Naytev YC Application

Summer 2014Inactive

Naytev went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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 2014
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Zack LiscioFounder/CEO
Patrick CostelloFounder
Mike SeidFounder/CTO

What Naytev does

Y-Combinator (S14) A/B test your videos, articles, and images on Facebook, and automatically publish the best version everywhere. Get started at Testing is every top social team's secret weapon. It's no secret that standing out in the News Feed has become more difficult. That's why elite content teams test how the content they post to Facebook will appear. We help the top brands and publishers in the world stand out in the noise and reach larger audiences. With Naytev's cutting-edge techniques, you can run expert-level tests in a matter of minutes. Already an expert? We can help you scale your test volume and improve the quality of your tests.

Naytev's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Naytev, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Naytev

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automate paid and organic social media management

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

We built a platform that lets content teams A/B test their posts - videos, articles, images - on Facebook and then automatically publish the best performing version everywhere else. Our tool is designed to help brands and publishers optimize their social content quickly and at scale, so they can reach larger audiences without guesswork.

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

Our team is based in San Francisco, with some remote members. Post-YC, we plan to stay in San Francisco to maintain access to talent and customers here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right mix of tech talent and early adopter customers in social media marketing. We want to be close to those users and keep running experiments with content teams that are already using our platform.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Naytev YC application?

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