iLabService YC Application

Summer 2018Active

iLabService went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2018
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 50
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Kenny LiFounder
Jing WangFounder
Liyang ZhangFounder

What iLabService does

iLabService is a leading provider of intelligent lab operations solutions, revolutionizing how laboratories manage their processes, data, and workflows. We combine AI-powered IoT (AIoT) with cutting-edge software to create an end-to-end automation platform that enhances efficiency, compliance, and safety across global research and development environments.

iLabService's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

iLabService, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

iLabService

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Powering the Future of Lab Operations with AIoT!

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

We build an end-to-end platform combining AI and IoT to automate lab operations. Our product centralizes lab workflows, manages instruments and data, enforces compliance, and improves safety for research labs worldwide.

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

We live and operate in Shanghai, China. After YC, we plan to remain based here to keep close to our core users and development team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Shanghai is where our founders live and where we have access to our early customers in research labs. Staying local lets us maintain tight feedback loops while expanding globally through software.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real iLabService YC application?

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