Glimpse YC Application

Winter 2020Acquired

Glimpse went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 5
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Brian LiFounder

What Glimpse does

Deeply engage groups of 4 to 400,000 through 1-on-1 video chats. Match back to back for round-robin chats or use typed rooms for enhanced pairings. Play games, take pictures, and more!

Glimpse's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Glimpse

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A social video chat

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

We made Glimpse to help groups from just a few people up to hundreds of thousands connect through 1-on-1 video chats. Users can match in a round-robin style or join typed rooms to meet others with similar interests. The product includes social features like games and taking pictures during chats to keep interactions engaging.

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

We live in San Francisco and are remote. The company would remain based in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has a strong talent pool and network for consumer social products. Being remote lets us hire flexibly, but SF remains our core hub for culture and connections.

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 Glimpse YC application?

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