Goosebump YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Goosebump went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Raphael DoulonneFounder/CEO
Axel DelafosseFounder/CTO
Henry FontanierFounder/Engineer

What Goosebump does

Goosebump is a chatbot that helps users find live music events online. PS: yes, we were building a chatbot before it was cool

Goosebump's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Goosebump, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Goosebump

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Find the best electronic music events in a single message.

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

Goosebump is a chatbot that helps users discover live electronic music events. Instead of searching multiple sites, users get curated event recommendations through a simple chat message.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and after YC the company would remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris is where we live and have the network to build and test Goosebump effectively, especially given its focus on live music events in European cities.

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 Goosebump YC application?

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