Haiku YC Application

Winter 2018Inactive

Haiku went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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: Winter 2018
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Zack BrownFounder

What Haiku does

We offer several products - Marketing & Sales: Haiku Optimizer ( Branding: Diez ( Design & Code: (

Haiku's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Haiku, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Haiku

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Collaboration tools for software companies

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

We build tools to help engineering, product, and design teams collaborate more effectively. Our products range from design and code integration to marketing and sales optimization tailored for developer-focused companies.

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

I live in San Francisco, CA. The company will be based here as well as supporting remote work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where much of our community and early users are. Supporting remote allows flexibility for the small team without losing access to local tech talent.

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 Haiku YC application?

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