Geostar YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Geostar went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2021
Industry: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Mack McConnellFounder
Cihan TasFounder

What Geostar does

Geostar is a platform that helps you generate more inbound revenue from AI search. Monitor your brand's AI visibility and get actionable insights to improve your search rankings.

Geostar's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Geostar, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Geostar

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Geostar drives inbound for companies through search.

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

We built a platform that tracks how companies appear across AI-powered search results. It gives businesses insights on their brand's AI visibility and recommends improvements to increase inbound leads through search channels.

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

We live in New York, NY, and after YC we plan to stay based here with a remote-first approach.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we live and where our initial users are, so it makes sense to keep the company based here while supporting remote work.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Geostar YC application?

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