Nugget

Nugget YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Nugget went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry
ConsumerContent
Team size
2
Status
Inactive
Launched
2020

Founders

  • Patrick Piemonte
    Patrick PiemonteFounder
  • Craig Cannon
    Craig CannonFounder

Nugget's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nugget

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Capture, organize, and revisit spoken moments

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

We are building a product that captures small spoken moments - things people say in conversations - and makes it easy to organize and revisit them later. It's for anyone who wants to remember what people actually said without taking notes or disrupting the moment.

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

n/a

Explain your decision regarding location.

n/a

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Nugget YC application?

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

What YC batch was Nugget in?

Nugget was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.

Who founded Nugget?

Nugget was founded by Patrick Piemonte, Craig Cannon.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Nugget's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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