Hush YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

Hush went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Alex LinFounder/CEO
William KingFounder/CTO
Cooper MorFounder

What Hush does

Hush is a mobile-first makeup retailer.

Hush's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hush, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hush

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Top US social commerce app for makeup

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

We built a mobile-first app for buying makeup. Hush focuses on social commerce, so customers discover products through social interaction, reviews, and recommendations within the app. Our product simplifies makeup shopping by blending discovery and purchase in one experience tailored to social sharing and trust.

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

We're based in Los Angeles now and the company would remain there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

LA is where our team lives and where we understand the beauty market and consumer trends well. It also puts us close to a large makeup consumer base and relevant industry 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 Hush YC application?

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