Glide YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Glide went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Qinyu Tong
Tushar Soni

What Glide does

Glide lets apps accept crypto deposits from any chain, wallet, or exchange using pre-built wallet funding flows. Users can fund wallets directly - no bridges, no swaps, no repeated KYC.

Glide's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Glide, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Glide

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Crypto deposits and wallet funding infrastructure

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

We build infrastructure that lets apps accept crypto deposits directly from any chain, wallet, or exchange. Our product includes pre-built wallet funding flows that remove the need for bridges, swaps, or repeated KYC. This means apps can offer users straightforward wallet funding experiences without complex integrations.

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

We're based in New York, NY and operate remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our two founders live and work, so it's natural for the company to be based there after YC. Remote work lets us stay flexible and tap talent beyond a single city.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Glide YC application?

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