Lowkey YC Application

Summer 2018Acquired

Lowkey went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 10
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2018

Founders

Jesse ZhangFounder

What Lowkey does

Lowkey was acquired on 11/30/2021:)

Lowkey's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Lowkey

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Capture, create, & share gaming moments

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

We built Lowkey to let gamers automatically capture key moments of their gameplay without interrupting the experience. Our product records, clips, and makes those moments shareable directly, focusing on how gamers want to create and spread highlights within their communities.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here now and would continue to be after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the hub for gaming tech and social platforms, with the right talent pool and connections. Being here keeps us close to users and industry partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Lowkey YC application?

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