DevCycle YC Application

Winter 2014Acquired

DevCycle went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 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 2014
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 55
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2013

Founders

Andrew NorrisFounder/COO
Jonathan NorrisFounder/CTO
Cobi DruxermanFounder/CPO

What DevCycle does

DevCycle empowers development teams with seamless management of code deployment and feature releases. Our flexible and integrated Feature Management solution, specifically designed for developers, grants teams full control over their feature flags while preventing the accumulation of tech debt. With our scalable and cost-efficient platform, teams can focus on what truly matters - building exceptional software - without being bogged down by the complexities of feature management. Previously known as Taplytics, born at Y Combinator in Silicon Valley as an A/B Testing and Experimentation solution for product and marketing teams, we have evolved into DevCycle, a trusted Feature Management Solution utilized by some of the world's largest brands. Serving millions of end-users and launching billions of events, we understand the demands of high-scale operations.

DevCycle's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

DevCycle, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DevCycle

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Feature Flag Management Built for Developers

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

We are building DevCycle, a feature management platform that lets development teams control and manage feature flags without creating technical debt. It's built for developers who need reliable, scalable infrastructure to launch, update, and roll back features safely and efficiently.

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

We are based in Toronto, ON, Canada, and the company would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are all located in Toronto and want to keep close to the team and engineering talent here. YC's remote-friendly approach also supports being based here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DevCycle YC application?

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