Reframe (Glucobit)

Reframe (Glucobit) YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Reframe (Glucobit) went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry
HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size
35
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Vedant Pradeep
    Vedant PradeepFounder
  • Ziyi Gao
    Ziyi GaoFounder

What Reframe (Glucobit) does

Reframe is the leading app to help people cut back on drinking. Reframe uses neuroscience & psychology to help people shift the way they think about drinking & help build great habits. We don't believe in stigma or restrictions. In the past 12 months, Reframe has had over 2M+ users and has helped more people cut back on alcohol use than any other org worldwide.

Reframe (Glucobit)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Reframe (Glucobit), Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Reframe (Glucobit)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

App to help people quit or cut back on alcohol use

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

We built an app that helps people cut back on drinking by shifting how they think about alcohol using neuroscience and psychology. Instead of stigma or rules, we offer daily content, habit-building tools, and coaching that fit into real life. This helps people reduce their drinking sustainably.

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

We live in Atlanta, GA, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Atlanta has a growing tech and healthcare community, which fits our focus on consumer health wellness. It's where we live and built our initial product and team.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Reframe (Glucobit) YC application?

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

What YC batch was Reframe (Glucobit) in?

Reframe (Glucobit) was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded Reframe (Glucobit)?

Reframe (Glucobit) was founded by Vedant Pradeep, Ziyi Gao.

What does Reframe (Glucobit) do?

App to help people quit or cut back on alcohol use

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Reframe (Glucobit)'s application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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