Parallel Universe YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

Parallel Universe went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Ron PresslerFounder

What Parallel Universe does

Parallel Universe, a Y-Combinator startup, helps developers utilize the most out of their hardware. With a server side stack developed for easy concurrency programming, you can ditch the extra servers and write simple multi-threaded code.

Parallel Universe's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Parallel Universe, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Parallel Universe

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helping developers scale applications easily

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

We built a server-side stack that makes concurrency programming simple. Our product lets developers write straightforward multi-threaded code so they can fully utilize their hardware without adding extra servers.

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

n/a

Explain your decision regarding location.

Neither of us is based in a fixed location. We plan to operate remotely or move to wherever YC is based during the program to focus fully on building Parallel Universe.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Parallel Universe YC application?

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