Keychain Logistics YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

Keychain Logistics went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Bryan BeshoreFounder
Garrett WilsonFounder

What Keychain Logistics does

Keychain Logistics is a software marketplace that directly connects companies shipping products with independent semi-truck owner-operators. Our platform effectively cuts out the traditional third-party logistics brokerage process by virtue of a software enabled network of virtual carriers (trucks on the go in our network). We understand where trucks in our network are at any given moment, their capacity, and if they would be an ideal match for a company shipping.

Keychain Logistics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Keychain Logistics, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Keychain Logistics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software connecting shippers with semi-truck owner-operators

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

We are building a software marketplace that connects companies shipping products directly with independent semi-truck owner-operators. Our platform tracks trucks in real-time, knows their capacity, and matches them to shipping needs without using traditional logistics brokers.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and we plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us close to both startup resources and logistics clients. It's where we can build our network and find initial users.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Keychain Logistics YC application?

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