Ontra Mobility YC Application

Summer 2024Active

Ontra Mobility went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 batch as a Government 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 2024
Industry: Government
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Anthony TrasattiFounder
Connor RileyFounder

What Ontra Mobility does

Ontra Mobility is founded by two former Googler engineers with PhDs in operations research. Ontra helps cities and other transit agencies increase ridership through data-driven planning and real-time optimization. The founders developed the software that powered MARTA Reach in Atlanta, GA and CAT SMART in Savannah, GA.

Ontra Mobility's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Ontra Mobility, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ontra Mobility

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Platform for cities to optimize transit

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

We build software that helps transit agencies and cities increase ridership by using data-driven planning and real-time optimization. Our product integrates transit data to suggest route changes and service adjustments that better match rider demand and improve operational efficiency.

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

Connor is based in New York, and Anthony works remotely. Post-YC, we plan to keep the company primarily based in New York with distributed work as needed.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because the city and surrounding region present both major transit challenges and opportunities. Being here keeps us close to potential early customers and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ontra Mobility YC application?

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