Dumps YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Dumps went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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: Summer 2020
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 9
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Seth HarrisFounder
Jesse BoyesFounder

What Dumps does

Dumps is where friends connect through photos and chaotic messaging. Our users crave an expressive, low-stakes place to share their lives and interact.

Dumps's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Dumps, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dumps

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Where friends connect through photos and chaotic messaging

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

We built a social app where friends share photos and message each other in a casual, unstructured way. It's a low-pressure place for people who want more expressive and spontaneous interactions than traditional messaging apps allow. Users send photos, text, and reactions with no rules, encouraging a wild and chaotic flow that mimics real-life group dynamics.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our team and early users are. Staying here keeps us close to our community and collaborators, and lets us grow rooted in this unique social scene rather than moving to the typical startup hubs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Dumps YC application?

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