Picurio YC Application

Winter 2009Inactive

Picurio went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2009 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: Winter 2009
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jonathan BergerFounder / President
Michael KodiakFounder
Laura SavidgeFounder

What Picurio does

Picurio is web-based photo sharing and photo management software.

Picurio's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Picurio, Winter 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Picurio

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Web-based photo sharing and management

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

We are building Picurio, a web application that lets users store, organize, and share their photos online. Our software focuses on making photo management easy and accessible, helping people browse large personal photo collections and share images with friends and family.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are rooted in Mountain View because this is where we live and work. Being here puts us close to key technologies and networks that help us build and improve Picurio.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Picurio YC application?

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