Memamp YC Application

Summer 2005Inactive

Memamp went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2005 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 2005
Industry: B2B
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Zak StoneFounder

What Memamp does

Better Desktop search solution.

Memamp's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Memamp, Summer 2005 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Memamp

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Better Desktop search solution

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

We are building a desktop search application that indexes files and data on users' computers to enable fast, accurate search. Unlike existing tools, our product focuses on delivering better relevance and performance for professionals dealing with large volumes of local data.

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

We live in Somerville, MA, and the company will be based here during and after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Somerville because that's where the founders live and work. It allows us to focus full-time on building the product without relocating.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Memamp YC application?

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