Inokyo YC Application

Summer 2018Inactive

Inokyo 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: B2BRetail
Team size: 10
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Tony FrancisFounder/CEO

Inokyo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Inokyo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cashierless checkout for physical retail stores

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

We build a cashierless checkout system that lets retail stores operate without traditional cashiers. Our product is hardware and software combined to track purchases automatically, speeding up checkout and reducing labor costs for retailers.

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

We live in San Francisco and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the hub for retail tech startups and gives us access to retail customers and engineering talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Inokyo YC application?

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