Midnox YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

Midnox went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2019

Founders

Alex KarpenkoFounder
Alexei KarpenkoFounder

What Midnox does

Luma (formerly Midnox) allows you to record and share beautiful HD videos with real-time video stabilization, filters and zoom. Change filters and stabilization after you've finished recording! Follow your friends to watch, like and comment on their videos.

Midnox's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Midnox, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Midnox

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Record and share HD stabilized videos with filters

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

We built Midnox, an app that lets people record HD videos with real-time stabilization and apply filters and zoom. Users can even change filters and stabilization after recording. It's designed for anyone who wants to share polished, beautiful videos easily.

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.

We live here, the startup and tech scene is strong, and being in Palo Alto puts us close to resources, users, and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Midnox YC application?

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