Kable YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Kable went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Adam SommerFounder

What Kable does

Kable makes it easy for developers to add usage-based billing, invoicing, analytics, and authentication to their API products with just three lines of code. We help API companies bring their products to market faster, more securely, and with flexible billing tools that help businesses scale. We provide everything needed to create a delightful experience for developer communities and to optimize revenue while giving time back to engineering teams to focus on what matters most.

Kable's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kable, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kable

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Usage-based billing for API companies

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

We built a billing platform tailored for API providers that enables usage-based billing, invoicing, analytics, and authentication with three lines of code. It simplifies how API companies launch and bill their customers without building infrastructure from scratch.

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

I live in Santa Monica, CA, and the company is based remotely with headquarters here, staying in this area post-YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Santa Monica puts us close to a vibrant tech ecosystem and allows remote working flexibility while keeping us near potential customers and talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kable YC application?

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