Onebrief

Onebrief YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Onebrief went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a B2B 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 2021
Industry
B2B
Team size
200
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Grant Demaree
    Grant DemareeFounder
  • Rafa Pereira
    Rafa PereiraFounder

What Onebrief does

Virtually everything in the military requires a plan - from everyday operations to war-time missions. With a rigorous process, many stakeholders, and rudimentary software (PowerPoint!!), planning is very slow. Onebrief is a collaborative software designed to make military planning fast. It turns every input into reusable building blocks and automatically keeps all planning artifacts in sync.

Onebrief's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Onebrief, Summer 2021 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

Onebrief

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Onebrief makes military headquarters run seamlessly

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

Onebrief is collaborative software that speeds up military planning. It breaks down every input into reusable building blocks and keeps all planning documents automatically in sync, replacing slow, manual processes like PowerPoint-heavy planning.

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

We live in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the company is based here with remote team members. After YC, we would continue operating from here with remote work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Honolulu because it's where we are based and have built our team. We operate remotely, which fits with our distributed team and customers.

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 Onebrief YC application?

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

What YC batch was Onebrief in?

Onebrief was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded Onebrief?

Onebrief was founded by Grant Demaree, Rafa Pereira.

What does Onebrief do?

Onebrief makes military headquarters run seamlessly

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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