FlowDeploy YC Application
FlowDeploy went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a B2B 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 2022
- Industry
- B2BInfrastructure
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2022
Founders
Noah LebovicFounder
Bryce CaiFounder
What FlowDeploy does
FlowDeploy helps bioinformaticians manage their data analysis pipelines. We provide everything they need to try, run, develop, and share their pipelines. That includes integrations with AWS, Snakemake, Nextflow, GitHub, Slack, SSO, and more, as well as a clean API and web app for launching and monitoring pipelines and managing their data. FlowDeploy is built for bioinformaticians: it doesn't restrict how pipelines are built and managed, as long as a bioinformatics workflow manager like Nextflow or Snakemake is used. But it does eliminate several footguns like idle spend and accidental data egress, and it reduces the potential for users accidentally sharing credentials. FlowDeploy runs the pipelines in either our managed cloud or the customer's cloud - eliminating the need to transfer data externally. Non-computational biologists can use FlowDeploy, too: features like pipelines templates decrease the complexity to launch a new pipeline, which reduces user error and decreases the need for advanced cloud training for non-computational users.
FlowDeploy's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
FlowDeploy, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
FlowDeploy
Bioinformatics pipelines in the cloud
We built a platform for bioinformaticians to try, run, develop, and share their data analysis pipelines. It integrates with tools like AWS, Snakemake, Nextflow, GitHub, and Slack, providing both an API and web app to launch, monitor, and manage pipelines and data securely. Our product avoids common pitfalls like idle cloud spend, accidental data leaks, and credential mishandling, and it supports running pipelines either on FlowDeploy's managed cloud or the customer's own cloud.
We live in Mountain View, CA and work remotely as a three-person team. After YC, we would keep the company based here and remain distributed.
Mountain View is at the center of biotech and cloud infrastructure ecosystems and close to many potential early users. Remote work lets us tap talent outside the immediate area while staying connected to industry hubs.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real FlowDeploy YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from FlowDeploy's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like FlowDeploy would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was FlowDeploy in?
FlowDeploy was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch.
Who founded FlowDeploy?
FlowDeploy was founded by Noah Lebovic, Bryce Cai.
What does FlowDeploy do?
Bioinformatics pipelines in the cloud
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of FlowDeploy's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
More YC startups like FlowDeploy
