Runway YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Runway 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: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 20
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Gabriel SavitFounder
Matt VargheseFounder
David FilionFounder

Runway's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Runway

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Easier and more reliable mobile app releases for teams.

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

We build a tool that helps engineering, product, and design teams ship mobile app updates faster and with fewer errors. Our product streamlines the mobile release process, making it less painful and more predictable for teams coordinating on complex app launches.

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

We live and work mainly in New York, NY, with some remote team members. After YC, we would continue being based in New York with remote flexibility.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our team is based and where we find our early customers and partners. Keeping the company rooted here lets us stay close to users and grow the team naturally while maintaining remote work options.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Runway YC application?

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