Inkling YC Application

Winter 2006Acquired

Inkling went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2006 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 2006
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Adam SiegelFounder/CEO
Nathan KontnyFounder/CTO

What Inkling does

Inkling, based in Chicago, Illinois, offers collective intelligence solutions to help organizations make more informed decisions. Inkling's products have been implemented by industry-leading corporations and government agencies worldwide to reduce operational risks, improve forecasting, and gain insights about the organization.

Inkling's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Inkling, Winter 2006 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Inkling

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Collective intelligence for better decisions

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

We build software that aggregates and analyzes knowledge from teams inside organizations to help them reduce risks and improve forecasting. Our platform collects input across functions and synthesizes insights to guide complex decisions in finance and operations.

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

We're based in Chicago, Illinois, and would continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Chicago has a strong industrial base and deep connections with our early users. Staying here keeps us close to the teams whose problems we're solving.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Inkling YC application?

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