Reverie Labs

Reverie Labs YC Application

Winter 2018Inactive

Reverie Labs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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
Winter 2018
Industry
HealthcareTherapeutics
Team size
29
Status
Inactive
Launched
2017

Founders

  • Ankit Gupta
    Ankit GuptaFounder/CTO
  • Connor Duffy
    Connor DuffyFounder
  • Jonah Kallenbach
    Jonah KallenbachFounder

What Reverie Labs does

Reverie Labs is engineering next-generation, brain-penetrant cancer therapies.

Reverie Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Reverie Labs, Winter 2018 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

Reverie Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Brain-penetrant cancer therapies

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

We build AI-driven drug discovery software focused on engineering small molecules that penetrate the brain to treat cancers. Our product uses machine learning models to identify candidates that overcome challenges like crossing the blood-brain barrier and targeting difficult cancer pathways. This accelerates advanced therapeutic development for brain cancers.

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

We live in Cambridge, MA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Cambridge is a key biotech hub with access to research institutions and talent. It's critical for collaboration and hiring in therapeutics and AI applied to drug discovery.

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 Reverie Labs YC application?

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

What YC batch was Reverie Labs in?

Reverie Labs was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2018 batch.

Who founded Reverie Labs?

Reverie Labs was founded by Ankit Gupta, Connor Duffy, Jonah Kallenbach.

What does Reverie Labs do?

Engineering next-generation, brain-penetrant cancer therapies.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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