Narrator YC Application

Summer 2019Inactive

Narrator went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 8
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2019

Founders

Cedric DussudFounder
Ahmed ElsamadisiFounder
Mike NasonFounder
Matt StarFounder

What Narrator does

Narrator is an end-to-end platform built on top of the data standard, the Activity Schema and starting at $500/mo. Data analyst are able to build their definitions of their user journey, and use that journey to answer any question that comes up. From there, data can be visualized in a dashboard, used to build a story like analysis, exported and more. The biggest values of Narrator is Speed and Cost reduction. Small teams are able to move fast and answer questions in minutes allowing them to preform the work of very large data teams. All while Narrator is optimized to minimize compute cost of the warehouse.

Narrator's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Narrator, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Narrator

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Platform that preps data to answer every question

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

We build an end-to-end platform on the Activity Schema data standard. It lets data analysts define user journeys and answer any question using those definitions. Users can visualize insights in dashboards, build story-like analyses, and export data. Our focus is on speed and lowering the cost of running queries, so small teams move fast and avoid massive compute bills.

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

We live in New York, NY, with some team members remote. The company would remain based in New York after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has access to great data talent and potential customers. Being remote-friendly lets us tap the best people regardless of location.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Narrator YC application?

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