SciTok YC Application

Winter 2019Active

SciTok went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Xiaoyan WuFounder

SciTok's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SciTok, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SciTok

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Platform for scientists to share research videos

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

We built SciTok to let scientists share their research through short videos. Our platform focuses on making scientific communication accessible and engaging beyond papers and presentations, helping researchers explain complex results in a format suited for online discovery and sharing.

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

We live in San Francisco and remote locations, and the company would be based in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is located and offers direct access to tech talent, investors, and the startup ecosystem, which makes it the natural base for SciTok's growth.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SciTok YC application?

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