Orbiter

Orbiter YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Orbiter went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
Winter 2020
Industry
B2BAnalytics
Team size
3
Status
Inactive
Launched
2020

Founders

  • Mark Wai
    Mark WaiFounder
  • Victor Zhang
    Victor ZhangFounder
  • Winston Zhang
    Winston ZhangFounder

What Orbiter does

Orbiter’s ML models monitor business metrics automatically and send alerts when those metrics experience abnormal drops or spikes. Any company can onboard in less than five minutes with just their database credentials - no engineering required.

Orbiter's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Orbiter, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Orbiter

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

ML models automatically monitor business performance

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

Orbiter builds machine learning models that automatically monitor your business metrics. The product connects directly to your database with no engineering required and sends alerts when key metrics spike or drop unexpectedly. It helps businesses detect problems or opportunities without needing a data science team.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent we need and is where we live. Staying here lets us move fastest and tap into local customers and networks.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Orbiter YC application?

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

What YC batch was Orbiter in?

Orbiter was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.

Who founded Orbiter?

Orbiter was founded by Mark Wai, Victor Zhang, Winston Zhang.

What does Orbiter do?

ML models automatically monitor business performance

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Orbiter's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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