Scout

Scout YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Scout went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
Winter 2020
Industry
B2BInfrastructure
Team size
1
Status
Inactive
Launched
2020

Founders

  • Pranav Sekhar
    Pranav SekharFounder

Scout's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Scout, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Scout

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Dead simple CI/CD for ML teams

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

We are building a continuous integration and deployment platform specifically designed for machine learning teams. Our product simplifies the process of testing, validating, and deploying ML models, which are more complex and error-prone than traditional software updates.

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

We live in Berkeley, CA, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Berkeley is where we are based now, and we want to stay here because we are close to leading ML research and engineering talent, which helps us build a better product.

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 Scout YC application?

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

What YC batch was Scout in?

Scout was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.

Who founded Scout?

Scout was founded by Pranav Sekhar.

What does Scout do?

Dead simple CI/CD for ML teams

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Scout's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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