RethinkDB YC Application
RethinkDB went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 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
- Summer 2009
- Industry
- B2BInfrastructure
- Team size
- 11
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
Michael GlukhovskyFounder
Slava AkhmechetFounder
What RethinkDB does
RethinkDB is the first open-source scalable database for the realtime web. It exposes an exciting new access model -- instead of polling for changes, the developer can tell the database to continuously push updated query results to applications in realtime. RethinkDB allows developer to build scalable realtime apps in a fraction of the time with fewer engineering resources. RethinkDB features a pleasant and powerful query language that has useful queries like table joins and groupBy, a highly parallelized architecture, and web tools for managing clusters.
RethinkDB's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
RethinkDB, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
RethinkDB
The open source database for the realtime web.
We are building an open-source, scalable database designed specifically for realtime applications. Instead of polling for data changes, RethinkDB lets applications subscribe to query results that update continuously. This lets developers build realtime apps more efficiently with fewer engineers.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.
San Francisco is where our developers and potential users are located, making it easier to recruit and engage with the realtime web community.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real RethinkDB YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from RethinkDB's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like RethinkDB would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was RethinkDB in?
RethinkDB was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2009 batch.
Who founded RethinkDB?
RethinkDB was founded by Michael Glukhovsky, Slava Akhmechet.
What does RethinkDB do?
The open source database for the realtime web.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of RethinkDB's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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