wilson SpearmanFounder & CEO
Coleman SmithFounder
Jeffrey TsawFounder

What CreativeMode does

In the past 9 months, more Minecraft mods were made with CreativeMode than in the game's previous 17 years combined. CreativeMode is making every player a creator. Games like Minecraft, Fortnite, and Roblox started a revolution by allowing players to shape the games they love. CreativeMode is taking it to the next level by giving every player the power of a game studio at their fingertips. Players on CreativeMode create new experiences, play them with friends, and share their creations with the community. It’s a new way to play and create where imagination is the only limit. CreativeMode’s founding team met as early engineers at Crusoe (soon to IPO) and studied CS+AI at Stanford, MIT, and CMU. The team is backed by top investors including YC and General Catalyst.

CreativeMode's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CreativeMode

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Lovable for Minecraft mods

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

We built a platform that lets Minecraft players create mods easily, turning every player into a game creator. Users make new content, play it with friends, and share it with the community. It's like giving every player a game studio in their hands, making modding accessible and social.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked San Francisco because of its strong startup ecosystem and access to top engineering talent. Being close lets us tap into investor networks and opportunities YC provides.

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 CreativeMode YC application?

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