Real Artists YC Application

Winter 2016Inactive

Real Artists went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

James HowardFounder

Real Artists's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Real Artists, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Real Artists

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A fast, native issue tracker for software projects

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

We are building a fast and native issue tracker designed specifically for software teams. Our product helps engineers, product managers, and designers track bugs and tasks without the usual web-based sluggishness or cumbersome workflows.

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

We are currently remote and flexible. After YC, the company would be based wherever it makes the most sense for the team and growth.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We have not settled on a fixed location because our early progress has been remote. Our priority is shipping the product and supporting users over geographic constraints.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Real Artists YC application?

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