Roundabout Technologies YC Application

Fall 2024Active

Roundabout Technologies went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 batch as a Government 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: Fall 2024
Industry: Government
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Collin BarnwellFounder
Sabeek PradhanFounder

What Roundabout Technologies does

Roundabout Technologies makes AI-powered traffic lights, allowing cities to reduce pedestrian deaths, improve traffic, and reduce resident complaints. Our founding team has experience building safety-critical embedded systems and AI at Waymo, Zoox, Google, and Verily.

Roundabout Technologies's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Roundabout Technologies, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Roundabout Technologies

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software for AI-powered traffic lights

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

We build software that controls traffic lights using AI to dynamically manage pedestrian safety and traffic flow. Our system reduces pedestrian deaths, improves traffic patterns, and cuts down on resident complaints by adapting light timing based on real-time conditions.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it's a hub for AI and transportation tech talent, and it allows us to engage directly with cities and the kinds of safety-critical embedded systems we focus on.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Roundabout Technologies YC application?

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