Drive Pulse YC Application

Winter 2014Inactive

Drive Pulse went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 batch as a Consumer 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: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Giancarlo DanieleFounder

What Drive Pulse does

Drive Pulse is an innovative new device & iPhone app to manage & monitor your cars when you can't be there. Your Drive Pulse plugs into your car's data port in seconds. Every car built after 1996 has an OBD-II data port under the dash. Plug in your Drive Pulse, install the app, and get started in just a few minutes. Drive Pulse is always on and stays connected thanks to cellular technology and a data plan, similar to the one you have for your smartphone. As long as your car is in an area with adequate T-Mobile data coverage, you can enjoy the peace of mind knowing that your car is safe.

Drive Pulse's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Drive Pulse

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Device tracks & monitors your car

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

We make a device that plugs into your car's OBD-II port and an iPhone app that connects via cellular to provide real-time monitoring and management of your car remotely.

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

We live in Stanford, CA, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Stanford has a strong hardware and startup ecosystem which suits our hardware and IoT focus, and it's where we live and work now.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Drive Pulse YC application?

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