Hiro YC Application

Profile updated September 9, 2026Summer 2023Active

New York, NY, USA

Hiro 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: B2BSecurity
Location: New York, NY, USA
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Ethan BlackburnFounder
Daniel SchofieldFounder

Hiro's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hiro

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Your first security hire

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

We are building Hiro to be the first security-focused developer tool for engineering teams. It helps them find and fix security issues early, acting like their first security hire to reduce risk without needing a full security team.

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

We live in New York, NY and plan to keep headquarters here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in New York where we have our network and understand the local market. We want to keep the company close to the founders for now.

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 Hiro YC application?

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