DigitalCarbon YC Application

Summer 2024Active

DigitalCarbon went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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 2024
Industry: B2B
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Guru RaoFounder & CEO
Michael NguyenFounder

What DigitalCarbon does

Digitalcarbon transforms ordinary images and videos into interactive, photorealistic 3D environments. Our technology can take photos from any device and render 3D scenes at more than 100 frames per second on everyday devices. The founders were the first and second hires at a previous YC company AssemblyAI, and have more than 8 years of experience building AI models. Creating immersive 3D experiences typically requires complex equipment and suffers from slow rendering speeds. This has limited the adoption of 3D technology across various industries. Digitalcarbon fixes that, eliminating the need for specialized equipment and dramatically accelerating the rendering process. Our technology enables applications across various industries: * Real estate: Creating virtual property tours that feel remarkably lifelike * E-commerce: Providing interactive 3D product visualizations to boost consumer experience * Tourism: Helping tourist businesses attract more travelers with immersive virtual previews * Drone mapping and inspection: Enhancing aerial surveys and structural assessments with detailed 3D models Think Unreal Engine meets Matterport with no hardware, but faster, editable, and more accessible for businesses of all sizes.

DigitalCarbon's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DigitalCarbon

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Transform Images And Videos Into Immersive 3D With AI

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

DigitalCarbon transforms ordinary images and videos into interactive, photorealistic 3D environments that run at over 100 frames per second on common devices. We eliminate the need for specialized 3D capture hardware and slow rendering speeds, making immersive 3D accessible to real estate agents, e-commerce businesses, tourism operators, and drone inspection services.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where most AI and computer vision talent is. Being here keeps us close to potential customers in real estate and e-commerce and lets us tap into YC's extensive local network.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DigitalCarbon YC application?

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