Layup YC Application

Winter 2023Inactive

Layup went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2023
Industry: B2B
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Ryan XueFounder, CEO
Badal JainFounder
Michael LemmFounder

What Layup does

With a unique second cursor that integrates directly into your UI, Layup delivers real-time, adaptive assistance, completely transforming user engagement. We save product and support teams countless hours that would otherwise be spent creating in-app guides and other product documentation.

Layup's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Layup, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Layup

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Guide your users. Right in your product.

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

We make Layup, a product guidance tool that integrates a second cursor directly into users' UIs. It provides real-time, adaptive assistance to users inside the product itself, reducing the manual effort product and support teams spend creating in-app guides and documentation.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company would remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in New York because that's where the team is located and where we can best tap into early B2B SaaS customer networks.

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 Layup YC application?

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