Opsolutely YC Application

Summer 2016Acquired

Opsolutely went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2016

Founders

Kate HeddlestonFounder/CEO
Rachel MyersFounder

What Opsolutely does

The best way for businesses to ship software. Opsolutely empowers engineering teams to be more productive, inclusive, and collaborative by making the most challenging and chaotic part of their software creation process safe, easy-to-use, and friendly for every member of the team.

Opsolutely's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Opsolutely, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Opsolutely

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated deployments for software teams

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

We built a deployment platform that makes it easier and safer for engineering teams to ship software. Our tool removes the complexity and chaos from deploying code so the whole team can participate without fear or confusion.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our network is and where most of our early users are. Staying here helps us stay close to customers and other tech companies facing deployment challenges.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Opsolutely YC application?

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