Rarebird YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Rarebird went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 batch as a Healthcare 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: HealthcareIndustrial Bio
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Jeffrey DietrichFounder

What Rarebird does

We are making coffee for caffeine sensitive people. We do this by producing the world's first caffeine replacement, paraxanthine. It's better than caffeine at waking you up and causes fewer side effects, like anxiety and jitteriness.

Rarebird's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Rarebird

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Elevating mental health to be a part of your daily coffee ritual.

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

We make coffee for caffeine sensitive people by producing paraxanthine, the world's first caffeine replacement. It wakes you up better than caffeine but with fewer side effects like anxiety and jitters.

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

We live in San Leandro, CA, and the company will be based there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Leandro because that's where our team and operations are, and it keeps us close to manufacturing and biotech resources we need.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Rarebird YC application?

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