Raven Tech YC Application

Winter 2015Acquired

Raven Tech went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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: Winter 2015
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Cheng LuFounder/CEO

What Raven Tech does

Raven Tech is a startup which focus on artificial intelligent, big data and the next generation operating system. Besides, Raven Tech is the fifth alumni of Microsoft Venture Accelerator and the only one startup team from mainland China in Y Combinator W15.

Raven Tech's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Raven Tech, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Raven Tech

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Next-generation AI-powered mobile OS

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

We are building the next generation of iOS or Android, focusing on integrating artificial intelligence and big data to create a smarter, more adaptive mobile operating system for developers and device makers.

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

We live in Beijing, China, and the company is currently based here and would remain in Beijing after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our team and core users are here in Beijing, and China's mobile market and infrastructure make it the best place to develop the product currently.

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 Raven Tech YC application?

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