Rabbet YC Application

Summer 2017Active

Rabbet went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2017
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionConstruction
Team size: 23
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Will MitchellFounder/CEO

What Rabbet does

Rabbet brings efficiency, accuracy and transparency to the complex construction finance industry. The platform uses machine learning to parse documents and connect information for reduced administrative burden, verifiable compliance, and faster decision-making for real estate lenders and developers. Formerly Contract Simply.

Rabbet's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Rabbet, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Rabbet

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Efficiency, accuracy, transparency in construction finance

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

We built a platform that uses machine learning to parse complex construction finance documents. It connects related information for lenders and developers, reducing administrative work and making compliance verifiable and decisions faster.

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

We live in Austin, TX and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Austin has a growing real estate and tech scene, and it's where we live and can build the company with our existing network.

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 Rabbet YC application?

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