Flightcaster YC Application
San Francisco, CA, USA
Flightcaster went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 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 2009
- Industry
- ConsumerTravel, Leisure and Tourism
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
- Jason FreedmanFounder/CEO
- Bradford CrossFounder/CTO
- Evan KonwiserFounder
- James BracyFounder
- Jonathan BracyFounder
What Flightcaster does
FlightCaster predicts flight delays. FlightCaster can predict your probability of delay hours before the airline or any other app notifies you. FlightCaster uses a patent-pending algorithm that scours data on every domestic flight for the past 10-years and matches it to real-time conditions.
Flightcaster's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Flightcaster, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Flightcaster
Predictions of flight delays
We built Flightcaster to predict flight delays before airlines or other apps can notify travelers. Our product uses a patent-pending algorithm that analyzes 10 years of domestic flight data and real-time conditions to give accurate delay probabilities hours in advance.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and Flightcaster is based here.
San Francisco has the technical talent and access to travel industry insights we need. It also allows close collaboration between the two of us as founders.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Flightcaster YC application?
No. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Flightcaster's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Flightcaster would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted. Y Combinator does not publish most applications.
What YC batch was Flightcaster in?
Flightcaster was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2009 batch.
Who founded Flightcaster?
Flightcaster was founded by Jason Freedman, Bradford Cross, Evan Konwiser, James Bracy, Jonathan Bracy.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Flightcaster's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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