Kite YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Kite went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Derek FeehrerFounder
Todd AshleyFounder

What Kite does

Kite is a screen recorder that makes your demo videos look like Apple commercials in minutes. Simply record your app (works for iPhone recordings too!). Kite will track your cursor and keyboard inputs, so it can automatically zoom in on the action with professional 3D animations. Kite is as easy as Canva, but your videos will look like they came out of OpenAI or Figma. - One-click cinematic 3D animations - Display recordings on 3D mockup devices (MacBooks, iPhones etc) - Combine unlimited recordings into one video - Edit, adjust speed and trim recordings - Add text scenes and text annotations alongside recordings - AI voiceovers using state of the art text to speech models - Free music library - Brand kit - upload your logos, colors and fonts - Start from our template library or start from scratch Kite is used by hundreds of YC companies for launch videos, social media posts, landing page demos, changelog updates, feature releases and more.

Kite's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kite, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kite

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos

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

We built Kite, a screen recorder that automatically turns raw app recordings into polished demo videos with cinematic 3D animations, cursor tracking, and AI voiceovers. It works on desktop and iPhone app recordings and helps teams create launch videos, social posts, and changelog updates that look like Apple commercials but take minutes to make.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right ecosystem for us - access to other YC founders, early customers, and talent - and it's where we already live and work. Staying local lets us move fast without friction.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kite YC application?

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