Racer YC Application

Summer 2020Inactive

Racer went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 7
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Jeung ParkFounder

Racer's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Racer, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Racer

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

15-minute food delivery

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

We built a food delivery platform that guarantees delivery in 15 minutes around New York City. Customers use Racer to order meals that are prepared and dispatched quickly enough to arrive faster than standard delivery services. We focus on reducing wait times by operating a highly localized fulfillment network tailored to dense city neighborhoods.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because it's a dense, expensive food delivery market where speed and reliability matter most. That environment forces us to solve the hardest logistics problems at scale.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Racer YC application?

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