Product Hunt YC Application
Product Hunt went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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 2014
- Industry
- ConsumerContent
- Team size
- 18
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2014
Founders
Ryan HooverFounder
What Product Hunt does
Product Hunt surfaces the best new products, every day. It's a place for product-loving enthusiasts to share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations. Community members can submit, browse, vote and comment on daily submissions of products and collections of products. They also get the opportunity to interact directly with product creators, investors, journalists, as well as, an active community of people who are passionate about products.
Product Hunt's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Product Hunt, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Product Hunt
The best new products in tech
Product Hunt is a daily platform where product enthusiasts share and discuss new mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech tools. People submit products, vote on them, comment, and connect directly with creators, investors, and journalists.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.
San Francisco is the center of tech and product culture, where our core users and creators live. Being here keeps us close to that community and market.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Product Hunt YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Product Hunt's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Product Hunt would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Product Hunt in?
Product Hunt was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2014 batch.
Who founded Product Hunt?
Product Hunt was founded by Ryan Hoover.
What does Product Hunt do?
The best new products in tech
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Product Hunt's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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