Secoda YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Secoda 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: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 27
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Etai MizrahiFounder
Andrew McEwenFounder

What Secoda does

We believe that finding the right data shouldn’t require a technical background or hours of digging. That’s why Secoda applies AI to transform messy, siloed analytics into a searchable, intuitive knowledge layer - so every question gets a fast, useful answer. Our vision is to become the AI search engine for your company’s analytics, making data discovery as seamless as finding a website on Google. To do that, Secoda gets data AI-ready by unifying governance, cataloging, observability, and lineage into one trusted, easy-to-use platform - empowering every team to move faster, stay compliant, and make smarter decisions.

Secoda's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Secoda, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Secoda

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI layer for your Analytics

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

We built a platform that turns messy, siloed analytics into a searchable, AI-powered knowledge layer. Secoda combines data cataloging, governance, observability, and lineage so anyone in a company can find the right data fast without needing a technical background.

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

We live in Toronto, ON, Canada, and the company is currently based here. After YC, we plan to stay remote but centered in Toronto for now.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Toronto because that's where we started and know the ecosystem. We don't see moving just for YC as necessary; remote work lets us tap talent and customers globally while maintaining our base here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Secoda YC application?

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