Emote YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Emote went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerVirtual and Augmented Reality
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Julian GolderFounder/CEO
Lei XuFounder

What Emote does

Emote is an AI-enabled platform that helps schools scale real-time, individualized student support without adding staff. Co-built alongside educators and interventionists, Emote continuously analyzes behavioral and social-emotional data to surface early indicators of need and deliver actionable insights. Schools using Emote can support 8x as many students, 12x earlier, ensuring staff have both the awareness and guidance to provide the right support at the right time. Our platform streamlines interventions by not only identifying students who need attention but also equipping staff with the next steps to maximize impact.

Emote's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Emote, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Emote

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Catch student behavior problems early

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

We built an AI-enabled platform that analyzes student behavioral and social-emotional data in real time. It helps school staff spot early signs a student needs support and guides them on interventions, letting schools support many more students earlier without hiring more staff.

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

We live in San Francisco and work remotely, with the company based in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us close to educators, investors, and tech talent. Remote work helps us bring in a diverse team while still having a focused base.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Emote YC application?

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