Rippling YC Application
Rippling went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 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 2017
- Industry
- B2BHuman Resources
- Team size
- 2500
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2016
Founders
Parker ConradFounder/CEO
Prasanna SFounder/CTO
What Rippling does
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365 - all within 90 seconds. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors - including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks and Bedrock.
Rippling's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Rippling, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Rippling
One place to run all HR, IT, and Finance
We built Rippling to unify all workforce systems into one platform. It automates payroll, benefits, expenses, IT device management, and app provisioning in a single system. For example, onboarding a new employee, anywhere in the world, takes 90 seconds including payroll setup, computer assignment, and access to apps like Slack or Microsoft 365.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC.
San Francisco is where we built our network and product. It's the center for HR tech talent and enterprise customers, so this location best supports scaling the business.
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 Rippling YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Rippling's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Rippling would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Rippling in?
Rippling was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2017 batch.
Who founded Rippling?
Rippling was founded by Parker Conrad, Prasanna S.
What does Rippling do?
One place to run all your HR, IT, and Finance. Globally.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Rippling's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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