Passerine Aircraft YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Passerine Aircraft went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Industry: IndustrialsAviation and Space
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Matthew WhalleyFounder

What Passerine Aircraft does

Passerine Aircraft develops electric-powered aircraft that can attain flight speed using a jumping mechanism.

Passerine Aircraft's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Passerine Aircraft, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Passerine Aircraft

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Electric aircraft with jump-start flight

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

We are building electric-powered aircraft that use a jumping mechanism to reach flight speed. This allows drones to take off efficiently without large runways or noisy takeoff methods. Our product targets industrial users needing robust, high-speed drones deployed in tough environments.

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

We currently live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Johannesburg because that is where we have direct access to our facilities and local testing environments. Our team is here, and relocating would interrupt progress.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Passerine Aircraft YC application?

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