Rootly YC Application
Rootly went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
- Industry
- B2BInfrastructure
- Team size
- 75
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2021
Founders
Quentin RousseauFounder and CTO (YC S21)
JJ TangCo-founder
What Rootly does
Rootly is a modern on-call and incident management platform used by top YC companies like Dropbox, Lattice, Webflow, Faire, but also Figma, LinkedIn, NVIDIA and 100s more.
Rootly's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Rootly, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Rootly
AI-native on-call incident response
We built Rootly, an on-call and incident management platform that integrates deeply with developer tools and communication channels. It uses AI to streamline incident response workflows, reduce noise, and help engineering teams handle incidents faster and with less confusion. Our product is tailored for modern SaaS and infrastructure teams that are already deep into distributed systems and need reliable processes to keep production stable.
We live in San Francisco and the company is based there with a distributed remote team.
San Francisco is where we both live and it sits at the center of the engineering community and potential customers we serve. After YC, we'll keep the main office here and operate as a remote-friendly company.
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 Rootly YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Rootly's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Rootly would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Rootly in?
Rootly was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.
Who founded Rootly?
Rootly was founded by Quentin Rousseau, JJ Tang.
What does Rootly do?
AI-native on-call and incident response carefully crafted to help…
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Rootly's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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