Routine YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Routine went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2021
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 8
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Julien QuintardFounder
Quentin HocquetFounder

What Routine does

Routine is an all-in-one workspace that allows individuals and team to manage their work and life through a single app. Routine centralizes work (tasks, meetings, tickets, clients etc.) from third-party services (Github, Salesforce, Hubspot, Slack, Dropbox etc.) into a graph-based unified workspace allowing seamless cross-referencing, 360-degree overview, data enrichment and visualization. By integrating with existing tools, Routine connects and enriches fragmented information, allowing users to track projects, collaborate efficiently, and make better decisions without having to constantly switch between multiple apps. Its data-driven and local-first approach ensures the information remains accessible and performant even without cloud connectivity.

Routine's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Routine, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Routine

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native all-in-one workspace for startups

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

We are building Routine, an app that combines tasks, meetings, tickets, clients, and more from tools like Github, Salesforce, Slack into a single workspace. It organizes information as a graph to give a 360-degree view and lets teams track projects and collaborate without switching apps all the time.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and Routine is based here now. After YC, we expect to be based wherever YC requires, but we will maintain strong ties to Paris.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Paris because that's where we are and where our team is. It's where we understand the market and can build Routine with focus and velocity.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Routine YC application?

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