OhLife YC Application

Summer 2008Inactive

OhLife went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2008 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: Summer 2008
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Shawn GuptaFounder

What OhLife does

OhLife is a personal journal that you'll actually keep. Every day we send you an email asking "How'd your day go?" You type as much as you want and hit reply. We accumulate your entire journal through these daily email replies.

OhLife's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OhLife, Summer 2008 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OhLife

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Daily email journal you keep by replying

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

We built OhLife, a personal journal you actually keep. Every day we email you a simple question, "How'd your day go?" You reply with whatever you want, and we save all those replies as your private journal entries over time. It's designed for people who want an easy, natural way to journal without opening apps or websites.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and would keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it's where we live and where many early tech users and potential customers are. It makes it easier to iterate quickly and connect with a strong startup community.

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.

See full application

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OhLife YC application?

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