Remix YC Application

Winter 2015Acquired

Remix went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 batch as a Government 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: Government
Team size: 65
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Sam HashemiFounder/CEO
Tiffany ChuFounder/COO
Daniel GetelmanFounder/CTO
Danny WhalenFounder

What Remix does

Remix’s mission is to help build more livable cities. Our software helps city planners understand their communities and design transportation systems that serve them. We’ve partnered with over 325 cities across 20 countries on 4 continents - and were continually seeking to grow our impact around the world. Urban planning impacts everything from economic mobility to CO2 emissions, and our platform empowers local governments to transform their transportation systems, design safer streets, and implement new mobility options to better serve their communities.

Remix's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Remix

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software for city transportation planning

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

We build a platform that helps city planners design and analyze transportation systems. Our software lets them model routes, evaluate different transit options, and understand how changes affect communities. By focusing on transportation planning, we help cities make safer streets and better mobility decisions.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right mix of talent, government connections, and transit organizations for us to build and grow Remix.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Remix YC application?

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