Disqus YC Application

Summer 2007Acquired

Disqus went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2007 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 2007
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Daniel HaFounder/CEO
Jason YanFounder/CTO

What Disqus does

We love the internet, and the colorful characters and interesting conversations that make up its diverse communities. Disqus exists to make better communities and an even better web. Today, our product ecosystem includes our established comment network (over 4 million websites that cover pretty much any topic imaginable), a growing advertising network, and our owned and operated platform. Originally founded in 2007 by CEO Daniel Ha and CTO Jason Yan, we’re changing the way people get into discussions about the things they love -- or are just curious about.

Disqus's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Disqus, Summer 2007 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Disqus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Add comments to your website.

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

We build a commenting platform that websites can plug into easily to add discussion and community features. Our product aims to create better community engagement across millions of sites by making comment systems simpler and more connected.

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

We live in San Francisco and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the engineering talent we need and is central to the internet community we serve. It's been a natural home for us so far and will help us build and ship faster.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Disqus YC application?

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