OutSail Technologies YC Application

Winter 2023Inactive

OutSail Technologies went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 batch as a Industrials 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: Industrials
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Arpan RauFounder
Bailey Da CostaFounder
Joseph OorebeekFounder

What OutSail Technologies does

OutSail Technologies is building unlimited-range wind-powered vessels using aerospace technology. We know modern aerodyamics can make wind cheaper and more reliable than internal combustion. The effects of fossil-fuel use are degrading the ocean and destroying the planet. It’s time for modern wind power. Outsail has brought a groundbreaking technology from satellites, the tape spring, to earth. Our fully autonomous, retractable wingsail allows vessels to access more wind power than ever before by providing both the aerodynamic efficiency of a wing and the perfect amount of area for the wind strength. OutSail is backed by Y Combinator (W23), and founded by two engineers and an aerodynamics PhD who have led teams, managed products, and designed hardware for Momentus, Nuro, AEye, Tesla and SpaceX.

OutSail Technologies's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OutSail Technologies

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Revolutionary, Modern Wing Sails

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

We build fully autonomous, retractable wingsails based on aerospace tape spring technology. Our product attaches to vessels and optimizes wind power use, enabling unlimited-range wind-powered shipping. It combines wing-like efficiency and adaptable sail area for more reliable and cleaner propulsion than combustion engines.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are located in Mountain View because it gives us access to aerospace and hardware talent, and a strong tech ecosystem needed to develop our advanced wingsail system.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OutSail Technologies YC application?

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