Roboflow YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Roboflow went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2020
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 100
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Joseph NelsonFounder
Brad DwyerFounder

What Roboflow does

Roboflow enables developers to make the world programmable. Use our tools to build better datasets (collect image, video / annotate), models (foundation and fine tuned small models), and deployments (self hosted, edge, APIs, SDKs) for computer vision. Over 250k developers, including those from over half the Fortune 100, build with our open source and hosted tools. Build with us: Hack with us: Work with us: roboflow.com/careers

Roboflow's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Roboflow, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Roboflow

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

🖼️ Give your software the sense of sight.

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

We build tools to help developers create, manage, and deploy computer vision datasets and models. Our product lets them collect images and video, annotate data, train foundation and fine-tuned models, and deploy those models via API, SDKs, or on edge devices. Essentially, we're making it easier for developers to build vision-powered software.

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

We live in San Francisco now, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team and core developer community are. Staying here lets us tap into the local engineering talent and maintain relationships with early users and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Roboflow YC application?

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