Jitter

Jitter YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Jitter went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry
B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size
7
Status
Active
Launched
2020

Founders

  • Etienne Albert
    Etienne AlbertFounder
  • Sébastien Robaszkiewicz
    Sébastien RobaszkiewiczFounder

What Jitter does

Jitter is a fast and simple motion design tool on the web. We help designers create professional animations for communication content, videos, websites or apps easily, while collaborating with product & marketing teams. It's like “Figma for motion design”.

Jitter's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Jitter, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Jitter

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fast and simple animation tool on the web

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

Jitter is a web-based motion design tool that helps designers create professional animations quickly and simply. It's aimed at designers working on communication content, videos, websites, and apps, letting them animate without complex tools and collaborate closely with marketing and product teams. Think of it as Figma for motion design.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We built Jitter here and have our early users and team locally. It's where we know the market and where we can keep moving fast without relocation distractions.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Jitter YC application?

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

What YC batch was Jitter in?

Jitter was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.

Who founded Jitter?

Jitter was founded by Etienne Albert, Sébastien Robaszkiewicz.

What does Jitter do?

Fast and simple animation tool on the web 💫

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Jitter's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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