Priime YC Application

Profile updated September 9, 2026Winter 2015Inactive

San Francisco, CA, USA

Priime went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Arthur ChangFounder/CEO
Loren BaxterFounder
Andrew NgFounder
Joe PestroFounder

What Priime does

Priime's founding team of lifetime photographers are made up of Y Combinator alumni who are also seasoned developers and designers. Combining our passion in photography, with our experience and skills of product design and development, we are setting out to lead the world in improving the overall quality of shared photos.

Priime's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Priime, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Priime

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Improving the quality of shared photos

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

We built a photo editing app designed to help photographers and everyday users enhance their photos before sharing. It uses professional-grade filters and editing tools developed by a team of lifetime photographers who are also experienced developers and designers. Our focus is on improving the overall quality of photos people share online.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for tech and design talent, and being here allows us to stay close to other startups, potential partners, and a savvy user base for photographic products.

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 Priime YC application?

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