Datree YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Datree went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BSecurity
Team size: 16
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Shimon ToltsFounder
Eyar (Epic) ZilbermanFounder

What Datree does

Prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations from reaching production with Datree’s automated policy checks for your pipeline. The open-source CLI tool empowers engineers to write more stable and secure configurations, and further supports them in their roles so they can actually sleep at night. By revealing misconfigurations in seconds and combating the issues in early stages of the pipeline, your organization can enforce its standards and secure its infrastructure from development to production.

Datree's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Datree, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Datree

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations from production

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

We built a tool that runs automated policy checks on Kubernetes configurations before they reach production. Our open-source CLI lets engineers detect misconfigurations quickly in their CI pipelines so they can fix them early. This stops bad configs from causing outages or security risks downstream.

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

We live and have the company based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. If accepted, we would remain based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Tel Aviv is where we live and work. It's a tech hub with engineering talent and proximity to our early users. Moving elsewhere would not add value right now.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Datree YC application?

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