Draftbit YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Draftbit went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Brian LuerssenFounder/CEO

What Draftbit does

We're building Draftbit to make it easier for everyone to build, launch, and iterate on mobile apps. And do it without writing code, unless you want to. Over time, we hope to make building great looking, high quality apps as easy as (or easier than?!) launching a website is now. And by doing so, we hope to democratize software development, allowing anyone to turn their idea into reality, and build it into something great.

Draftbit's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Draftbit, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Draftbit

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build mobile apps visually. Source-code included.

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

We're building Draftbit to let anyone visually build and launch mobile apps with source code included. Our product lets engineers and designers build high-quality apps without writing code unless they want to, making app development accessible and faster. You can drag and drop, customize components, and get clean React Native code you can use or extend.

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

We live in and operate from Chicago, IL, USA, with a remote team. After YC, we would keep the company based in Chicago but remain fully remote-friendly.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Chicago gives us good access to a strong tech talent pool and a growing community, but we embrace remote work so location is flexible. We value being based outside typical coastal hubs while engaging remote contributors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Draftbit YC application?

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