MailTime YC Application

Winter 2016Active

MailTime went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 18
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Heatherm HuangFounder/CEO
Gary LauFounder

What MailTime does

MailTime Email Messenger: Mobile email client that makes emails as quick and easy as texting. MailTime AI: Draft and proofread emails using generative AI.

MailTime's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MailTime, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MailTime

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Emails as quick and easy as text messaging

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

We built MailTime, a mobile email client that makes emails function like texting - easy to read, write, and manage on mobile. It strips out email complexity so users can focus on quick, clear communication without the clunky UI or threading issues of regular email apps. We've also added MailTime AI to draft and proofread emails using generative AI to help users write better emails faster.

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

We live in Hong Kong and the company is based there. Post-YC, we plan to remain headquartered in Hong Kong.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Hong Kong is where our team is currently located and where we have built the product and established early users. It gives us a key Asia-Pacific presence and access to talent, and we don't see a need to relocate yet.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real MailTime YC application?

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