Plane YC Application

Winter 2017Active

Plane went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 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: Winter 2017
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 30
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Matt PelcFounder/CEO

What Plane does

Plane is an all-in-one people platform for fast-growing teams. We build easy-to-use payroll and compliance tools that help companies go global from day one.

Plane's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Plane, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Plane

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

#1 easiest-to-use payroll for startups

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

We build payroll and compliance tools that startups use to pay employees and contractors globally from day one. Our platform handles complicated cross-border HR and payroll issues without manual payroll runs or tax headaches.

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

We live in San Francisco and are primarily based here, but we operate as a remote-first company with employees distributed across several locations.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is home to most of the founders and initial team members and offers access to talent and customers in fintech and HR tech. Our remote approach allows us to grow globally and serve customers wherever they are.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Plane YC application?

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