Second YC Application

Winter 2023Inactive

Second went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2B
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Eric RowellFounder

What Second does

AI-native enterprise codebase maintenance, including automated migrations and codebase intelligence for engineering teams who need to get stuff done.

Second's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Second, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Second

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native enterprise codebase maintenance

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

We are building Second, a tool that automates codebase maintenance for enterprise engineering teams. It uses AI to handle complex migrations and provides deep codebase intelligence so engineers can focus on shipping features instead of manual upkeep.

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

We do not have a fixed location currently and plan to base the company wherever we are after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are flexible on location and will base the company where it makes the most sense for our growth and YC requirements. Remote-first is fine as long as we can operate effectively.

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 Second YC application?

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