LemonBox YC Application

Summer 2018Active

LemonBox went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 batch as a Healthcare 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: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 20
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Derek WengFounder

What LemonBox does

LemonBox is an AI-driven personalized nutrition company. Using generative AI nutrition（AI 生成式定制营养）, LemonBox analyzes each user's dietary habits, health goals, and biometric data to generate a custom daily supplement formula - then produces and delivers it as a personalized day pack via monthly subscription. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2016 and backed by Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Partech Ventures, LemonBox has served over 10 million users globally.

LemonBox's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

LemonBox

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-generated personalized nutrition solutions

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

We build an AI-driven platform that analyzes users' dietary habits, health goals, and biometric data to generate personalized supplement formulas daily. Our system packages and delivers these custom supplements as monthly subscriptions in daily packs.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC we will continue to be based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team and resources are located, and it has a strong ecosystem for healthcare AI startups.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real LemonBox YC application?

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