Nimbus YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Nimbus went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch as a Industrials 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 2020
Industry: IndustrialsAutomotive
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Lihang NongFounder

Nimbus's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Nimbus, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nimbus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Tesla for city dwellers

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

We are building electric vehicles designed specifically for urban environments. Our product focuses on compact, efficient, and environmentally friendly transportation built for people who live in dense cities where traditional cars don't fit well.

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

We live in Ann Arbor, MI, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Ann Arbor has a strong engineering community and good access to manufacturing resources which fit what we need to build urban electric vehicles. It's also where the founding team is located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Nimbus YC application?

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