Openmart YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Openmart went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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: Winter 2024
Industry: B2B
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Richard HeFounder
Kathryn WuFounder

Openmart's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Openmart, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Openmart

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Local business data intelligence platform

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

We build a platform that aggregates and analyzes local business data for B2B sales teams. Our product pulls data from multiple sources using AI to provide actionable insights that help salespeople prioritize leads and understand market dynamics in local regions.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right talent pool for AI and SaaS companies. It's where our team lives and where most of our early users and potential partners are located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Openmart YC application?

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