Release YC Application
Release went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Team size
- 26
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2020
Founders
David GiffinFounder
Erik LanderholmFounder
Tommy McClungFounder
What Release does
Release delivers staging environments as a service. With Release a staging environment is automatically generated with every Pull Request which removes the bottleneck most companies have when they only have a single staging environment.
Release's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Release, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Release
Environments as a service
We provide staging environments as a service that automatically create a fresh environment for every Pull Request. This removes the bottleneck teams face when limited to a single shared staging environment and streamlines how engineering, product, and design teams test changes before production.
We live and work in Los Angeles, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.
Los Angeles is where we all are based and have built Release from day one. We have the engineering talent and customer base here to grow organically without relocating.
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 Release YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Release's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Release would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Release in?
Release was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.
Who founded Release?
Release was founded by David Giffin, Erik Landerholm, Tommy McClung.
What does Release do?
Environments as a service
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Release's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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