Hilos YC Application

Summer 2021Acquired

Hilos went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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: Summer 2021
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 5
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Alfonso LizárragaFounder

What Hilos does

Platform for WhatsApp API that allows you Profile leads, automate follow-ups and integrate with your favorite tools to increase conversion. Hilos allows startups and SMBs to run their entire business on WhatsApp, without code. We focus specifically on letting businesses build apps within WhatsApp that integrate with other systems (CRMs, Databases, Payment providers, etc.).

Hilos's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hilos, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hilos

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Close and activate your customers on WhatsApp

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

We built a platform that lets startups and SMBs run their entire sales and customer engagement process on WhatsApp without code. Our product profiles leads, automates follow-ups, and integrates WhatsApp with CRMs, databases, and payment systems so businesses increase conversions by turning WhatsApp into their main workflow tool.

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

We live in Mexico City, and the company would remain based here after YC, with a mostly remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Mexico City because it's where our network, initial customers, and team are. We want to grow the Latin American market, and staying here gives us proximity to users and regional insights others miss.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hilos YC application?

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