Lockitron YC Application

Summer 2009Acquired

Lockitron went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 batch as a Consumer 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 2009
Industry: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Cameron RobertsonFounder/CEO
Paul GerhardtFounder
Robert WitoffFounder

What Lockitron does

Apigy is the developer of Lockitron, a device which can lock and unlock deadbolt locks via remote control or a mobile device.

Lockitron's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Lockitron, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Lockitron

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Control deadbolt locks remotely

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

We make Lockitron, a device that retrofits onto existing deadbolt locks and lets you lock or unlock your door via remote control or a mobile device. It replaces physical keys with a phone app, allowing users to manage access to their homes or offices easily without changing their entire door hardware.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is where we found the right mix of engineers and hardware resources. Being here connects us directly to early adopters and partners in the hardware and IoT space.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Lockitron YC application?

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