Photoroom YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Photoroom went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 batch as a Consumer 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 2020
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 100
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Matt RouifFounder
Eliot AndresFounder

What Photoroom does

Photoroom provides photo editing software powerful enough to create outstanding images yet simple enough to be used without any training. We leverage deep learning to translate pixels into objects, drastically simplifying non-creative tasks such as removing backgrounds from images. Our mission: enable entrepreneurs and small businesses to compose images that stand out.

Photoroom's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Photoroom, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Photoroom

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Power commerce photography with generative AI

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

We make photo editing software that simplifies creating high-quality images for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Our main feature uses AI to separate objects from backgrounds automatically, cutting down tedious manual work so users can focus on making images that stand out.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and the company is based here. After YC, we will continue to operate from Paris.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris is home for us and our early team; it has a strong talent pool for AI and design tools. We want to build our product here where we understand the market and can hire the right people.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Photoroom YC application?

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