Galaxy YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Galaxy went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Adam NeuwirthFounder

Galaxy's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Galaxy, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Galaxy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Developer platform simplifying gaming infrastructure

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

We are building LaunchPoint, a set of developer tools that make it easier for gaming companies to build and manage infrastructure. Our product helps game developers integrate backend services without building complex tooling themselves.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and is a hub for developer tools and gaming startups, so it makes sense for us to build and scale Galaxy here.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Galaxy YC application?

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