Gigs Live YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Gigs Live went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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: Winter 2021
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Ashutosh "Ash" NayakFounder
Vaibhav KharatFounder

What Gigs Live does

We are the Substack for millions of artists, musicians, indie producers, extreme sports athletes and video production companies. With us, creators have the freedom to choose flexible monetization plans such as PPV, micro-subscriptions, merch drops and many more. Creators choose us because our platform is available in 4K on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Gaming consoles and more. Creators also get audience analytics and marketing to retain and acquire their audience. So take care of marketing, distribution and monetization for creators so they can focus on their craft and we take care of the rest.

Gigs Live's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gigs Live

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Video publishing and monetization platform

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

We built a platform that lets creators and artists publish videos and monetize them flexibly. It supports PPV, micro-subscriptions, and merch drops. Our product streams in 4K on TV devices like Apple TV, Roku, and gaming consoles. We also provide marketing support and audience analytics so creators can grow and engage their fans without handling distribution or monetization themselves.

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

We live in New York, NY and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in New York because that is where we live, and it connects us to a strong creative community of artists, musicians, and producers who need our product. This location aligns with our focus and gives us access to early users and partners.

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 Gigs Live YC application?

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