Lightwell YC Application

Summer 2019Inactive

Lightwell went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 4
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2019

Founders

Max RoseFounder

Lightwell's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Lightwell, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Lightwell

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build engineering tools for product and design teams

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

We are building a platform that helps engineering, product, and design teams collaborate better by streamlining their workflows and communication. Our product replaces disjointed tools with one integrated environment tailored for B2B engineering teams.

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

We are all based in New York, NY, and the company would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because that's where our team is based and where we have direct access to initial users in engineering and product teams. Staying local keeps us connected to our early customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Lightwell YC application?

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