Omnisio YC Application

Winter 2008Acquired

Omnisio went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2008
Industry: ConsumerContent
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Julian FrumarFounder/User Experience Director

What Omnisio does

Omnisio was founded in 2007 by Ryan Junee, Simon Ratner and Julian Frumar, and was subsquently acquired by YouTube in July 2008. Omnisio enabled users to annotate and share videos from any website, and enabled markup of the structure within a video. On May 13, 2008, Omnisio launched a slide-syncing tool using SlideShare for slides and a host of video services.

Omnisio's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Omnisio, Winter 2008 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Omnisio

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Edit and enhance online video

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

We built a tool that lets users annotate, share, and structure videos from any website. Our product allows users to add time-synced annotations and interact with video content in ways that make it easier to navigate and share online video. We also launched a slide-syncing tool that syncs SlideShare presentations with videos from multiple services.

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

We live in Atherton, CA and plan to base the company there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We want to stay where we live and have access to Silicon Valley resources and networks. Being close to other tech companies and investors matters for recruiting, partnerships, and funding.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Omnisio YC application?

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