Prime Lightworks YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Prime Lightworks went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: IndustrialsAviation and Space
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Kyle FlanaganFounder/CEO & President

What Prime Lightworks does

Prime Lightworks Inc. manufactures electric propulsion systems for space satellites.Their goal is to engineer new possibilities in space while drastically reducing cost and waste.

Prime Lightworks's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Prime Lightworks, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Prime Lightworks

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Electric propulsion systems for satellites

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

We build electric propulsion systems designed specifically for space satellites. Our systems enable satellite operators to move satellites more efficiently in orbit, lowering costs and reducing debris by using cleaner, more reliable propulsion technology.

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

We live and work in Culver City, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Culver City gives us access to aerospace talent and a regional network tied to space startups and defense contractors. It's convenient for development and testing as we continue refining our propulsion systems.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Prime Lightworks YC application?

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