OpenMeter YC Application

Winter 2023Acquired

OpenMeter went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 7
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2023

Founders

Peter MartonFounder
Andras TothFounder

What OpenMeter does

OpenMeter's mission is to standardize metering with the goal of becoming the data source for AI and API monetization. We've built an open-source platform that processes billions of events into our usage lake in a matter of seconds, which acts as the backbone that serves revenue and efficiency teams.

OpenMeter's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OpenMeter, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OpenMeter

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Usage Metering, AI & API Monetization

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

We built an open-source platform that ingests billions of usage events within seconds to create what we call a usage lake. This acts as a standardized data source that revenue and efficiency teams use to monetize APIs and AI usage reliably and transparently.

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

We don't disclose exact locations, but our team is distributed. After YC, we plan to stay distributed to keep access to talent flexible and to serve global customers effectively.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We don't tie ourselves to one location because our product is digital infrastructure. Staying distributed lets us move fast, work asynchronously, and hire the best people regardless of geography.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OpenMeter YC application?

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