Farcast YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Farcast went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch as a Industrials 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 2020
Industry: IndustrialsAviation and Space
Team size: 12
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Siamak EbadiFounder

Farcast's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Farcast, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Farcast

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Advanced terminals for satellite communications

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

We build advanced user terminals that connect devices to satellite networks. Our product enables reliable, high-performance broadband communication for aviation and space industries, solving the challenges of mobility, low latency, and complex satellite link management.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent and ecosystem needed for hardware and aerospace startups. It gives us access to engineers, suppliers, and investors familiar with satcom technologies.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Farcast YC application?

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