DataShare YC Application

Summer 2023Active

DataShare went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Brian BrunnerFounder

What DataShare does

DataShare is a data-as-a-service platform that lets you embed charts, dashboards and exports directly into your product. For example, if you run an accounting startup, DataShare would enable you to embed a full profit and loss dashboard, with downloadable statements. DataShare is backed by an enterprise-grade data warehouse, and can be implemented in fewer than 20 lines of code.

DataShare's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

DataShare, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DataShare

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Embed charts, dashboards and exports in your app

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

We built DataShare to let startups and engineering teams embed charts, dashboards, and data exports natively inside their products. Instead of building complex data UIs from scratch or integrating heavy BI tools, they deploy our platform with fewer than 20 lines of code. It connects to your warehouse and delivers data views customers actually use, like profit and loss dashboards for accounting apps, directly inside your app interface.

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

I live in Austin, TX, and the company is currently remote-first but based here. After YC, we plan to maintain remote operations with Austin as a home base.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Austin combines a strong tech community with lower costs than traditional hubs. Being remote-first allows us to reach talent and customers anywhere while staying connected to a growing startup scene locally.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DataShare YC application?

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