Kalam Labs YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Kalam Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a Industrials 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 2021
Industry: IndustrialsDrones
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Ahmad FaraazFounder
Sashakt TripathiFounder
Harshit AwasthiFounder

What Kalam Labs does

Kalam Labs has developed world's highest flying UAVs - deployable from high-altitude balloons they replace satellites to provide high-res EO/IR and hyperspectral reconnaissance.

Kalam Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kalam Labs, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kalam Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Near Space Flying Machines

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

We build UAVs that fly at the edge of space, launched from high-altitude balloons. They provide persistent, high-resolution EO/IR and hyperspectral imaging to replace satellites for reconnaissance.

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

We live and work in India and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

India has strong aerospace engineering talent and growing interest in space tech. Staying here positions us close to key customers and R&D resources.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kalam Labs YC application?

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