GovPredict YC Application

Summer 2014Acquired

GovPredict went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 batch as a Government 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 2014
Industry: Government
Team size: 60
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Emil PitkinFounder/CEO

What GovPredict does

You work in government affairs? Keep it all at your fingertips. Every bill. Every meeting. Every report. Every mention. Get more work done.

GovPredict's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

GovPredict, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

GovPredict

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The system of record for government affairs

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

We built a platform that organizes everything in government affairs into one place: bills, meetings, reports, and mentions relevant to our users. It keeps all government-related data at your fingertips so professionals can spend less time searching and more time doing their work.

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

We live in Washington, DC and have a distributed remote team. After YC, the company would remain based in DC where the government and our customers are.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Washington, DC is the center of government affairs, our users live here, and that proximity gives us insight into their workflows. Remote work lets us hire talent anywhere while staying connected to our market.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real GovPredict YC application?

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