Kunduz YC Application

Summer 2018Active

Kunduz went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 batch as a Education 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 2018
Industry: Education
Team size: 85
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Basar BasaranFounder
Baris BilgicFounder
Melih SenerFounder

What Kunduz does

Kunduz is making test prep resources 10x faster and cheaper for students who prepare for university entrance tests. With its first mobile platform, Kunduz provides instant answers to students’ test prep questions through its 35,000 tutors. Kunduz currently serves students in Turkey and India.

Kunduz's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kunduz, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kunduz

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Instant answers to students' test prep questions

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

We built a mobile platform where students preparing for university entrance exams submit questions and get instant answers from a network of 35,000 tutors. Our product makes test prep faster and cheaper by providing immediate help on problems students face during study.

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

We live in Istanbul, Turkey, and the company will remain based in Istanbul but is also remote-friendly.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Istanbul is our home and where we have built our initial user base. The team is local but supports remote work to grow globally, especially since we already serve students in Turkey and India.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kunduz YC application?

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