Openbase YC Application

Summer 2020Inactive

Openbase went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Lior GrossmanFounder

What Openbase does

Openbase was the leading platform for developers to discover and choose open-source libraries. It offered countless reviews, metrics, and insights enjoyed by millions of developers worldwide. Discontinued in 2023.

Openbase's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Openbase, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Openbase

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source library discovery

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

We built a platform where developers can find and evaluate open-source libraries using reviews, metrics, and insights. It helps engineers, product managers, and designers pick the right tools without wasting time sifting through unreliable or incomplete information.

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

Lior is based in San Francisco, and the company operates remotely with a San Francisco base after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco because it's where our founder lives and the center of much developer tooling innovation. Being remote also lets us be flexible as we build.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Openbase YC application?

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