Fly.io YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Fly.io went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 48
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Michael DwanFounder
Jerome Gravel-NiquetFounder
Kurt MackeyFounder
Thomas PtacekFounder

What Fly.io does

We run app servers and databases close to end users. Developers deploy their apps to Fly.io (it's about the simplest place to deploy a Docker Image) and use our CLI to launch instances in regions that are most important for their application.

Fly.io's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Fly.io

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Run full stack apps close to your users.

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

We run app servers and databases on a global network, letting developers deploy Docker containers near their users. Our CLI makes it simple to launch and manage full stack apps in multiple regions, improving latency and reliability.

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

We live and work remotely, with our main location in Chicago, IL. We would remain distributed after YC, supporting remote collaboration.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked Chicago as our home base because it's centrally located, and we embrace a remote-first culture to access talent everywhere.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Fly.io YC application?

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